"the financial times" is being bought by japan's nikkei group. the nikkei says it'll use "the f.t."me more global and boost digital growth. francine: "the f.t." spoke to bloomberg. >> nikkei take a long-term view of this investment. they see growth potential for "the f.t.," in asia and the u.s. i think if you look at the way they operate it if you look at their shareholding structurally, they take a long-term view. i think there is no point in their minds to buying "the f.t." to take cost out of it. they want to build the business. francine: let's get more with our bloomberg japan editor. brian what does the nikkei see to get from this deal? brian: good morning. so, one of the things is the nikkei says it will use "the f.t." to become globalm. omorning edition same. it is not about amazon earnings, china's economy, greece emerging markets. it is about this deal. so, nikkei clearly has a ways to go to become global. they hope that with the steal not only can they reach a growing audience around the world in english, but they can also do a better job of bringing conditions around the

nikkei will pay 344 million pounds. >> translator: i hope ft and nikkei will grow together based on a common perspective as global media that cover europe the united states and asia. >> nikkei chairman says that in order to keep growing, the company must focus on digitalizing and globalizing. he said the financial times is nikkei's best partner for promoting globalization and shares many of the same values. kita says he trusts the staff of the financial times. he says nikkei will respect the independence of the editorial rights of the ft staff. founded in 1888 financial times is one of the world's leading economic newspapers. its circulation was 737,000 last year with 70% of that from online subscriptions. nikkei issued its first paper in 1876. the firm says the total number of print and digital subscribers is over 3 million. the paper is suffering from shrinking revenue. they have been trying to improve their digital operations to capture new sources of revenue. analysts say this trend is prompting the shakeups. pierson is a publishing giant. it plans to pour more of its management r

the nikkei may end the week rather flat.growing confidence in earnings in japan is supporting tokyo's markets but falling commodity prices and lackluster earnings from u.s. companies are capping the up side. 3m and american express all weighed on the dow which finished 0.67% lower and the tech-heavy nasdaq fell 0.5%. analysts say that global business is not as good as expected for corporate usa. it's not just about the strong dollar and volatile commodities but also about china. on sales outlook for 3m ibm and caterpillar were all weak in chinese. it could affect hitachi construction. and today china's pmi numbers are coming out in less than two hours. there will be a lot of focus on that as well. adding to all the uncertainty is definitely commodities. u.s. crude oil fell to its lowest since march. many investors have been bullish on japan. chief strategist yesterday said that stock prices may rise after september and japanese firms are getting benefits from the weaker yen. and we're also seeing more positives as the econom

in tokyo the nikkei 225 rose 15%. our business reporter tells us what to expect going forward. >> reporter: in the first half of 2015 we saw the nikkei shoot up to its highest level in two decades. japan was also the best performing developed market. the question then becomes who's been leading the rally and will it continue? the nikkei kicked off the year prettylow. but it steadily moved higher and higher until it hit 20,900 a level we haven't seen in more than 18 years. i spoke with goldman sachs' japan. she says she's seeing a new trend. the nikkei saw a rally. what boosted the rally and who were the big players? >> i think that attracted valuations and you had significant inflows. interestingly not from your typical investor base which often is foreigners. but this time it was very much led by domestic investors. namely public pension funds as well as the bank of japan. but also don't forget corporates were very active buyers of their own stocks. so share buy backs were also a prominent player in the first half in

the nikkei snapped a six day streak yesterday. but it's up half a percent nor the nikkei and for the topix. the dollar was trading around 123.9 yen. now it's above 124 yen. that's a little lift for the dollar. so with a strong dollar we'll continue to keep track of commodities with oil price still below $50 and gold prices getting rammed. another sec for wore' watching is the technology sector because yesterday three tech sectors weighed on stock markets in the u.s. and the nasdaq fell .7%. a lot of attention is on facebook next week. >> speaking of technology disappointing earnings from apple as we saw earlier this week and it's still dragging stock markets low are. >> that's right. the technology is a problem for the market, because the tech sector is the mane area of growth. and apple disappointed investors with iphone sales last quarter, and apple has a lot of suppliers in's in's in asia. apple sold off suppliers. and your dollar is around 10923. it's almost end of july, but going back to japan, in the first half of 2015 and t

told that the nikkei has been tracing the newspaper for years. hashtag.rget the have, 48 pointwe two and expectations were for 48.7. gainingion that is pace. >> the deeper contraction looking at the number. what is happening across markets and it is shaping up to be a rare day where there is a lot of telling momentum. ling momentum. that is playing out as far as equity markets are concerned. i will give you the effect on the currency markets. it is getting active in the space. back to the data, china's preliminary. minutes, the last 25 the nikkei coming up, that was encouraging. that aside you take the data from japan. it has been a series of bad economic kids in asia. it -- it's in asia. hits in asia. the biggest drop in imports: old -- imports going back to 2009. we have the china data and later on we get data from singapore, factory output. industrial production at 1:00 p.m. that is what is happening as far as equity markets are concerned. take a look at south korea, down. on top of the commodity run with gold above 1080. currency markets, tha

now, the chairman of the nikkei is going to give you an overview of the basic thoughts of nikkei acquiring financial times. thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, for taking your time out of your busy schedule to attend this press conference. it is, indeed a great pleasure for me, as chairman to be nouns the acquisition of financial times. yesterday, we have reached an agreement with pearson. the parent company of fm times group. to acquire financial times. now, for nikkei to continue growth, i have always thought that we have to have global coverage as well as digital coverage and global coverage is something that i have come to emphasize in the management of nikkei in the past several years. ft and nikkei have long collaborated in terms of exchange of human resources and joined and collaborative editing of various articles. in facilitating communication with financial times, i have come to realize that the philosophy and values of financial time is exactly the same as ours so i have come to think that they are the best partner for us to go global. now, in the past several years, i hav

the nikkei did come out of nowhere.ooms around the world including here, not many people were talking about nikkei. they came in at the very last 10 minutes of bidding and came in and got this deal. this is a marquee name for a new player. duck-hook everyone in the city of london in the world of finance should be waking up to bloomberg. we also work up to the ft. paul: the ft has a great journalistic tradition. i think if you're nikkei, you are looking to grow this business in the u k and across europe, north america and asia. this is a brand that i believe there saying we can take this globally. they are hoping it can be something that can resonate in the digital world. not so much the ink on paper products. they are try to make this a global organization. doc a great to have you in the studio this week. i will be here after the break -- jonathan: a great to have you in the studio this week. i will be here after the break. i will be back in two. jonathan: good morning and welcome back to bloomberg tv. i'm jonathan ferr

nikkei composite dropping 6%.ody talking about race anymore despite beijing's policy after policy turned a sharp confidence. 43% of all companies listed on the shanghai stock exchange halted from trading. they are hoping things come down a bit. the mainland market also over in hong kong, the hang seng dropped about 2100 points, more than 6% mark in the biggest single day loss in history as the market is caught between a debt problem many plunging mainland market. japanese stocks took a turn to the south as the nikkei is down more than 3% as the stronger yen for exporters and south korea the cost be marked a four-day losing streak more than 1.2%. sandra: tracey chang, thank you. a look at futures ahead of the opening bell a few hours from now. the economic inserted in china could pose a threat to the u.s. economy. lauren: china sneezes in the u.s. catches calls. that usually what happens. huge risk for many companies that do business there. qualcomm gets half of its revenue from china down sharply in the past year

right across the board even the nikkei down 1%. over two euro plus check on the condition of the markets. a pretty steep selloff in france and germany. 1% last there. we have selling here at home. dow down 20 points in last week the dow had its worst one-week selloff in percentage terms since late january. the market hard hit last week and this morning i spoke. in the meantime, the chrysler side of the record fine for mishandling two dozen recalls. u.s. auto safety regulators finding $105 million pay fiat chrysler agreed to buy back from customers more than 500,000 pickup trucks and the biggest action in u.s. history. owners of a million older jeeps with aromatic gas tanks will be able to trade in their vehicles and be paid to get them repaired. 75 people have died in crash related players. earnings at swiss bank ups jumping by 53% the second quarter compared to last year. the bank's posting a net profit of $1.26 billion but helped by strong performance in equities trading about management. ups reported earnings a day early and cou

japan's nikkei was folly of the holiday adding almost 1%. in europe you can take a look at how markets are faring there. slight losses across the board. fear lately out of the equation. the reason gold is falling. u.s. stock market futures mix that the nasdaq hit another all-time high. investors focus like a laser beam on earnings from apple. lauren has a preview. lauren: apple earnings take center stage. expected to toward another blowout order. the ps2 comment at another dollar in 1 cents per share. the i.t. of the s&p expected to grow q2 earnings by 2.8% from last year but excluding apple growth is estimated to be negative 4%. we are positive because of apple essentially. apple has some stuff to worry about. china is the fastest growing markets are medically slowly. going forward based on the china exposure. apple will not tell us how many watches they have sold, but they will include the sales and a category called other products. if the numbers greater than $1.7 billion, you know it smash hit and a strong u.s. dollar could affect apple'

nikkei and singapore up in europe.s and makes action as well on the opening you can see trading today down side. the ftse, cac and dax. futures on the flipside i wrote that on wall street this morning. dow futures at 75 points. after seeking 8% in the trading session oil prices today bouncing back a little bit but not gaining much. crude oil prices now $53.10 a barrel of a percent on the overnight session. people still buzzing about the u.s. women's soccer team. it was a big one. the game has set another record. nicole: i love reporting this story. team u.s.a. five to two win. the largest viewership for any soccer game, men's or women's english-language television in this country up there. 25.4 million people tuned in eclipsing almost 18 million. the celebrations continue. the team touchdown in l.a. last night where they will be honored at a rally today. we can even see right here in new york among the ways honoring this team being discussed team captain and tournament mvp carly boyd was on "mornings with maria" yester

which is very important for nikkei as well.tting a very good brand who are respected with a big presence in europe and the u.s. which is what japanese companies are trying to go diversify geographically as much as they can. caroline: always great to have you on the show and thank you very much indeed. >> now it was disappointing news in china. the preliminary pmi unexpectedly fell to the lowest in 16 months and now it is formerly known as the hsbc pmi reading. the asian markets are cloning out the trading week and for all reactions and numbers and everything in between, david engel is standing by in hong kong. our commodities playing into this day and age? >> i am the bearer of bad news. commodities is playing a big part in the trading session. things started out with around that we saw taking oil prices into a bear market and gold trading at fairly low levels. then midmorning you have this data out of china which is the preliminary number. hsbc now called the chai shin china manufacturing number is disappointing. lower than ev

on the week, the nikkei is headed for a rather flat weekly finish, though. now, looking back at the month, global equity markets were extremely volatile in july and tokyo is no exception. there were fears about the roller coaster ride in the chinese markets. now, earlier this month the nikkei plunged to as low as the 19,100 level then soon bounced back to 20,800 now that overseas uncertainty has faded, they're looking for a higher close for the month. we're also in the middle of earnings season here in japan. strong numbers are pushing up the japanese markets. yesterday sony said that its operating profit for the april to june quarter rose nearly 40% beating estimates. its smartphone business was weak but image sensors and playstation are doing well so analysts see this as a positive step for sony's comeback. net profit for japan airlines doubled in the latest quarter. increasing number of tourists and cheap oil pushed up japan airlines. numbers are coming out from the three mega banks. as well as struggling sharp. so let's see how that goes. a quick check o

look at the nikkei, up 30% yesterday. we are talking about all of these broad things, but steve, you were talking to some of these investors yesterday's. what did they have to say? the feeling on the ground is a little bit of frustration because not only are there 1300 plus companies that have halted their shares, but then there are all those other companies that are limit down. so, thereofre, th -- therefore they are untradeable as well. 70% of stocks were untradable at any given time yesterday. we were outside a brokerage trying to talk to some of the people coming to check on their portfolios. and many of them could not trade. also in beijing, and this is typical in beijing, many people trust the government a little bit maybe too much, or at least that is what they tell us. they say this will all work out. this will be fine. they will put the measures, put a floor to this selling. so, there seem to be that kind of optimism that is not shared in shanghai and elsewhere. this is one guy i spoke to appear he is a futures t

japan's nikkei was closed for a holiday. in europe you can take a look at how your major european markets are doing. we have games to report in england, france and germany. u.s. stock market futures are looking pretty decent after the record high for the nasdaq on friday was a solid week over again across the board in the united states. the move in gold. 1114 and constant folding, a five-year low that coated overnight. moving on. looks like we have a deal to start this week. reuters reported lockheed martin has a helicopter from united technologies for $80 billion. the deal expected to be announced this morning in the cards to lockheed martin in the helicopter under the same roof as the 35 fighter jet. big job is coming at barclays. the bank plans to eliminate 30,000 jobs within two years after firing ceo anthony jenkins last month. the reductions bring the workforce to 100,000 by 2017. cuts are good to cut staff in the middle and back office operation. u.s. companies are a little less optimistic about sales in the third qua

nikkei down .8%. down .3%.g with all eyes on the fed with that statement coming out. says ifguest commodities do not find a bottom soon, the fed may need to abandon plans for a writ lift off. allocations. asset morning.od you talk about the come oddities route potentially affecting the liftoff. when we see a rate hike? >> if prices do not find a worse, growth is a lot than what janet yellen is forecasting it to be. if the u.s. closes their eyes by titans rates, just focusing on employment data in the u.s., that would be a big mistake. time, this pessimistic sentiment towards commodities has gone too far. ,ommodities will find a bottom or we are talking about deflation. comes to tooit much pessimism, are we still in panic mode? >> it seems that way. if you look at oil prices, for year,e, earlier this there was a 30% rally. typically, when markets are bottoming, recess creates panic. that is what we are seeing right now. a lot of panic. a lot of gold stocks. you are seeing strong indication of climax selling, whi

the financial times will be sold to nikkei. pearson to focus on a slowdown in the core education business. it is a deal that would create the biggest health insurer in the u.s.. them is near a deal to buy sigma. there was another big takeover in the health industry, when at tna agreed to by humana. president obama will head to kenya. he will visit ethiopia. he signed a bill that lets some african countries sell goods in the u.s., judy free. on a stop carter is in iraq right now. once a progress report on the efforts to settle conflict. it will be his first visit since he took office. -- those time of your are some of your top stories. staple, buteen a the rise of yoga pants has been its biggest challenge. we will tell you how much the trend is hurting the company. then in the railways, they are feeling the slump. we will talk about how the company is cutting costs. generating more than $6 billion in sales, what will q2 look like? mcdonald's has dropped for the seventh quarter in a row. -- is pledging a return to growth this yea

the nikkei composite score is 66%.% of the companies still hold training among shares that are active, 90% with 10% gain in minutes. a pretty solid recovery with the hang seng of 3.7% with fresh measures to stabilize the market and improving situation with the debt negotiations. in tokyo, japanese shares reversed earlier losses and in six tenths 1%. long-term players as the country's pension funds target scooping up stocks and south korea a solid rebound as well. the kospi gaining six tenths of 1%. back to you, sandra. sandra: thank you. a technical problem forced the new york stock exchange to halt trading for four hours yesterday. the call was in the middle of all of it and wear while looking at the open this morning. will there be a clean open? nicole: if you're tom farley at the new york stock exchange u.s.a. the right thing. better not happen today. they were shut down for three and a half hours. the outage was caused by a software update that did not go as planned. the nyse stressing the problem is not a cyberatt

nikkei is down. hang seng to the upside. in europe stocks there greatly epaing some situation on greece will happen today with green arrows across the board. the ftse is up a full percent. stock market futures taking a cue from optimism overseas. we're seeing futures down here 138. >>> espn looking to significantly cut its budget. lawyeren you're following this story. >> i'm surprised and not surprised of the as more of us cut the chord, espn averages 2 1/2 million viewers in prime time. the pressure is building. they recently lost 3 million subscribers over past year. paying more and more for content. as a result you have "the wall street journal" reporting that espn is undergoing a major belt-tightening. includes canceling plans to move the popular "mike and mike" show to new york city. not renewing keith olbermann's contract. espn head john skipper was told to cut 100 million next year. more than double the following year. espn owns espn. disney get as quarter of operates from the network. you pay a lot for it, more than

nikkei climbing .9% higher. earnings weighing wall street and headwinds for asian markets this morning according to futures in chicago. pointing to a lower open for the nikkei. dollar yen slightly strengthening. nokiaoft's acquisition of is weighing on the company. shares are tumbling after its largest ever quarterly loss. we have marked tracking the story from san francisco. deal has lost all its value. it is just a little bit more here. that is a big ouch. >> not good. it is truly a flop. really an awful investment for microsoft, which thought it could crawl back into the smartphone business after an early lead eight or 10 years ago. the nokia deal is not panning out. it is not microsoft's all-time worst deal. they did some investments in the dotcom bubble that they wrote down for $9 billion many years ago. they bought this company they had to write down 98% of its value in 2012. but this is one for the history books. angie: that was under the area of -- era of steve ballmer. but microsoft is set to release wi

you think that nikkei was all about money. >> have that is why it went to nikkei. >> it is that is alwayspart of the equation, but it is also very good fit given what they do, and it gets back to the content story you have original content, and a growing presence online for the "financial times," and it is there is value in original reporting. and i mean maybe that is -- not -- >> you wonder what happens with "new york times" a lot of properties are family owned, and are in families' hands a long time doesn't look like "new york times" wants to sell, but that is also been speculated along with financial times. >> -- money, so a lot of it is ego trip "new york daily news" i am sure you know john is going to buy it who gets hands on it really has to do with i think their ability to control the narrative "financial times" different it reputation being much more pure -- you subjective. >> i like the fact very international i guess says that way with nikkei you worn if more of asian -- bent. >> circulation had increased last year up double digits if you look at their digital up 21%, and they h

let's head to japan. 1%.nikkei closed last down futures were pointing to a higher open.his is despite weakness on wall street, but we are expecting trade data coming out of japan this hour. going in right now is weakening, so that will probably help exporters -- 123.99. the losses continue to deepen investors at the exits. more cut are staring at losses. losses.ng at david is here. : midweek there was a bit of a positive, and overnight into this morning, more price the client. -- declined. in fact, the world bank just came out with their quarterly. 70 pages. i'm not going to go through each one, but it lists all the reasons why we should be getting out of commodities. price the kleins is what they are saying. what theyeclines is are saying. let's take a look at energy contracts. nymex below 50 bucks. we are approaching a mayor market, by the way. we are down 3.3% for the week. copper is the new one in the game. it is cyclical. you have it in the tories doubling over the past year. what goldman is saying is you take a look at the price right now -- 5300 more or less -- th

the nikkei last closed in the green. check that out -- above the 20,000 mark.hat very critical, psychologically-important 20,000 mark. futures in chicago are pointing to a higher open. we also have a weaker yen that is supporting the equity rise that we saw yesterday on japan equities. right now, we have the greek ,rime minister back in athens facing the task of selling the deal he struck to save the economy. months of negotiations and bitter personal squabbles ended with an abrupt u-turn by alexis tsipras. some of his own party say he abandoned his principles and caved in to german pressure. zeb eckert is following the latest developments for us. a very interesting headlines. zeb: absolutely. alexis tsipras flying into a city of upheaval, athens. his own party adamantly opposed many of these proposals. this amount to a loss of sovereignty, for some -- to some extent. that is what those who are critical of it are saying. requires them to submit to extensive international oversight. all the things he was campaigning against and his party campaigned against. hars

nikkei closed 0.3 higher. topix index. market movers, japan airlines are high, its shares up 1.8%, a sharp rise in foreign visitors and low fuel costs boosted earnings during the last quarter. denso, top rated auto parts lifted its forecast for april through september. its stock was up 2.7%. mitsubishi motors shares dropped nearly 5%. the company's operating profit in the last quarter was 40% less than a year before. so it was quite a busy week for markets in japan and across asia with china in the spotlight. let's hope we have a more stable situation in august. giang nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >> thanks for that report. >>> moving onto other markets in the asia pacific region. stocks in china seem to need more time to stabilize. shanghai composite slid 1.1% closing at 3663. for july plunged 14.3% marking biggest monthly decline in six years. hong kong added more than half a percent boosted by shares of casino operators but gains were limited as some investors are still cautious about the markets in ma

in japan the nikkei is opening half a percent up 20,753 and topix is also opening higher 1671. now the nikkei hits a three-week high friday rising 4.4% last week posting its biggest weekly gain since october. some analysts are saying this weekly gain represents that japanese markets are resuming their bull run and as we say catherine over in new york the tech heavy nasdaq hits another record high for three days in a row held by a batch of strong earnings including morgan stanley, the last of the six big american banks to report their earnings following jpmorgan citi company, wells fargo, banks of america, goldman sachs and mostly beat market expectations and last week strong earnings coming out from the internet and tech sectors like google and netflix. the focus falls firmly on earnings and as well as growing divergence in central bank policies in the u.s. and elsewhere. as we all know with worries over greece and china aside for now, investors are sort of unwinding their downside hedges in various markets. catherine? >> what is happening in commodity markets? >> we're seeing

the nikkei took a dive to below the 20,000 mark. the benchmark hit its largest setback for the year dipping 3.1%. it lost ground toward the end of the session. the nikkei 225 finished at 19,737. its lowest point in more than seven weeks. hong kong's heng seng fell. asian markets across the board are in the negative. indonesian and malaysian stocks extended declines from the past two days. shares of air asia malaysia's budget carrier fell over worries its affiliate could be grounded due to lack of fund. the kospi hit its lowest point since march 16th closing down 1.2%. >>> japanese and u.s. trade officials are set to resume their talks on the transpacific partnership. the meeting will get underway in tokyo on thursday and it's aimed for concluding a bilateral deal. high on the agenda will be the question of when the u.s. would remove its tariffs on japanese autoparts. washington wants more than ten years to eliminate the duties on engines, gearboxes, power steering, and other parts that compete with u.s. products. but for most other

publishing, the nikkei is buying the financial times. this is nikkei, the japanese publisher agreed to by the financial times for 844 million pounds. billion.1.3 i have this statement in front of me. there are expecting to close the deal in the fourth quarter of this year and that amount, 844 million pounds payable in cash. came after that was speculation that there were a number of other media companies in discussion to buy the ft, one of which, the german publisher axel springer. we did get this news and shares spiked on that. you can see on the chart that we are bringing up for you right now. in terms of the reason for this, in the statement, pearson said the best way to enjoy the ft's journalistic success is for it to be a part of a global news company. newsi, the largest global organization in asia. magazines,ave books, digital media. over the last five years, digital circulation in the financial times has grown to represent 70% of the total, up from 24%. mobile driving almost half of all traffic. much --thank you so stephanie: than

. >> the nikkei 225 has risen by more than 5% over the last six trading sessions. it was about time to lock in profits. that coincided with some negative headlines during the u.s. earnings season and this is what we have for today. the nikkei has fallen from its four-week high ending at 20,593. about 1.2% lower. the topixs was down for the first time and fell about 1.1%. many focused on apple. revenue from apple contributes to profits for its parts suppliers. so the iphone shipments that came in weaker than expected created cause for concern. manufacturing is one that took a hit. it tumbled about 4.6%. foster electric which makes earphones for apple shed about 5.6%. and toshiba paired earlier gains and lost 1.7%. these electronics makers are big exporters so a stronger yen also worked against them. another sector hit hard today was banks and financials. shares were down as kuroda -- mitsubishi shed about 2.4%. sumitomo down 1.9% and also mizuho 1.9%. one analyst has told me that the markets tend to be choppier. reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> let's che

japan's nikkei snapped a six-game winning streak as investors grew nervous overnight.elated shares and also big losses in the banking during toshiba sending the nikkei lower. the south korean cost a lo-res file and we saw the glasses heavily weighted chip stocks. that is what is happening in asia. i am rachel ruble. sandra: thank you. let's get in the future wednesday forecast. good morning. what's the next couple days. a little bit cooler than last. >> it feels a little bit cooler. just a little bit more than the last couple days. start out with the thunderstorm forecast across parts of the rockies and nevada you lookooatt marginal severe weather across portions of the planes into the south is the case as well. the frontal boundary not making it much further than that. it will be firing up storms. a lot of humidity south of the boundary and forecasted today with potential for isolated severe weather. otherwise here's a look at the area for tomorrow in parts of the plains expected to see severe weather. bringing in some closer to average temperatures. we are expect dea

reported in the nikkei news. and the stock is up 2%.cast steel iron product producer -- we saw a huge plunge and industrial metals overnight. take a look at the stock today. earnings out friday. first quarter, the operating loss widened 61%. the net loss widens 70%. the stock has been down 4% this year. angie: that is the verdict from the stock exchange. back in an hour. a lot more in the next half of the show. stay with us.sçkw?c?coó mark: i am mark halperin. john: i am john heilemann. "with all due respect" to donald trump, with bone spurs in your feet, you wouldn't think it would be so easy to plant both of them firmly in your mouth. happy national lollipop day, sports fans. on the show, some candidates chat, and the new economy spat. donald trump -- over the weekend, mark asked trump about his suggestion that john mccain is no war hero and whether trump might be his own worst enemy. mark: do you think your campaign could be hurt as past candidates

let's see the opening levels for the nikkei and the topix for this saidthursday, july, 16th. nikkei is opening above 20,500. haven't seen that in a while. the topix is up half a percent. over on wall street, though, the dow broke a four-day winning streak, just a touch lower at 18,050 and the nasdaq lost about a tenth of a percent. u.s. stocks were initially higher as u.s. producer price inflation rose more than expected. winners included black rock and the bank of america, but the market reversed those gains on protests outside the greek parliament. yesterday we had a lot of strrl bank actions and data releases. one of which is the bank of japan, that left its policy unchanged. the bank of canada though cut rates, and china's gdp came in just above estimates. but i guess for most people it was miss yellen who took center stage. but many market watchers say she didn't give any surprises when she said the fed's on track to raise rates this year. >> well switching from rates to currencies, give us some of the levels for some of the key pairs. >> ramin, talking about rates still

the benchmark nikkei snapped a three-day losing streak yesterday. to see how markets are reacting today, let's go to ramin mellegard. what is happening? >> thank you, very much. very good morning to you, ai. let's actually go to the opening levels for july 1st, and both indexes here trading in the positive. pretty much carrying on from what you just mentioned about the u.s. markets. the drama, of course continues to surround greece and all the players involved. traders and investors actually seem a little bit less concerned as we can evaluate from activity in equities and they pretty much leveled off following that initial kneejerk reaction we saw monday. european indices did end lower, but also looking at the bond markets across eurozone portuguese bonds, investors bought those assets. an interesting development here. >> it looks like the euro's holding steady. where is it trading? >> the euro actually has been pretty resilient holding steady looking at the euro/dollar right now. the single currency is actually stronger against the yen and the doll

the nikkei is opening in the negative down 0.5% 19755. however, the broader topix is up opening in the positive up a quarter percent. a very volatile week for the nikkei. it dropped 3% through thursday this week. investors were moved by each headline coming out from greece and also by the wild swings in the chinese markets. and with that said investors on wall street were also in a wait and see mode on greece and china. u.s. stock prices closed well off their intraday highs on thursday. the dow jones industrial average managed to close in the positive up 0.2% and the tech-heavy nasdaq was up 0.25%. market players were mostly in a risk off stance buying up safe havens like the yen and selling off stocks and commodities and that's because china lost over $4 trillion u.s. in less than three weeks and investors were fearing the possibility of greece leaving the eurozone. however, we're seeing developments and we're see inging a shift gradually to risk on trade and that's after the rally in chinese markets yesterday and also after the new prop

let's look at how the nikkei and the topix are kicking off. a bit of a negative start here. the topix actually opened in the positive but has now dipped into the negative along with the nikkei. u.s. markets have closed today. investors here in japan and across asia may decide just to square off some positions following that jobs data. that said w the slightly lower dollar, we are seeing a little bit of profit taking in exporters while also bank and financial shares may just hold back a little bit ahead of that referendum in greece over the weekend. but in the long run, a lot of analysts also suggesting that we may see further gains for japanese shares with stricter and newer corporate governance measures really attracting overseas investors to japanese shares. that could be an added attraction for japanese equities. >> and what can you tell us about currencies since it looks like the dollar fell a touch after that jobs data? where is that now? >> yeah definitely we did see that slightly lower. in fact it did dip below 123 at one stage. right now during tokyo trading hours 12

but looking at the nikkei and the topix, pretty positive start, up 1% for the nikkei.he sentiment released on wednesday was encouraging for japan, although trading had been overshadowed by greece doesn't look so now. definitely positive start. economic datea showing private sector jobs and ism manufacturing also bodes well for the world's biggest economy. they were positive and well expected numbers. the jobs data comes out thursday. it's expected later today. and that may increase expectations that the federal reserve may raise rates sometime this year, if it comes out stronger than expected. of course friday markets will be closed in the u.s. for independence day. >> and we saw the dollar rise following factory data in the u.s. how is it trading now? >> let's bring it up on the screens. 123.30 to .35. wednesday's figures showed enjoyment at u.s. companies rising most in six months. now the euro is a touch weaker against the yen and the dollar as traders harbor concerns over the fate of greece. the highly watched u.s. auto sales figures have also been released. and th

the nikkei is down nearly 1% opening at 20,647. meanwhile, the topix broke seven consecutive sessions. down 0.8%. over in wall street lack luster earnings from a blue blue chip stocks pressured u.s. stocks. disappointing sales from ibm hit the dow hard down exactly 1%. and the nasdaq dropped 0.2%. slowdown in construction in china caused shares to fall 7%. other than ibm and united technologies apple stocks weighed on the dow. analysts say that they're worrying about investors sold stocks as manufacturers with high exposure to overseas because they're worrying about the impact from the stronger dollar and sluggish chinese economy. however, the shanghai composite meanwhile closed above 4,000 for the first time in three weeks on optimism over the government measures to boost the market. so focuses on chinese markets today as well. going back to japan, investors are confident about corporate earnings but the toshiba scandal is making some foreign investors worry about other japanese firms because it was long a struggle for japanese co

tokyo share prices rose and the benchmark nikkei closed at its highest level in four weeks. our business reporter gives us more details from the tokyo stock exchange. >> investors seem more willing to take a risk. they are more confident about japan's corporate earnings. the nikkei ended at 20,841 up more than .9% and the index posted at six consecutive sections of gains. and the topix finished about .7% higher. looking from the standpoint of bemplg marks alone, you can say that things are back to normal. looking at individual stocks one of the biggest movers today was toshiba. it rose more than 6.1% as the company released the results of its internal accounting irregularities. that said, one money manager told me his clients are still concerned that toshiba may be the tip of the iceberg. many other stocks did well today. kansai electric power surged on the back of reports they're planning a tie up with a french energy company. ngt data rose 2.3%. as you can see, all of these companies are domestic market oriented and one analyst told me this shows that investors are still t

and we're heading into a weekly gain with the nikkei rising 4% through thursday. the stronger dollar is definitely helping sentiment before japan's earnings season and overnight the dollar gained momentum after fed chair yellen said she favors tightening in a prudent and gradual manner. and as you know ramen, she's been suggesting rate hikes this year but looks like ekquity investors are doubting it. because the dow closed up nearly 0.4%. and the tech-heavy nasdaq closed at a record. wall street investors were buying up the tech sector that rallied on positive earnings especially from ebay and netflix. netflix soared 18% helping the dmaz dak climb to that effort. google rose 13% in after-hours trading. but earnings from goldman sachs were not as inspiring and were down, in fact, putting a bit of pressure on the dow. but all in all, earnings are quite positive in the u.s. so u.s. stocks are up more than 3% in about six sessions. as things are starting to look better in greece and a balance in chinese markets, the dax and the shanghai composite are up 9% each. so we

we have a 1.6% downside for the nikkei. 324 points down.yen being seen as a haven. and we see that rise against the dollar. including the aussie dollar as well. i think we can have a look at i'm parliament building, sure you will see it in a second. this is the scene in athens. the time is coming up on 6:00 a.m. there on the day that the to vote no on further austerity. ♪ we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number... don't miss the lowest prices of the season, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store. right now, save $300 to $700 on select mattress sets, plus 36-month special financing. ends monday! know better sleep with sleep number. new day is dawning in greece and with it further uncertainty about where the drama goes from now. we live from the bloomberg hong kong headquarters and this is as