back to you. >> mayu, thanks. mayu yoshida reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. it was a mixed performance in other asia pacific markets. malaysia's main index lost 0.7% following yesterday's plunge. the country's currency hit a 17-year low against the u.s. dollar on lower oil prices and a political scandal. sydney dropped 2.4% to hit a four-week low dragged down by banking shares. hong kong added 0.7% hitting a one-week high. in mainland china the shanghai composite rebounded after two days of losses. it gained nearly 2.3% closing at 3744. it also rose more than 2% for the week. >>> chinese authorities have been scrambling to steady their volatile stock markets. and global investors have been keeping a close eye on beijing's movements. the shanghai composite index finished last month with the worst monthly loss since 2008. the index suffered its biggest one-day drop in more than eight years at the end of july when it plunged more than 8%. the government rolled out a series of support measures and stepped up efforts to bolster the flagging economy. for insight, r

back to you. >> mayu thanks. mayu yoshida reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> moving on to other markets in the asia-pacific region. in china, the shanghai composite recovered from three days of losses. the index jumped nearly 3.7% to 3,756. that's after government officials said they'd introduced measures to limit short selling. sydney's asx200 rose 0.3% d to strong retail ses in june but gains were limited as lower commodity prices dragged down energy and resource-related stocks. taiwan's taiex fell to the lowest closing since february of 2014 following a decline on wall street. shares in semiconductors and other high-tech companies were sold on weak earnings. hong kong ended almost flat after moving in and out of positive territory. seoul's kospi rose about a percent. some investors were hunting for bargains after the index hit a five-month low on monday. >>> u.s. new car sales raced to a ten-year high last month. american motorists opted for sport utility vehicles on the back of lower gasoline prices

currency markets no stranger to some of these wild swings, mayu. give us some of the levels, specifically dollar/yen. >> well, the dollar's doing a little bit better right now. the dollar recouped some of its losses after china's central bank's fifth rate cut since november but it's still in a down trend, 118.75. the euro is edging lower after hitting 117 level monday. it's around 1.1556. so some are buying back the dollar after purchasing currency to avoid risk like the euro and the yen. big focus will be on the shanghai composite. we'll see how it reacts to china's rate cut. i'll be back with an update in a few hours. back to you. >> very much looking forward to that. mayu yoshida reporting live from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> the life insurance market in japan is due to shrink because of lowering population. they hope to consolidate their management bases and improve profitability by working together on projects. sources close to the matter say nippon life plans to buy more than two-thirds of mitsui life shares for several billion dollars. th

mayu is standing by. finally we saw wall street break its dramatic fall earlier in the week.nother wild day there, but this time with a pretty good ending. give us the picture. >> i'll give you the details in a minute, but i can say markets are definitely recovering after that crazy wild trading we saw the past week. tokyo markets opened this thursday morning. after the 3% rally yesterday, the nikkei is opening up 2%, 18,741. and the broader topix is up 2.3% right now. to recap, the nikkei plummeted more than 2,000 points friday through tuesday. so considering the 500 points of gains yesterday, markets are resuming their bull run again. quickly on indices in the asia pacific, kospi is up about half a percent. australia is up about .7 of a percent. all eyes on chinese markets which open in about an hour. ramin, it was a historic day in new york. wall street posted its biggest one-day gain in almost four years. gains accelerated in the last minutes of trading, quite a different picture of what we saw yesterday. short-term traders led, the dow closed up nearly 4%. the tech heavy

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