let's get your market reaction with juliette saly in hong kong. juliette: very positive session in the asian region on thursday. those minutes coming through from the u.s. fed boosting sentiment on wall street. we saw similar gains across our region. the shanghai market closing higher by almost 1.5%. a lot of companies hitting that daily limit of 10%. we also had a policy decision in japan. nikkei rising by over 1% at aipac. be sayingister al they are close to ending deflation. it was the australian share market that was a standout today , up over 2%. that was led by a big game coming through in bhp billiton shares. , which yesterday fell below $20 a share, today were up by over 3%. the line holding its agm was questioned about that fallout in brazil. a lot of them said, can they afford to pay out dividends. semiconductor, a big gain , lifting the taiex. it was the best performer by index value on the msci asia-pacific index. softbank in japan, weaker. that was as the bank came through announcing a massive bond purchase sale and a lot of analysts s

let's get the asian market wrap with juliette saly. goodtte: we saw a pretty finish in the asian region. it was looking shaky earlier on. the markets managed to close higher. it is -- it's best game in over a month. -- it's best game and over a month. a bit of a flat session in korea. it only closed marginally higher. japan, negative but turned positive on the close. up by .1%. now a positive session coming through in australia and new zealand. here in hong kong, we had to -- we had two ipo's today. we had a psychiatric hospital on the market today. inig day in terms of ipo's the region. let's have a look at some of the other stocks we were watching throughout the course of the day. in korea, one of the best performance in the region. the north and south agreed to talk. big is a company that has a stake in a north korean tourist chain. it's tv unit is returning to profitability. samsung a little bit of a switch up in korea. and new budget smartphone to tap into more of that market. a lot of focus on health care stocks today, primary he

juliette saly in hong kong. we saw the latest operation in paris have a bit of an impact on the region in asia. we have seen gains on the nikkei in early trade. it closed pretty flat on wednesday. macquarrie up around 7%. in australia, that market closed before we heard the latest from paris. we had seen some weakness from mining players, in particular gold star which announced a fatality at its mine this morning. paladin energy down almost 8% in australia. new zealand closed slightly higher. a bit of a flat session in korea. we saw that rebound from the won yesterday. the shanghai market closing down around 1% in china. president xi also saying some positive comments about the overall economy. we do see weakness coming through in equity markets. volumes in china were down around 14% lower than normal. here are some of the stocks. citigroup securities closing higher on a new chairman. insurance players like china life, in australia, miners coming under pressure. bhp billiton falling below 20 australian dollars i

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in hong kong, for bloomberg television, i am juliette saly. betty: let's head to london.s the latest. druggie rebounded not last very long. this is a chance to use my pen here. that is when draghi started speaking. stocks rose. all the way down. similar story for the euro. the euro initially fell against the dollar. that was there. as you can see, it fell. ever since it has been rising, and now it is trading higher. he did not really say anything new. yes, he signaled that the ecb could boost stimulus in december as inflation wanes and economic progress worsens, but back in october, on october 22, when draghi for signal the ecb could boost in millis, since then, the euro has risen 5% against the dollar. the euro stoxx 50 has risen against the dollar as well. two-year bond deals have declined. we are watching draghi, janet yellen, it is a central banks day going forward. betty: same here. i will see you in a little bit for the european close. for a look at the u.s. markets, i want to head over to bloomberg's abigail doolittle live from the nasdaq, looking at media stocks.

guy:juliette saly -- juliette saly in hong kong. they has been speaking of the economy.uch of the policy unchanged. ryan, let's talk about some of the details. what does the policy trajectory look like? are they waiting for the fed? >> i think it is true that there are waiting for the fed. one thing governor kuroda said is he would like to see an increase if it is a sign of economic strength from the u.s. japan -- that is a welcome thing. the takeaway is this recession is unlike the last one being blamed on external demand. we saw that in the export data today. it felt for the first time in more than a year. mr. kuroda test on that in his comments. kuroda touched on that in his comments. i think we are seeing more bojle in japan saying the could be finished with its round of easing. -- it is 46%0 sink of the economists saying that. guy: brian fowler joining us from tokyo. let's talk about what is happening in the u.k. the company will raise its interim dividend by 10%. it sounds pretty confident. jim mccarthy is the company's ceo. he joins us this morning here on bloombe

juliette saly is standing by. jonathanuliette: good morning.eeing the shanghai composite down by 1% despite the comments about the overall economy from the president. big falls coming through in some of the insurers. hong kong down with an hour still to trade, weakness from the casino players, which are down almost 5%. sans china is also week after the chief executive of macau warned of further revenue slumps in the gambling city. japan's market was having a pretty solid session before we heard news of those attacks, the operation in paris. of the best performers was up 7% on a broker upgrade, but as those headlines started to come through, we saw the yen alsoand stocks close flat, a flat finish in korea. in australia the market closed before we heard any of the developments, and we saw some ok miners werehe under pressure. if we have a look at some of the major movers in the region, we are talking about the close in shanghai -- security is up almost 3%, appointing a new chairman following the resignation of its previous chairman. the brokerage