business i'm crystal kolber welcome. stocks in hong kong rose to the highest level in over a decade on tuesday and markets in shanghai also posted gains in the first trading session of twenty eight teams the prospect of a major tax overhaul in the united states put investors there in a bullish mood through much of last year and rallied global trading the weakening u.s. dollar and solid manufacturing figures out of china are considered early positive signs for global consumption in the year ahead now for more let's go to germany's financial capital frankfurt where my colleague on the device buffer is keeping an eye on things anetta a lot of optimism among investors in asia yet the sentiment in europe is much more subdued why's that. yes that's completely right we see european bourses clearly in the red cross the board although the german but also the french markets being considerably lower and there are many reasons for a poor day there from the cossacks to sending those car shares slow but also the euro is quite high the