rishaad: let us tk to the mother of all currencies and the u.s. dollar. you see that resuming its bullish path if at all? , we need a more stable drop off for the dollar to resume a bullish path. since the beginning of the year, we have seen the dollar weakening somewhat against the funding current cease. happening from china itself which has been direct. ,gainst the funding currencies we will need to see stabilization of risk. for now there is no catalyst for dollar strength. thank you very much. having a look at what is going on in the currency markets. from the fxt back markets and look at asia-pacific in terms of equities very the all-important lunch break for the nikkei 225. he declined of 2% there. shanghai composite weaker and , aeed hang seng also fallback taking place. a short-lived global rally peter out. a public holiday in ulster really a today. kospi upp by 1.4% -- ford is running out of gas in japan and is closing up shop there. a fallout from tokyo. we will do that when "trending business" returns after this very short break. ♪ rishaad: our