so the nikkei just down 0.12% of the we'll see how that progresses. yesterday, the nikkei actually rose for a third straight session, ending at its highest level in six weeks. now, at the last policy meeting in january, the b oj, with switzerland and sweden and denmark, this has proven to be a bit of a hard nut to crack for boj policy makers. after the decision in january, share prices of banks fell, and many were afraid banks would suffer most from negative rates. data shows lending didn't increase as much as the b oshs j had hoped for. now, meanwhile, many investors expect the federal reserve to consider raising rates this year. there are signs of improfit proosmt in the u.s. economy. this ehope scrap knees corporations as the u.s. does remain one of the markets for japanese exporters. that is a focus, what the boj does and the federal reserve does this week. >> ramin, market players are still concerned about crude oil prices. how did those trade overnight? >> exactly. they've been dictating stock moves so far this year, and in new york, the u.s. be

the nikkei in japan to the downside.china to shanghai composite index one and three quarters of a percent. lauren: at the cac trading higher 17 and a mass up by 20 points. nicole: ups came out with better-than-expected profit. let's take a look a u.s. stock market futures. s&p up five. nicole: oil prices near $40 a barrel. that is down 9 cents yesterday. gold given back $9. extreme weather. it's nobody had in our way? nobody knows better than the rebuilding of. she is here with the details. reporter: good morning. the first day of spring on sunday nights exact when mother nature is planning parts of the northeast in bringing and potentially a foot of snow across areas out there. i'll bring you those details in the second. at first when i talk about parts of the gulf coast because we been dealing with none of the historic rainfall the last couple of weeks in louisiana and eastern texas, but dealing with storms over the past 12 hours across the region and is forecast to continue. we have a boundary out here that is firing

on the session, the nikkei is off about 0.7%.nd let's give you a view of the shanghai composite as well, which really has been missing out on the global relief rally we've been seeing, especially stateside. the shanghai composite on the quarter is still off some 15%. this despite a rebound for some other emerging markets. we'll be getting in more detail in a little while. for more on the asian marks trading this morning, let's get to akiko fujita standing by in singapore. >> good morning to you, nancy. we're following several stories out of the chinese markets that are moving the markets tlp first, china's eighth largest investment bank. reports they have defaulted on their dim sum bonds. these are offshore bonds traded in yuan. the "financial times" reporting this default is putting a 38 million yuan coupon payment on those bonds at risk. this is significant because it marks the first time a state-owned investment bank has defaulted in nearly two decades. certainly highlighting how fragile the chinese financial system is. the bi

japan's nikkei up 1.7%. shanghai index also up 1.7%.p 7% last week but pulling back in a big way right now. $37.73 is the quote. that is down 7%. nicole: in sports march madness is here. top teams have been selected. they were let out of the bag a little early. we'll let you know what happens. who sits at the top of each bracket. lauren: 5:22 a.m. eastern time on march 14th. welcome to "fbn:am," the latest if breaking news and what is next in the day ahead. nicole: breaking news, republican presidential front-runner donald trump is dismissing criticism he is fueling violence at his rallies after some of his supporters have been charged with assaulting protesters. >> i don't accept responsibility. i do not condone violence in any shape. they're not protesters. i'm telling you. they're disrupting professionals. he went absolutely wild and frankly, when they punch, it is okay. when my people punch back because they have to out of self-defense, everybody says, oh, isn't that terrible. lauren: trump also says the american people are angry ab

one reason why the japanese nikkei get rid of that. 1.90%. lauren: california close to breaking new ground. they raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour. they will become the first state to adopt a $15 an hour. the statewide minimum wage in new york is under negotiation. the deal in california could be announced as early as today. reports of the most closely watched on friday. waiting for that today. we will get a look at personal income and spending. consumer spending accounts for more than two thirds of u.s. economic activity and tomorrow the report on home prices along with his inner confidence. wednesday brings the adp serving of private employment. thursday weekly jobless claims will set the stage for friday's big jobs report for the month of february. nonfarm payrolls are expected to fall slightly to 2500 jobs at the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.9%. lauren: protester and violent as ripping protesters clash with riot police. the latest from brussels and a big leap or u.s. economic data. r by being a more adventurous student?

nikkei average in japan up a quarter of a percent.e explosions going on. twitter fan in to stop the brain drain. with social media giant is doing to sweeten the deal for employees. here to break it all down with us this morning, fox business network's dagen mcdowell, michael black and fox news contributor george mosbacher. thank you for being here. our top story with twos days results in the books.

the nikkei 12.8%. nicole: oil down 3.7% yesterday.now upon .5%. $37.8 a barrel. >> iran threatening to walk away from the nuclear deal after test firing ballistic missiles. north korea claiming they've made miniature nuclear warheads that could threatening a state. nicole: turmoil at the top of the continental airlines as he says he wants to be chairman of the struggling air carrier. we'll have the latest there. lauren: 5:23 a.m. in new york on went to march 9th. welcome to "fbn:am," the latest breaking is and what to expect that they had. trade to donald trump winning three more states in the republican presidential race. in michigan he gets 36.8%. the gop front-runner also scoring big three in the mississippi primary with 47.3%. in the hawaii caucuses, donald trump gets 42.4%. lauren: meanwhile, texas senator ted cruz claiming a late and went in idaho with 45.4%. >> i call him why he ted. he holds a high enough to put the bible down and he lies. the set and the one who beat donald trump. but he doesn't say cap, he won like four and

the nikkei fell .75%, closing at 16,783. the broader topix slipped 1%. power companies led the declines on the nikkei ahead of plans for market liberalization in the utility sector next month. chubu, tokyo, and kansai electric power company all trading lower. toshiba underperformed, sliding 7%. media reports say the scandal-plagued company could announce a bidder for its medical unit on wednesday. the sale is part of its plan to raise funds for its restructuring efforts. and soft bank group rose 1.7% after the telecom group announced a reorganization plan that would split its very profitable domestic business from its overseas operations. that's seen as an effort to boost shareholder value. a bit of a cloud hanging over the nikkei and the topix as the yen remains strong. >>> other markets in the asia pa risk region, the shanghai composite finishing at 2901, up .14%. the index was trading lower for most of the day on taking in the weak trade data but managed to extend its winning streak to six days. take a look at sydney subpoena asx200, declining by .7%,

. >> reporter: the nikkei ended lower. the nikkei closed down .7 of a percent at 16,758 and topix was lower by about the same margin. for the month of march the nikkei gained 4.5%. first monthly gain in four months. but after big losses early this year the index is still down more than 10% for the quarter. now let's look at somee individual shares. sharp trade down 4.4% after taiwan's hon hai approved the deal. banking own energy stocks rebounded. sumitomo mitsui and mitsubishi added 1.8% each. japex rose almost 2%. shares of toshiba climbed 5.8%. they agreed to sell 80% of its stake in home appliance. on friday we'll get the bank of japan quarterly sentiment survey and manufacturing data from china. we'll see how markets react to those figures. >>> it was a mixed day in trading. in china the shanghai composite edged up. many market players avoideded mamaking trades before the pmi data comes out on friday. the s&p/asx 200 climbed 1.4%. some benchmarks retreated from the gains made yesterday. those came after the u.s. fed c

nikkei rallied the key 17,000 mark. for details we go to our business reporter at the tokyo stock exchange. >>> the dollar gained ground against the yen after some fed officials indicated they see a rate hike on the horizon as early as april. here in tokyo shares rose as the yen weakened. nikkei average closed up 1.9% at 17,048 snapping four days of losses. the topix at 1.8%. shares of toyota rose 3.6% and denso gained by the same margin. it will be building drones to inspect bridges and buildings. nintendo alleged more than 8%. the game maker social media app chalked up more than 1 million users, passing off critics expectations. dena also hosted gains of 6.5%. a long takeover bid by japanese company of sharp. the nikkei average ended above the 17,000 mark. tokyo shares off to a strong start for the week. >>> moving on to other markets. china's shanghai composite snapped a seven day losing streak. it finished at 2999, just below the 3,000 marks. they took profits from recent markets. taiwan declining by .3 of 1%. 8785

lauren: japan's nikkei slipping numb 1.6%.er falling 4% yesterday crude oil prices down 1.6%, $31.13 a barrel. lauren: ted cruz narrowing the gap with donald trump. the fbi hires an israeli company to unlock an iphone used by a terrorist. nicole: national football league owners crackdown on player conduct during games. alex rodriguez of the new york yankees reveals when he might retire but backtracks a little bit. lauren: it is march 24th. welcome to "fbn a.m.". it is the last trading day of the week, the latest breaking news and what to expect on the day i had. nicole: and intense manhunt for a man in belgium seen with two bombers at the brussels airport and officials say evidence that the same isis cell carried out the attacks in paris and brussels and the suspected bomber was one of the two airport bombers in brussels. najim laachraoui's dna was on the suicide belts used in the paris attacks. nicole: this other guy, was detained in turkey on suspicion of being an isis member after belgium could not find he had a link to the

but the nikkei and topix are trading lower. now, the nikkei end higher on monday. most investors most likely sidelined ahead of the key u.s. jobs data. let's not forget the sentiment survey here in japan, otherwise known as the tancan. that survey is large and small manufacturers, as well as the nonmanufacturers to gauge the state of japan's economy. a lot for investors to take in this week. and all of it piling up on friday. now, we may also see lower volume in domestic issues here. most of the shares have gone ex-dividend as of today, meaning investors will not be entitled to a lot of the dividend payments that come out for the year ending march 31st. in fact, yesterday we saw frantic trading on high volume, just because of the investors wanting to lock in some of the dividends. for instance, a & a holding, volume twice the average for the previous year. so a lot of activity there. but maybe it's just slowed down a little bit today. we shall see. ai? ramin. in currencies, we saw swings in the dollar. tell us about some of the levels this tuesday morning. >> exact

nicole: asian markets, the nikkei in japan rose 6.5%. lauren: the war of words between ted cruz and donald trump. on the democratic side hillary clinton and bernie sanders campaign ahead of weekend primaries. nicole: playboy may be up for sale. it may cost half $1 billion. lauren: stay tuned to see the highlights and find out if your team made it to the elite eight. lauren: it is good friday ahead of easter sunday, march 25th, "fbn a.m.," the latest breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. police in brussels crackdown on suspected terrorists following tuesday's attack.

the nikkei roaring ahead. take a look at dollar-yen. that is up 0.3%. the nikkei up 4% overnight. go to your terminal. the nikkei, the stoxx 600 and the s&p. the non-us markets have a lot catching up to do. oil is trading lower. let's get you caught up with all the news. here's nejra cehic. donald trump has a firmer grip on the republican presidential nomination. he's taken seven states as part of a commanding super tuesday showing. ted cruz won texas as well as oklahoma. hillary clinton defeated bernie sanders by wide margins in democratic primaries to give her and all but insurmountable lead. moody's has cut its outlook for china's credit rating to negative the cause of rising government debt and falling reserves. the agency sees state debt increasing by next year. moody's affirmed its long-term rating for china but says beijing's policies may slow the reform of state owned enterprises. apple and theween fbi heated up yesterday as lawmakers in washington heard arguments from both sides on the phone encryption issue. are no demons in this debate. you have a lot of good people who

falling, the nikkei slipping 0.6%. after falling 4 present yesterday crude oil prices right now pulling back even further, down 1.3%. >> a new fox poll shows ted cruz narrowing the gap with donald trump. we have the numbers for you. >> the fbi hires an israeli firm to unlock an iphone used by a terrorist. dirksen senate office building national football league owners crackdown on player conduct during games and alex rodriguez reveals when he might retire but later he backtracks a bit. those stories and more coming up. 5:01 eastern time, welcome to icao. dirksen senate office building thank you for joining us. and intense manhunt underway in belgium for a suspect in the brussels terror attack. that man seen with the two bombers, evidence is mounting that the same isis cell carried out the attacks in paris in

the nikkei index up in .83%. and china come at the shanghai composite edging a .19%. lauren: and the oil markets, after falling 2% yesterday by .5% the last two days, oil prices moving to the upside almost 2% on news of another reduction meeting in april. nicole: president obama set to announce his pick for the supreme court not to approve his choice. lauren: commuters in the nation's capitol may be waking up to a travel nightmare. the entire d.c. metro shut down for emergency inspection. nicole: 5:01 a.m. new york time. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at today's markets, the latest breaking news and what to expect that they ahead. lauren: the morning after super tuesday to plano. significant victories for gop front runner donald trump winning three states in yesterday's republican primary. trump got 45.8% of the vote collecting all of the states 99 delegates. senator marco rubio jobs for the white house. in illinois, at 38.8% support. train to on north carolina 42.2% or 36.8%. missouri remains too close to call. trump is at 40.8%, cruiser 40.6%. lauren: meanwhil

the nikkei was at its highest level in nearly six weeks. the sentiment was helped by the european central bank stimulus measures last week even though traders first stumbled over mario draghi's confusing statement, overall traders viewed it as positive. as for individual stocks, export-related issues were highered helped by a relatively weaker yen. alps electric added 3.6%. and tiremaker bridgestone was more than 0.3% higher. with the bank of japan policy meeting under way, some of the big banks like mitsubishi and dai-ichi life insurance saw strong gains. the bank of japan's adoption of negative interest rates has hurt their profit outlook, but analysts are expecting it to stand when it concludes on tuesday. strong here in tokyo though investors are staying cautious with the central bank's policies front and center this week for markets. i'm giang nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> other markets in the asia-pacific region also extended their gains. let's take a look. shanghai composite up to 2,859. the central bank chief p

that doesn't usually help the nikkei. it hasn't today. the nikkei has slid by just over 1%. the hong kong market also down a similar amount. both just shy of 1%. shanghai comp manages to eke out slight gains. >> yeah, the mood is downbeat across global markets. commodities are down. equities are down. let's show you u.s. futures this morning. also pointing to a lower start after pretty much unchanged session and low-volume trading yesterday, which actually led the dow to its highest close of 2016. giving some back today. down 67 here in the early action. s&p futures down 11.5. nasdaq futures down 20. the early action in europe tells a similar story. risk aversion. vulnerability here to swings lower and questions about central banks. it's hurting the dax, down about 0.3%. france down half a percent. bigger losses with the ftse 100. red across the board. >> let's have a look at broader markets. oil prices are a key factor in that red we've just seen in equity markets. as you can see, wti down 2.2% at 36.4. we got close to 40 late last week. we've given up some of that ground e

nikkei in japan by three quarters 1% and the hang seng and possibly lower.ren: in europe or the south. but ftse is down 55 points ftse is down 55 points come to see ac 1070 and the dax and germany down 133 points. nicole: u.s. stock market futures are down 114. s&p futures down over 14 right now. dow futures than 150 points? i want to make sure i got the correct. this after five days again. lauren lauren: oil is down 37 cents. gold up $11 to 12.74 not. nicole: coming up from a sports reporter and tv host erin andrews wins big in the lawsuit against a stalker in a hotel were secretly recorded music video shot of her. we will tell you what the jury found. tennis star maria shara popa out with shocking news about a positive drug test. >> out of one to end my career this way and i really hope that i will be given another chance to play this game. nicole: will have all the sports highlights for you. you are watching "fbn:am," your first look at money markets and breaking news. ♪ when you think about success, what does it look like? is it becoming a better profess

we know the japanese nikkei does not like that. we also got a pretty weak economic report out of japan. let's show you some of the pictures in emerging markets. they really are having a strong month of march. a lot of that can be attributed to the dovishness of janet yellen reiterating yesterday. let's show you the early trade here in europe, which continues the party from janet yellen. that message of caution, of waiting when it comes to interest rate hikes. giving a boost across the board. german dax up 1.5%. really 1.5% gains across the continent. >> very much commodity names, oil names doing well. >> the question is how long does it last. how long did she put a floor under markets? >> i think last time post that meeting, we saw a more concerted response. we're seeing a decent response today. we'll have to see if that lasts a bit longer. let's switch focus. in brazil, the president is one step closer to being ousted. the country's largest party said it's leaving the governing coalition and pulling its members from her government

the nikkei averaged open lower, but soon swung into positive territory. at the start of trading, many investors took profits from yesterday's strong gains, the nikkei up 1% higher, 16,909 at the moment. oil related shares higher, as crude oil rose in new york. rise in oil prices dragging down the dollar against some currencies of resource rich countries. they include the indonesia ripia, and malaysia. it fell against the yen overnight. many traders cautious over the u.s. jobs report due out friday. the euro is lower against the japanese currency too. let's take a look at other markets in the asia pacific region and we're seeing a positive start to our thursday. seoul's kosti quarter%, 1952, australia benchmark index trading up by 0.8%. china's markets will hope in less than a half an hour. >>> entrepreneurs in the united states and europe high growth startups and new ideas. but japan has been a latecomer to the game. despite its technological prowe prowess, the average number is about one-third of that in the u.s. and singapore. as for ease of starting a

the nikkei average down 1.118%, 16,653. oil related shares falling or lower crude oil prices and stronger yen. currency, euro volatile trading, single fell against major currencies after the rate cut announcement, but quickly rose following his comments. meanwhile, dollar/yen, that's fluctuating. it's now losing some ground currently, just above the 113 yen level. let's look at market as cross the asia pacific region opened this hour and we're seeing a bit of a mixed picture with south korea kospi up just about 0.10%. australia's shares down 0.04%. >>> the march 11th disaster devastated the fishing industry. they're finding it hard to get livelihood back on track. some oyster farmers are getting help with a new business model. >> translator: thank you for waiting. here are your oysters. this restaurant is famous for its fresh oysters served right in the shell. >> translator: it tastes like it just came from the ocean. we're getting excellent feedback, customers like them a lot. >> the oysters are produced in the district of

the nikkei dropped to 16,642. and we're halfway through the week, but it doesn't look like the nikkei can eke out a fourth day of gains. inpecks fell 2.6%. jx holdings lost 1.5%. and a higher yen weighed on commodity trading, including rubber. as for currencies, the dollar yen traded at a near one-week low during tokyo trading hours. it was around the mid-112 yen level. all eyes are now on the european central bank's policy meeting on thursday. many traders are speculating the ecb will announce more stimulus. i'm giang nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >> moving on to other markets, in china, the shanghai finished at 2862. it snapped a sectiix-day winnin streak. australia's banking and health care sectors saw gains. other markets in the region had mixed results. the hang seng declined by a fraction, singaporean shares advancing 1.14%, the first rise in three days. >>> suzukier plans to export cars made by its subsidiary in india to japan. the measure will help cut costs in the face of fierce competit

let's look at how the nikkei and t topi topics. 16,087. we're below the 17,000. the fed indicated gradual rate hikes, but export shares on a stronger yen. speaking of that let's have a look now at currency level. 111.40. the lowest in 16 months. now the dollar falls since the fed policy wrapped up. that's going to hurt major japanese exporters. however, the weaker dollar may be good news for u.s. companies. the indexes on wall street rose overnight, as you can see, the dow jones industrial average closing up futures went above $40 a barrel in more than three months. however, oil price pluck fluctuation, and emerging economies, still, worrying not only for the fed, but also for the bank of japan, as it tries to achieve its goal or target of 2% inflation. >> tell us about the currencies of some of these emerging economies. it looks like they're gaining ground after the fed statement. >> exactly. we have seen some of those currencies specifically. let's go through them, indonesia, new zealand, russia, south africa, all rising against the dollar since that fed statem

japan, nikkei, that's down three quarters of 1%. kospi down one-third of 1%. lauren: this morning you have the ftse, cac and paris is down a solid percent and dax is a down a half percent. nicole: stocks are doing very well, job claims today and job report tomorrow. dow futures down 25 and s&p down 4. lauren: checking on key commodities, you have oil trailing down and gold is up $8 to one thousand $236 a troy ounce. nicole: we are seeing the euro and japanese yen stronger against the greenback this morning. lauren: let's check out the yield 1.8%. nicole: from burritos to burgers, better burger, it's all part of a plan to build burger restaurant. expansion plan comes as chipotle plans to excover from e. coli outbreak and other safety issues that has slowed, worst quarter since it went public. lauren: new model is gamble for mass market. priced $35,000 less. tesla are hoping more americans are getting ready to go electric. model, s, ceo will unveil the model 3 to tonight in los angeles. you have to put a thousand dollars down first. nicole: investors are gearing

but for now, the nikkei up 111 points. back to you. >> thanks a lot for that update. >>> leaving liquid crystal display maker and letting go of some workers. japan had been looking for sharp which decided to accept a takeover bid by taiwan hon hai. they'll i'd dal t they will -- near tokyo, about 600 employees are currently working at those sites. the firm has decided to move some of the people to other plants in japan, but some others will be asked to take early retirement. the firm reportedly also has restructuring or merger plans for its chinese plants. the moves include possible sales and closures. >>> many major companies and labor leaders have struck deals on wage strikes and working conditions. managers have been giving pay increases for the last two years during the annual negotiations. many of them granted record high raises, last year. but the picture now is a bit different. nhk world has more on the outcome of the talks, and the effects it may have on japan's economy. >> reporter: about 2 million workers in majo

nikkei 225 up, shanghai composite climbing above that psychologically important 3000 level. at jakarta stream of about an hour ago, off by 8/10 of 1%. for "trending business". "asia edge" is next. shinzo obviously does lands is to be late japan's economy. ♪ rishaad: this is hong kong, the middle of the asian trading day. this is "asia edge." a look at our top stories, the yen pushed down. the prime minister of japan is planning new measures to rejuvenate the slumbering economy. partners in change, how the economic future of china and australia are intertwined as they both tradition away from traditional industry. the myanmar stock exchange is open for business and it's only company jumped 19% on debut. so far, foreign investors are locked out. >> we have a number of markets closed, of course. new zealand, australia enjoying another day off. we have seen a mixed picture. we had industrial numbers out of china suggesting that might be starting to turn around. we had u.s. gdp being revised upward.

now, on tuesday, the nikkei fell after the bank of japan left policy unchanged. snapped three-days of gains. they started investing yen, pushed down, doj's outlook at bloom me gloomy, rushing to buy safer assets, such as the yen. let's look at some of the key pairs here. dollar/yen, 113, it dipped below that level yesterday. u economic data didn't help either. u.s. retail sales fell 0.1%. concerns through the market, china's daily fixing was weaker than expected. that fueled worries of a depressation in the currencies. would a worries over crude oil prices, futures fell below 2%, again, one positive to look out for, may be due to apple, after shares rose on a broker upgrade or assessment of stronger demand for iphones, so we should be looking out for japanese component makers here, and we'll see if there is any major price action in those as well. >> sounds good. we did cover currencies, how are bond markets reacting ahead of the fed meeting? >> exactly, bond markets really a guide there for a lot of investors. looking at the yield on the u.s. treasury ten year n

let's have a look at how the nikkei are kicking off, thursday, march 31st. back up the 17,000 level. yesterday, major markets in europe rallied after yellen ace comments, but the nikkei wasn't able to join the party. but we're above it now. up 119 points. investors sold the dollar after yellen's speech, by the yen and we may see a little turn around today. that said, the weaker dollar also boosted or provided some support to industrial commodity prices. we did see crude briefly $40 a barrel, and wti futures went above $39. u.s. government data shows built up last week, less than market forecast. now, as i said earlier, the next big tests will not only be economic data out of the u.s. and china, but also, the earnings season will be kicking off as of april. and of course, as we've been talking about this deal with sharp and hon hai precision industries as you were just covering as well, i'll be tracking the shares and related companies as well. >> ramin, currencies, we did see the yen snap a decline after yellen's comments. how are they trading now? >> exactl

the nikkei the exception. that's because of the yen, of course, whereas the weaker dollar has helped the rest of the markets around the world. i do think if we sit and pause, we've seen -- a few weeks ago we were very critical of what the g-20 finance ministers could achieve. there was talk of collective action. everything you would have hoped to have seen since has happened. we've seen the chinese come out and be clear on their currency and it strengthened. we've seen a lot of easing from the ecb. we haven't seen tightening from janet yellen. it does seem slightly coordinated. we need to keep this bubble -- we need to keep things going. we can't quite stomach a big downturn at the moment. i think people understand that long term, these types of actions have to be removed. >> i wonder if, to your point, they've declared somewhat of a truce on the currency war. you mentioned the ecb bazooka. maybe it was aimed at helping the banks and it was a targeted policy aimed at getting them to lend to each other and to t

the nikkei up about four tenths of 1%.estors worried about the continued strength against the u.s. dollar given the appropriate probability as they concern is the books are closed by the end of this month. in south korea, markets are closed for holiday today. back to you. lauren: tracey yu, thank you very much for the global market action we've been seeing. all of the aeros. barclays getting crashed this morning. i've been down 10%. the rest of the indices looking pretty good. the dax up on 20%, cac up 1% and neil ftse up. lauren: dow futures up 138 points on this first day of march. a pretty good month for the stock market historically. nasdaq futures up 40 points. train to check in on yesterday's gains for oil up once again. but they're up 1.1%. google it meant in a bear some responsibility had a bus earlier this month. we will have the story for you. after a record 340 days in space, astronauts scott kelley is set to return to earth today. we will tell you all about it. you are watching "fbn:am," your first look at morn

we did see the nikkei up by 7/10 of 1%.s are on the downside, and there was a significant selloff in the afx, off by 1.4%. clearly there was some heavyweight in the aussie, really feeling the impact on the energy. commodities are the concern. that's the picture in japan -- the nikkei stocks also lower, dollar down against the yen, which is the best-performing major currency. the bond is a negative territory , completely flat at 0% yield. i want to dig into what is happening in the rest of the market. we are seeing some serious concerns when it comes to oil. we're down by 1.1%. is is why we are seeing such a negative start on the market? back to correlation? it seems to be coming off its highs because iran it is refusing to play along with the cap have bee happening in the rf opec. look at the affected is happening. aussie down by 3/10 of 1%. i leave you with one interesting area -- the yields on certain bonds. 1.9%, tim: saying go bearish. they could go higher. manus: thank you very much. a pretty big call from pimco. gover

the nikkei dropped 0.6% to close at 16,892. the broader topix was down 0.7%. on the heels of the lower oil prices, the energy and commodities sectors sank. mitsui mining and inpex ended in negativer to. it's also affecting bottom lines of japan's major trading houses. shares of mitsubishi corporation and mitsui & company were down sharply. both firms are projected to pose a net loss for the fiscal ending this month. airlines were high other cheaper fuel. ana holdings was up almost 1%. japan airlines rose 1.9%. so a bit of a lackluster trading day. many investors are holding off as we near the end of the fiscal year here in japan and await inflation data out on friday. giang nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >>>> thanks veryry much for tha. moving on to other markets in the asia-pacific region, let's take a look at china, the shanghai composite, 2960 is the closing number there. dozens of domestic brokerages have reportedly resumed short selling. that's the practice of borrowing stocks to sell with the aim of buying them back at a lower price. it

the nikkei climbed over 200 points. for details we go to the tokyo stock exchange. >> many investors went bargain hunting after three days of losses. the nikkei indoection rose for the first time in four days to end at 16,852. the topix gained, posting 1.5% increase. the yen weakened against the dollar during tokyo trading hours. oil futures hit a three-month high and gave investors an appetite for risk. they sold off safer assets including the japanese currency. export-oriented companies are trading higher on the weaker yen. both sony and mazda climbed over 4%. yamaha ended 5.3% higher. a big drag on the markets was can s kansai electric power after a court ordered a shutdown of two of its nuclear reactors at the t takahama nuclear plant. tepco is of course the operator of the fukushima daiichi plant. some market players are avoiding active trading ahead of the policy meeting of the european central bank on thursday. the focus is on how asian markets will react friday to the decision from the ecb and president mario dr

the benchmark nikkei hit a two-week high. for the details we go to our business reporter at the tokyo stock exchange. >> many investors bought shared on the back of a weaker yen. some bought before companies go ex-dividend and market players are nursing hopes of additional measures by the japanese government to boost the economy. let's check the closing levels for this monday, march 28th. the nikkei rose 0.77% to 17,134. the broader topix gained 1.16%. some exporters benefited from a weaker yen but companies catering to domestic demands such as department store operators, outperformed. j. front retailing also up 4.7% and mittsukoshi up 3%. sharp in the spotlight again with reports that their deal will be inked as early as this weweek. the debt line is looming at the end of march. shares were up nearly 4%. seven and i holdings is up. trading was thin as investors were waiting for key economic data coming up this week. also, feds share janet yellen will speak on tuesday in new york. many investors looking to confirm if the u.s.

the nikkei closed 1.25% lower at 16,724. the broader topix also lost about 1%. the nikkei also lost 1.25% on the week, posting its second consecutive weekly decline. the dollar has fallen below the 111-yen level, hitting its lowest since october 2014. the dollar weakened against major peers after the fed hinted the rate hikes this year would be more gradual. so traders are hunting for safe-haven assets like the yen and japanese government bonds. yields on the ten-year jgb hit a record low at one stage. the yen's appreciation weighed on share prices, like carmakers. toyota and nissan ended lower. and denso retreated more than 3%. toshiba rose more than 4%. shares recovered on some optimism the company is making progress in restructuring. but japanese stocks clearly underperformed other asian markets. the stronger yen is weighing heavily on sentiment. giang nguyen reporting from the tokyo stock exchange. >> thanks very much for that report. >>> moving on to other markets in the asia-pacific region, let's take a look at shanghai. gaining by 1.7%. 2955 is the closin

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nikkei close d lower a fourth dy in a row. >> ramin, let me jump in there. some are worried about a currency war. get us updated on some of the key levels. >> as you were touching on there earlier on, some concerns there about the currency levels. the dollar/yen rebounding somewhat this morning. atlanta fed president dennis lockhart said there was sufficient momentum in the u.s. economy to justify a rate hike. as early as april. dollar/yen 112.16. that led to the dollar higher against major peers. late last week the dollar had in fact traded at the 110 yen levels at one point. analysts suggest after the central bank meetings last week, with the fed and the bank of japan, a little bit of a tug-of-war going on there between the divergent policy measures there. investors still wary, a little bit concerned about the global growth prospects, and also inflation targets. that's really kept investors from making any major outright moves. as you mentioned, ai, the chinese yuan focused there, fell a touch on monday against the dollar. on friday, the chinese currency t

the nikkei surged 4.1 percent to close at 16,746, its highest finish in more than three weeks. the broader topix rose 3.7% to hit 1349. the weaker yen is one factor behind the rally. the dollar rose to two-week highs against the japanese curren currency. strong manufacturing and construction data in the u.s. pushed the greenback up to around the 114 yen level. export-related stocks saw gains. electric rose more than 12%. sony and panasonic surged sharply. oil and gas explorers are higher on the move in crude prices. u.s. crude futures went above $34 a barrel. and toyota was higher by 3.5%. honda added over 6%. honda sales rose more than 12% from a year ago. so a weaker yen and higher oil prices really boosted investor confidence on wednesday. >> thanks for that, yiang. >>> the upward momentum in the u.s. spilled over to other market in the asia-pacific region. many benchmarks climbed to multi-month highs. hong kong's hang seng advanced 3% leading it to the highest level in two months. indonesia reached a seven-month high. and in china the shanghai composite ended up 2849 for th

the nikkei to 25 off by one quarter of 1%.at what is going on in sydney, asx 200 there. on the up by 1%. mining companies helping to pace that advance today. singapore looking like this. we started trading 26 minutes ago. this is what we have right now. reaction coming through from the national people's congress in beijing. with twohe thumbs-up thirds of 1% gain so far. some ofve a look at those stories we will watch for you and asia through the next few days. china's latest trade did on tuesday, economists expecting a surplus of $50 billion for february, exports falling 14% from a year ago. cathay pacific posted for your expectingednesday, the airlines net income to rise to 712 million dollars, a significant increase from 405 million a year ago. a lot of that will be down to the price of crude oil falling as much as it has. the bank of korea announcing an interest rate decision on thursday. economists seeing the bank cutting the rates by 25 basis points, interest rates at 1.25% after that meeting on thursday. also when we exp