rebound after declining sharply last friday, on deutsche bank sales, brokerages nomura holdings and daiwa securities was both up and the retail sector was among the top gainers. japan expects increased numbers of chinese tourists as china has its national day holidays. shares of department stores were higher on hopes of robust sales. it's been a strong start for the markets here in tokyo. but u.s. economic data is likely to dominate this week. in particular investors will be watching for the u.s. nonfarm payroll data due out on friday. >>> sentiment also improved in other markets of asia-pacific region. sydney's s&p i dex advancing to finish at 5478, the highest in more than a month. the banking sector led the gains, rising metal prices pushed up related shares. hong kong's hang seng index up by 1.25%. casino operators trade haider after macao's gambling revenue for september grew more than expected. >>> indonesia advancing by almost 9%, after local media reported on government plans to improve the effectiveness of its spending. south korea and mainland china were closed for a holiday. >>

situation and the effort for peace to have this critical response capability with the alliance >> daiwa as satin exercise earlier this year thanks to the invitation and it was an amazing experience first of all, to have it and american u.s. army striker company there that moved under the command of captain moving from estonia to finland to participate in the exercise then came back the first time we had armored vehicles in finland, armored vehicles under the command of a captive and they learned so much. great experience and went back to estonia to join another exercise. while i was there i could participate for this fly fire exercise. probably one of the most amazing events have ever been on with tanks and artillery and small arms. finland as of next of new and older equipment. and i was astounded when i discovered all the soldiers involved in this attack was in the army less than six months of great mobilization process. she can answer your questions but as an outsider when i saw the sophistication of the soldiers that had bent in the army's six months i think maybe the tankers were t

daiwa announced a share buyback as it cut its first-half dividend from 70 to ¥30. >> the yen is on aakening trend. events like the u.s. election and a fed rate hike will weaken the currency, but that will start pushing up the stock market. we expect markets to recover along with our profit in coming quarters. angie: canada has signed a free-trade pact with the eu after belgians had threatened to block the accord. has been seven years in the making and immediately cuts 98% of tariffs. that is worth around $550 million a year. the deal still needs to be ratified by individual eu members. saudi stocks rose the most among gulf markets sunday, extending their longest winning streak in more than two years. the gains are driven by investor optimism of the kingdom's banks. tracy alloway joins us with more. the environment has changed. explain. it has, hasn't it? when you think back to the year, we had that emerging market selloff. over the last eight days, its longest winning streak since 2014. really amazing turnaround in sentiment. it has to be that big bond sale. $17.5 billion worth of de

this report is one that i asked for ast lot of questions that is part of my job as vice president at daiwa line with the question of the relationship with saddam hussein and at 1.it points out some people were arrested some were released possibly at the request we know p. was running a terrorist camp threatening terrorist in afghanistan prior to 9/11 we know he did not migrate but set up shop in baghdad he would oversee where the terrorists were developing their substances to use. bomb he is responsible for most of the major car bombings and the one you will see on the evening news. without question without doubt a terrorist. in fact, in baghdad for the war and now after the war.ter is this is exactly the kind of track record we have seen over the years. we've taken out.u >> host: in june of 2000on when you were still dash halliburton use said they should be allowed to do business with iran because he unilateral tension almost never works. but now as vice presidentdec with the iran declared as part of the access of evilwe -- taxes of people. >> no. at the time of talking specifically of un