to the north may be willing to play ball even if the pipeline is off the table for boom bust i'm alex marla bitch. global markets are mostly up this week with many hitting record highs let's start in russia where the mo x. is in the red falling oil prices contributed to the losses investors are also on certain over possible sanctions related to activist alexina mommy's detainment in asian markets the shanghai composite is up this week the index hit a 5 year high on thursday china's g.d.p. grew by 2.3 percent in 2020 signaling a strong recovery in hong kong the hong saying is also up reaching its highest level in 20 months so far this year the index gained 8.9 percent its best start in 36 years the index retreated on friday as c. and o. c. shares fell 5 and a half percent after m.s.c.i. said it will delete the firm from china's indexes and japan the nikkei is also up on thursday the index posted its highest minish in more than 30 years following a successful bitin inauguration here in the u.s. the bank of japan's decision to keep monetary policy steady had very little input in india the sun