sakirs hockey at -- kawa operating profits are unchanged at the moment.s received offers for their initial investment. yvonne: several markets in asia close relative, including australia and korea. --er their currencies doing? how are their currencies doing? shery: the aussie dollar is trading and reversing some gains we saw last week and is falling u.s. cents. at 7643 holiday right now, but they are weakening again for a third consecutive session, down .1%. is also losing ground, .3%. -- down to 63 u.s. cents. japan largely held up in the last three months, even with a stronger yen, according to the latest tom cotton -- tankan survey. tankan cayman at six, which held steady for the last three quarters of the year. expectations were for that number to us by the rise to seven, but it has held despite a much stronger yen this year. this is, some economists and analysts are saying, a sign of resilience. the manufacturing indexes fell to 18, in line with economists estimates, but that had been falling from 22 in the first quarter to 19 the second quarter, now