let's see how all of that is transling into the markets here i kyo. and pretty strong signals here as well. up over -- just over 2% for the nikkei. 8862 and the topix there up almost 2% at 732. so pretty positive start here. now after closing thursday nearly flat on the day, we could see up market sentiment for the nikkei and the topix and specifically on higher volume. especially after the lackluster sessions we've had so far this week waiting for all the news that we just got on thursday. and i can tell you, just by looking at the currencies th morning, we should see a pick-up fokey exporters on the weaker yen. so let's turn to currencies right now. specifically dollar/yen and the euro/yen. looking at the dollar/yen, 78.88-90. the dollar did actually jump after the u.s. private sector jobs data. the adp data shod the biggest gains in five months up by 201,000. now the euro, of course, did get a huge boost, also, following ecb president mario draghi's statement of intent. currently at 99.70-74. almost at that 100 level. not fa fm at. mario draghi's s

temperatures are looking like this warminging up to 26 in kyo. out towardthe west, looking chillier in ulaanbaatar, only 8 degrees expected today. all right, moving into the americas, we have got hurricane miriam. miriam continues to weaken, now a category 1 hurricane. swells will be going across baja, california, peninsula, as well as parts of the west coast of mexico. and it's starting to produce intensifying showers across western mexico and parts of the baja, california, peninsula. good news, it is going to move over the waters the next several days. as for the rest of new york america, a couple of high-pressure systems are bringing dry conditions but in between that we have severe thunderstorms rumble egg from the texas panhandle up into indiana as well as kentucky. temperatures are quite seasonal to the north of the front, 21 degrees expected in chicago. moving into europe then, not much change since yesterday. wet and windy out toward the west and very quiet in the east. but things are looking quiet, clearing up across the northern half of