let's have a look at the nikkei and topix. we're seeing a positive start. the nikkei up 1.2%. the topix just up over 1% as well. the nikkei did gain ground yesterday as well. it was up around 2%. we saw the yen weaken around 1% as well which really did help those exporters, which have been heavily sold off in recent sessions as we very well know. as you mentioned, their focus on the european central bank. they held steady on rates, but really the focus also on what the federal reserve may say and words from chairman ben bernanke later today in the u.s. as you mentioned at a joint banking committee. testimony there. really the fed in its latest economic reading still also came out and said that economic activity in the u.s. is proceeding at a moderate rate. so not only did we see stocks actually trading higher but also we're keeping track of commodities as well. we did see gold gaining significantly to its highest level in app month. also wti crude oil prices rising. we're gng to keep track of shares and sectors in japan which will be affected by those as well. let's have a loo

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the nikkei actually towards the end of the close yesterday trimmed some of its losses, helped by some bargain hunting moves in some major issues, some of the blue chips such as sony and sharp as well as gains we saw in the banking sector as well as the brokerages, which also have been heavily sold off recently, but again, the volume has been less than average, and because markets also are waiting to see the outcome of the bank of japan meeting which wraps up today, and also governor masaaki shirakawa will be giving a news conference after that, investors may just keep to a range-bound trading session today as well. the imf did come out as well this week talking about japan's economy and banking sector saying that japan's banks are in good shape even for future shocks, however, it's the yen that everyone has to focus on because that keeps coming in for safe haven buying by investors, which also includes the swiss fra franc, gold as well as the dollar. i'll go over the commodities as well but looking at the dollar/yen 79.43-44, holding throughout the week and the euro/yen fluctuated cur

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both indexes trading lower. 8,65 for the nikkei and the topix at 738. political tensions not only playing into the market sentiment in europe but here as well with the contentious consumption tax hike bill being pushed through the lower house and prime minister yoshihiko noda also facing huge repercussions for his own ruling party as well. so amid some of these uncertainties, investors were a little bit sidelined yesterday. we'll see if that plays through the markets today. so far, the nikkei and the topix trading a little bit lower but not a massive move. we may see that continue into the rest of the day. now, as we move into the end of june, some bargain hunting moves have come into play as well, after some recent decliners. and also some investors locking in some dividend payments also ahead of the end of the month. still, the yen really has been the major focus. and it's gained a little bit. having a look there on the screen. it's coming up now. it's currently still a little bit stronger against both the dollar and the euro. 79.38-41, and the euro/y

both the nikkei and topix in the negative this morning. i'll leave you with a check on other markets that are open this hour. >>> western powers are looking at various ways to increase the pressure on the syrian government. leaders of china, russia, and four central asian countries said they oppose any military intervention to stop the violence. nhk world reports from beijing. >> reporter: the six leaders adopted a joint statement in beijing on thursday at the end of the two-day summit of the shanghai corporation organization. a mutual security and economic group. chinese president hu jintao and russian president vladimir putin took part. while iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad attended as an observer. the statement declares the shanghai group is against interference in the affairs of the middle eas and north africa. it also rejects any influenced hand-over of power with sanctions and stresses that problems should be resolved with dialogue. the syrian violence comes in the wake of the arab spring. those uprisings overturned regimes acr

not a huge amount but still, both nikkei and topix trading higher. let's not forget that yesterday the nikkei actually touched the year's low to date and as we alsoeported, the top hit lows we hen't seen since the early 1980s. so a bit of a rebound actually from those lows. all of this of course comes on the back of fears of a fiscal meltdown in europe with a possible greek exit. banking crisis in spain. high bond yields in spain and italy and also slow jobs growth in the u.s. so the next question is how japanese companies are going to deal with this slowing growth in the global market. so we've -- a lot of focus on japanese automakers. which have had to actually increase a lot of their sales just to thwart or to fight against the rising strength of the yen. not an easy task when you look at consumer demand and growth in china, europe and the u.s. actually being cut back. so those are some of the major impediments for a lot of the japanese companies. a lot of the exporters. nu numura securities will be coming out with its outlook for 2012 and 2013. t

now both the nikkei and the topix are down just about half a percent this tuesday morning. that is the latest for me from this hour. i'll leave you with a check on how other asian markets are opening this hour. >>> eu foreign ministers have confirmed a ban on imports of iranian oil. the ministers have been frustrated in efforts to get the iranians to halt their nuclear program. so the sanctions will go into effect on sunday as planned. nhk world's takashi ichinosa reports from luxembourg. >> the sanctions that have been agreed will be implemented from the 1st of july an embargo on iranian oil imports. >> reporter: eu foreign ministers approved the embargo in luxembourg on monday at a meeting over iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment. this followed last week's meeting in moscow between iran and five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany. minister also also ban eu-based tankers transporting oil. experts forecast the total exports will be cut by 20% or one-half, if the united states' ban is included. the iranian government has said it will continue i

the nikkei currently down there as you can see. the topix trading lower as well by 1%. the nikkei lost 10% in may and sentiment also hampered because of the dire earnings reports we had also from a lot of japanese companies reporting in the earnings season last month. a lot of them recording net losses for the year. for inance were tracking the likes of sony panasonic, and all of them also now coming out and saying that they are going to make a lot of drop cuts and also maybe change their global sales strategies. and, of course a lot of that has to do with the stronger yen that we've been seeing which is eroding a lot of their profits. ai? >> ramin, while european debts are dominating market sentiment, there's still crucial data due out from the u.s. later today that we really cannot ignore. >> yeah exactly. you are talking about the jobs da. thnonfarm payrol and unemployment data. we've been waiting for that all week. it's a crucial piece of economic data. the markets will be focusing on that. even maybe putting aside the eurozone debt issues just for today to see how

and both indexes trading higher. 8,805 for the nikkei 752 for the topix. the moves were a little bit light as market players were waiting for the fed meeting. but now that's out of the way, the next focus is really on how eu leaders are going to come up with any plans to enhance eurozone rescue funds. and also how it's going to be dealing to ease some of t pressure off the austerity plan that is pegged for greece. especially now that the pro-austerity coalition government just took power on wednesday. so that's the next focus, really, for a lot of the market players. now, the euro and the dollar had a little bit of a volatile trade ahead of the fed meeting. and we did see some particular moves for the dollar gaining a little bit, then easing back off. let's have a look at the exact currency levels for this thursday morning here in japan. the dollar actually rose against the yen on hopes for a monary easing from the fed. but the upward trend eased off a touch later, wednesday in new york, as the extent of the measures were made pretty clear. the euro howeve

taking a look at overseas trading the morning in tokyo the nikkei sank 144 points while hong kong the hang sang sank a whopping 372. >>> the first full week of june is already off to a rough start. overseas this morning, the broader tokyo market fell to a 28-year low as investors worry about a trifecta of economic fears, a potential eurozone break-up, a u.s. economic relapse, and a sharp slowdown in china. >>> on friday news the economic economy added only 69,000 jobs in may whieped out all the gains for the year. that dismal jobs report pushed oil to fresh two-year lows. >>> looking ahead fed chair ben bernanke delivering his economic outlook on thursday. >>> also this week investors will gauge the strength of the economy from fresh factory data and the fed's beige book report. "the new york times" reports baker of america alleges bang executives knew about mounting losses at merrill lynch but failed to inform them before they approved the $50 million purchase back in 2008. >>> "the wall street journal" reports that facebook is working on technology that would allow children younger

let's see how everything is kicking off today for the nikkei and the topix. a little bit of a negative start here for this thursday morning. and we might see the nikkei trading in a bit of a range opening currently now at 8,538. topix 723. already on wednesday we did see below average volume. investors still waiting to see what transpires in europe and of course domestically here. and also some economic data out of the u.s. now, spain, of course is a big focus as well. and apart from the elections in greece it doesn't help market sentiment. we saw that filtered through to the euro as well as it weakened such on the news. let's have a look at the foreign currency levels as well this thursday morning in tokyo. dollar/yen. gaining a touch. 30-37. and euro/yen 99.75-80. falling toh. >> going back to the bank of japan meeting starting today, what are markets expecting this time around? >> yeah. markets really expecting monetary policy to remain on hold. as the bank of japan waits to see how events unfold in the eurozone. imf officials this morning have made it cle

nikkei ended up over 2%. it is now gone below that. yesterday investors were buying up apple shares on the cheap on hopes that the apple conference would announce some exciting new product developments to boost business. but contents of the news conference are likely to und underwhelm the markets. >> while the market reaction to spain's aid deal was short lived, it looks like there may be some longer lasting political backlash? >> that's right. antieurozone party in greece is seeing red over spain's lenient loan terms and are using this to sway public sentiment against the eurozone. we'll be keeping an eye on those developments. for now, back to you. >> the nikkei down nearly 2% so erasing gains that we saw yesterday. >>> as she mentioned, executives from apple announced a parade of new products in san francisco on monday. the break-throughs this time include a thinner notebook with state of the art display and software able to display detailed maps on mobile devices. >> would you like to see the next generation mac book? let's show it

the nikkei is rebounding up to 8,735 points. now, we are likely to see bargain hunting today, including exporters and automakers, and especially t financial issues. taking a look at how foreign currencies are moving this morning, the euro is rising, and it rose to a high of 1.2 level in overnight trade against the dollar. a one-month high. and also as the u.s. dollar is being sold on strong expectations of further monetary easing measures by the fed. the fed policy meeting ends later today. the yen is also being bought as a safe haven effort as the uncertainty continues to linger in the eurozone. let's not forget that greece is entering day two of its attempt to form a government. and that's adding to uncertainty in the market sentiment. now, later today in japan, you have the governor giving an official speech. and any ideas as to monetary easing measures from there will be closely watched out for. the japanese prime minister did say at the g-20 summit that the strong yen was weighing on japan's trade. and he pledged to restore

well, as you can see both the nikkei and topix are down nearly 0.9% but tokyo did go up from the region yesterday with gain of 0.8%. that was mainly on a weaker yen. an analyst i spoke to said he expects profits toward the weekend. expect to see a light trade today as the chinese market is closed for a national holiday. it's a risk out there. that's not helped by hopes that have been dashed for stimulus measures by the u.s. fed. that's pushing up the u.s. dollar against the euro and the yen. now let's see how foreign currencies are moving right now. as you can see, the dollar is up against the yen and also trading at the 1.25 level against the euro. the euro actually -- the 1.27 levels yesterday but now much lower against the dollar. this is due to a selling of risky currencies for the dollar for safer assets such as the dollar and the yen. now -- the euro/yen is also back at the 100 levels. now turning back to the markets, we do have -- >> i have a question for you. >> go ahead. >> you mentioned that the u.s. fed, any stimulus hopes for that may be dashed for now. what can you tell us

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has really helped, just having a look at the opening levels right now you can clearly see the nikkei is up over 1%, 8831 right now and the topix at 754. trading however may remain in a little bit of a tight range and we have to check volume levels as well, might be a little bit less than average today, markets here and abroad waiting to take in the eu summit. having said that, with the broad differences between the german, french and italian leaders, markets really not expecting anything major or concrete to come through from the eu summit. nevertheless, it is the major focus for financial markets going forward today. also, judging by currency levels, the euro continues on a slightly weaker stance. let's have a look at the foreign currency, the fx levels as well, and again, you're looking at the euro/yen, 99.28-35, so the yen continues to be a little bit stronger there. the euro also losing a little bit against the dollar but dollar/yen holding pretty steady there at the mid the yen levels. >> ramin, i hear that there are some news from japan out today which might affect the auto sec

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shedding value on hong kong say above the law and the nikkei is mainly pushed down by the companies and hong kong is as i said is doing quite well at the moment all street saw a rebound on friday using closing figures like here they are and the banking sector did quite well thanks to the european central bank easing the rules for the banking sector to use as collateral to secure funding from the central bank and on to the currency markets at the moment as you can see see the markets. there as you can see the euro is a losing value against the dollar the russian ruble on friday a lost value against both major currencies the euro and the dollar and i will bring you all the latest as soon as the russian markets reopen it's less than two hours ahead of the opening bell here in moscow let's see how the russian markets closed on friday here the closing figures and as you can see it was a bad day in fact the russian equities were among the worst performing in the emerging markets sector with the r.t.s. shedding around two percent of its value and now on to crude crude is rebounding this mo

the asian markets are getting on them as we can see they are indeed mixed and that's because the nikkei in japan recently we have the bank of japan and i are saying that they will be keeping their interest rates unchanged bess's were hoping to they were going to into the head of the election this weekend just to kind of boost the market is a little bit but they decided not to do so so we did have the nikkei dipping into red territory but the hang seng is over a percent in positive territory as they are in the second part of their trading day as for the u.s. there is also rumors of stimulus coming from the federal reserve later on today and that was helping boost the men to despise our we had jobs claims rising unexpectedly the cost of living fell by the most more than three years we had gains on wall street we have the oil prices as well we had the big meeting yesterday between the opec meeting they decided not to change the quota for production in the second half of this year we're monitoring those prices very closely indeed because if they do take another fall that opec has said they

production of the new newsstand met a car moving on we see how the asian markets finished up the nikkei is that she now . a lot of those stocks were under pressure because they are a date exposed to the euro zone reaches the nikkei that around one percent down in the session the hang sign is still moving and shaking if we look at some of the saudi because while they were down canon to shiva big big tech companies that really suffered in today's session a lot of that as well is because the yen is actually stronger we know that it exports as they have a stronger current say alright is have a look at those oil prices they are indeed dropping for a second as you can see just add up a lot of those saying that they really want. the organization of petroleum exporting countries to really stand the production in order to correlate with what's going on in the global markets at the moment no i didn't mention the g. twenty so let's talk about it in terms of the emerging markets now these are also known as the brics and they have increased their contribution to the i.m.f. the decision was agreed th

as you can see there while in hong kong the hang seng is managing to stay above zero actually the nikkei was also trading in the positive territory earlier in the day but it's a swinging back of course it's mainly under pressure because of the oil stocks there and wall street saw our. rebound on friday it had a pretty good day mainly thanks to the banking stocks of after the european central bank eased collateral requirements for the banks to secure central bank funding and now on to the currency market the euro at the moment is a losing value against the dollar the russian ruble which opened its trade at less than twenty minutes ago is now gaining two both major currencies the euro and the dollar and staying with the exchange rate the currencies over for a largest emerging economies are also known as the brics are posting their biggest declines in fourteen years and that's the best years of fleeing from risky assets and concerns over the obviously the eurozone crisis and fears of deeper global recession in less than two months the russian ruble lost eleven percent while the brazilian br

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keep a golden share during the company's privatization and now on to the asian markets where the nikkei is in the red and the hang sang has followed its sleeve they're both trading in the negative territory this hour and new poll tokyo was seeing seesaw trade it was swinging back and forth but mainly the energy stocks are pushing the nikkei down now wall street was seeing a rebound on friday was a pretty good day you're saying friday's closing figures the market there will reopen and a couple of hours the banking sector did quite well mainly thanks to the european central bank saying that it would ease the collateral requirements for the banks to . secure financing from the european central bank and now moving on to the currency markets at the moment the euro is gaining against the dollar as you can see there and the russian ruble is actually gaining to both the euro and the dollar and staying with the exchange rates the currencies of the four emerging economies also known as the brics are posting their biggest declines in about fourteen years that's as investors are fleeing from what t

earlier in the day but it's under pressure mainly because of the oil companies that are pushing the nikkei into the red and the wall street saw a bit of a rebound on friday this box there did quite well mainly thanks to the banking sector and that's after the european central bank said it would ease collateral requirements for the banks to secure central bank loans let's now move on to the currency markets and as you can see at the moment the euro is shedding value yes the dollar and the currency the ruble was losing to both the euro and the dollar on friday we will bring you all the latest this in as the russian markets reopen in less than one hour's time and speaking of the russian equity markets let's see that the figures the closing figures from a last friday and there they are and as you can see the russian equity markets lost quite a bit of value the r.t.s. shed around two percent becoming one of the. one of the worst performing emerging markets on friday and let's move on to crude crude. is now actually gaining a value with the w t i's say above that the eighty dollar mark something

wall street overnight if we take a look at the latest numbers and figures we'll see that both the nikkei and the hang seng are out and when it comes to the nikkei it's added over one percent this hour as adding a quarter of a percent and investors are at. pause the data coming out of from the e.u. was also we'll be following the developments of a crucial summit that will kick off today in brussels later in the day and this is not a great time for europe we've had the recent downgrades by moody's investor services then statement of the spanish foreign calls going higher as well as italian laws then of course spain asking for a bailout and sign for join in becoming the fifty euro zone country to do that so it's not looking great thought it is an optimistic sentiment today we have financials and energy firms among the top gainers and if we can yen is given some extra boost through all right let's move on and take a look at some other international markets i said wall street had a strong performance that was sort of all down in the nasdaq at a point seven four percent opposed to the housing

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eight percent up in the hang a sign over a sense imposed to territory for the asian markets for the nikkei just that they only had around fourteen shares actually dropping out there for a much exposed to the european region as well there exporters that benefited some was also have to hang a sign as well its second biggest gain of the year if you look at the oil markets as well i did mention they've lost momentum ever so slightly as we've got there we've got the lights weighs eighty four dollars per barrel the brands edging towards ninety eight all right let's talk about that because that has not escaped the attention of investors now it says it will sell a state assistance streamline the government spending hours part of the so-called growth to create up public assets. well ten billion euros will be sold at about a month to slash the country's debt which is one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. the government has also approved measures to boost consumer confidence crippled by the tax latin. package is now talking to europe this week about the downgrades we've had recently we've had spade cy

side is enjoying its biggest second day rise of the year with only fourteen shares jumping on the nikkei in japan to see how will street finished up on friday that and it posted its second consecutive triple digit days and this was on the optimism that global central banks would step in to stabilize the markets we had the e.c.b. president mario draghi suggested the center by is ready to easy's out monetary conditions on the bank of england as well they have build their plans to inject one point five billion dollars into this system so as you can see it's gays and also i want to mention the stock futures in the u.s. that we say gaining right now so it's late says it was so state masses and streamlined government spending as part of the so-called growth to create a public ten billion euros will be sold in about a month to slash the country's debt which is one hundred and twenty percent of g.d.p. now the government has also approved measures to boost consumer confidence crippled by tax allowance and upstairs he packages and as far as oil is concerned we've got it getting right now the u.s.

taking a look at overseas trading this morn, in tokyo the nikkei added 51 points while in hong kong the hang seng gained 153. >>> despite more signs of trouble out of europe, stocks gained high real iys. one official's comments here at home sparked a surge of optimism on the street. on wall street zynga jumped. michael kors jumped. dell rose after announcing its first ever shareholder dividend. on capitol hill jpmorgan's jamie dimon will apologize for what he called a poor strategy that led to a milt tie billion dollar loss. >>> dutch company ing has agreed to shell out money for illegally fuming money to cuba and iran. >>> credit card processor global payments said more data may have been stolen than initially thought. >>> yahoo! and msnbc.com have ed respective sites. >>> and finally just in time for barbecue season, burger king is getting in on that salty sweet pairing trend, bacon sundae. the vanilla soft serve with fudge, carmel and bacon clocks in at 510 calories. i think i'll pass. >>> coming up, the mets rock the rays, a yankee slams into the history book and the phils get robbe

taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo the nikkei rose 86 points while in hong kong the hang seng up 73. >>> stocks finished mixed as fearful selling tapered off monday. investors anxious about the euro zone debt crisis looked ahead to today's emergency meeting of a group of seven global powers holding talks. on the street home builders were among the day's biggest losers. pulte lost 6%. elsewhere chesapeake energy rose 6% after announcing it will replace more than half of its board of directors. delta airlines had its steepest drop in three years after missing a may revenue target. this morning australia qantas airways went to all time low. after a forecasting possible 91% drop in yearly earnings. a major upset apple is planning to oust google mass as a preloaded app on the iphone and ipad. in favor of a new apple version. starbucks dipped in late trade after announcing a purchase of la boulance. in an effort to freshen up its food offerings. disney is hoping combat childhood obesity with strict new advertising policy that will ban commercials featuring candy, sugared cereal and

. >>> overseas trading this morning in, tokyo the nikkei tumbled 102 points while in hong kong the hang seng dipped 71. >>> investors are waiting for today's big report on employment. wall street yesterday closed out the worst month since september for the s&p 500. the dow and nasdaq had the largest monthly declines in two years. >>> the government releases the may jobs report today with economists expecting that employers added roughly 150,000 jobs with the unemployment rate unchanged at 8.1%. during the first quarter homes in some stage of foreclosure accounted for one in four home sales. >>> the latest report on manufacturing in china showed a 3% drop as the world's number two economy slowed more in may. >>> microsoft is almost done with the much-anticipated overhaul of the windows operating system releasing the final test version of windows #. >>> exxon mobile will build a plant in texas, taking advantage of shale gas drilling. >>> college student loan debt is piling up. with 3% increase in the first quart of the year to $900 billion. >>> a waitress in cleveland got a surprise when

. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo the nikkei rose 106 points, while in hong kong the hang seng gained 157. >>> speculation the u.s. and europe will help their economies sent stocks surging to their best day of the year wednesday. hopeful investors clung to comments from a trio of federal reserve officials indicating the central bank might need to take new actions to support economic growth. in other words, stimulus. >>> today traders will be listening for any similar hints from fed chief ben bernanke's testimony before congress on the nation's economic health. >>> adding to investors hopes. the beige book survey contradicted last week's dismal jobs report, with reports of nationwide growth. the result sent the dow back in positive territory for 2012, after last friday's sell off wiped out the year's gains. >>> home builders rallied helped by a strong earnings report, rising applications for new mortgages. >>> morgan stanley jumped 8% amid reports private equity firms may try to buy a stake in the bank's commodities business. >>> on the down side, halliburton

. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei surged 151 point while in hong kong the hang seng rose 193. eurozone breakup have eased for now. relieved investors rallied markets this morning on news of a slim but victory by greece's pro bailout party. however it's uj unclear how long that on at this mission will last as worries mount over italy and spain's struggling economies. investors will be awaiting word from the fed after the two-day meeting this week on whether it plans to issue more stimulus measures to boost the struggling recovery. also ahead updated data on housing starts and existing home sales for may along with corporate earnings from barnes & noble, fedex and oracle. after his testimony last week in the senate, this week jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon testifies in the house about his bank's more than $2 billion in trading losses. facebook is paying $10 million to settle a lawsuit filed by five facebook users saying publishing for sponsor stories without paying them or allowing them to opt out violated california law. >>> speculation is swirling, micro

taking a look at overseas trading this morning the nikkei fell 70 point bus in hong kong the hang seng gained 84. >>> well, europe's debt crisis dogged investors again on monday hours after a formal bailout kwft from spain moody's slashed credit ratings on 289 spanish banks. that rattled investors on how much spain will actually need. >>> bank of america exposed losses. meanwhile walmart was the only blue chip thanks to its expansion plans. >>> to keep land prices down in oil and gas rich areas. >>> home sails hit a two-year high but debt worries overseas outweighed any. >>> bristol-myers squibb. microsoft sealed its 1.2 million dollar deal to buy yammer, the so-called social place for the workplace. check your facebook settings. yesterday without asking users default e-mails were changed to their facebook.com address. >>> starting today, spirit airlines is charging a dollar to print your boarding pass at thearity. "the wall street journal" has been showing mack users different and pricier travel options after finding out apple users spend 30% more on hotels than p.c. customers. >> fin

. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei spike 132 points, while in hong kong the hang seng skyrocketed 416. >>> progress on europe's debt crisis could help stocks recover some of thursday's losses. asian markets rally this morning after eurozone leaders agreed to take emergency action to bring down italy's and spain's borrowing costs. the group also agreed on new bank supervision and okayed bailout funding for its struggling banks. >>> earlier the supreme court's health care ruling pushed hospital stocks sharply higher. meanwhile aetna lost 3% as investors worried about the impact of health insurers. >>> blackberry's r.i.m. lost 15%. after the bell nike tumbled 157 on weaker than expected earnings. >>> ford's next quarterly report warning europe's economic reports are taking a a bigger toll. >>> jpmorgan fell after new york times reported losses from its recent risky trading blunder could reach more than $9 billion. that's more than four times the original estimate. >>> barclays slumped 4% as britain brought in the fraud squad over an interest rate f