anz settling in that case.a look at the board to show you how the stocks are moving in sydney. you have a and said -- anz, west bank and others are on the rise. it has been adjourned for now. , trading at gains the strongest since may for, and there has been a settlement with the bank leaders from anz. when you look at the broader benchmark, you have financials gaining 0.3%. but they are in a hold position, up 1.2%. its as focus reaffirmed plans to sell its new zealand operation. you have the asx 200 timing for straight ninth session, the longest since 2015. ramy: thank you very much. sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. now the trump administration is stepping up pressure on iran with a warning from rex tillerson. he is in the middle east attempting to ease the gulf standoff between saudi arabia and qatar. ros krasny joins us. what is the latest? ros: we had rex tillerson in the middle east. he tried to pressure saudi arabia. the officials have been restarting peace talks with qatar to end the standoff. apparently

anz bank is settling this case over alleged interest rate rigging. securities and investment commission is prosecuting anz and other banks, alleging traders sought to manipulate the swap rate between 2010-2012. lawyers were scheduled to meet monday morning, but that has been adjourned for 48 hours. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. i am paul allen. thanks for that. coming up, live in tokyo with one of shinzo abe's top advisers for the change is expected for corporate japan. rishaad: later the pboc governor drops hints that his tenure could be coming to a close. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ gamble on an abe's early election looks like it may have paid off and one a chance to be japan through to 2020 yen. what would four more years of abenomics mean for investors? stephen engle's is standing by. he comes out of this with a stronger mandate. what is that mean for abenomics? >> it looks like a continuation of abenomics. as you rightly said, shinzo abe has continued that

anze kopitar off the quick wrister picked up the goal. that's kopitar's first of the season and the kings take a one-goal lead. late in the second period now 3-1 kings. sharks can't clear the puck. kings score off the own goal by carlsson. martin jones taken out and the sharks drop to 0-2 as they lose 4-1. >>> game 2 of the nlds between the cubs and the nationals. game tied at 3 in the eighth inning until ryan zimmerman does this. a three-run blast just over the fence. nationals win 6-3 and tie the series up at a game apiece. game 2 in the other national league division series, the diamondbacks at dodger stadium, we go to the fifth inning. the dodgers up by two. austin barnes sends this one down the left field line. that's a double. two runs come across and six runs in the fifth score for the dodgers. they win 8-5 and take a 2-0 lead in the series. >>> now, the raiders take on the ravens tomorrow at 1:00, and derek carr, even is reporting, will test his back out during warm-ups. e.j. manuel is still expected to start. and of course the 49

anz said the mas is giving tighten, buto there won't be any urgency to do so, so maybe april will be early. hanging on to.2% tighten, that 78 handle as we wait on chinese trade data. the rba releasing its financial stability review, household debt, housing markets a top concern, and also banking industry risks, developing a top-down stress test for aussie banks. financials unchanged this morning, stocks set for a third day of gains. , both a look at the topix the nikkei 225 and the topix sliding, but the amount of the is morer the topix severe, retreating from a decade high after a four-day run. we are at a delicate level fundamentally. there is nothing bad, but wariness over the speed of gains, so the rsi above 17. we had in seeing concerned that we are seeing gains too far, too fast for japanese stocks. there is still plenty of liquidity in the system to be had. is what is keeping japanese stocks at those elevated levels. rishaad: again, look at that. staggering performance. thank you for that. coming out, our exclusive interview with raphael bostic in about half an hour from now.

we may also see a ruling shortly on the court rate fixing by the three big australian banks, anz,naln bank, and west bank. the communist party in china congress getting underway. we will have the keynote speaking addressed in a few hours' time. more from bloomberg technology next. ♪ ♪ emily: this is bloomberg technology. i am emily chang. we are talking about cisco. the name of the game has been transition from legacy hardware to software and services. that bush has been led by my next guest at the digital conference, the cisco ceo chuck robbins. ,ow in your third year as ceo you are talking about building the cities of tomorrow. what does that mean, and how does that affect cisco's bottom line? chuck robbins: great to see you as always. emily: thank you. chuck robbins: what you see all around the world, whether it is a city or country, technology is at the heart. is meeting the objectives cities have around revenue generation or solving problems they have like parking, like lighting costs, etc., all of those now can be sold or achieved through the use of technology. just a quick exa

anz out with full year earnings. cash profit up 18% to $6.9 billion.n on equity rising to 12% and the debt interest margin slipping a little. the aussie dollar is weaker around $.77 following wednesday's week cpi. emily: one of silicon valley's top investors is being investigated for potential miss contact. they say that in investigating steve german cities who sits on jervidson who sits on the board of tesla. partners --nding around the founding partners should be careful. predatory behavior is rampant. security within the firm creating files on women to potential violations of revenge borporn laws. insidenot set foot silicon valley investment. we will say that there are not many details. what do we know? >> we know what the firm has confirmed to other outlets. over the summer, they hired a law from to look into allegations of potential misconduct against one of the founding partners. we don't know much more than that. we don't know if it was within the firm or between him and thattial entrepreneurs and kind of thing. emily: keri made the statement an

anz are saying they don't have the ability to move that rate because of the size of the market.ying conversations were taken out of context. we are going to learn more on wednesday morning. thank you. on the rate rigging scandal in australia. subscribers, go to your terminal. it is also available on mobile. you can customize your settings so you only get the news you care about. yvonne: coming up. -- ussing the fed into the the fed and the boj. all looking ahead to the ecb meeting this week. isn't worried about china's growing pile of debt. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> 8 a.m. in hong kong, we're live at bloomberg asia had orders. i'm if on -- yvonne. face acific markets cautious day after the first drop in a 14 week high. china has new leadership and may offer clues to president xi's long-term plan. bloomberg's global headquarters, it is just past 8 p.m. on a monday evening. president trump says he's close to naming his fed pic. there are reports a dark horse candidate is back in the race. the boj has a warning for local lenders. too many branches and too much staff could damage the