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the nikkei climbed 56% last year. the best performer among major economies in the world. since then, many investors have reduced their positions in part because of worries about slower growth in china, and fund outflows from emerging economies. the index has declined 14% since year end. >>> the tokyo stock exchange wasn't the only market taking a beating in asia, and ron madison joins us from the business desk with more. >> that's right, gene. many other markets across the region tumbling to multimonth lows today. seoul's kospi slid to a five-month low. hong kong's hang seng hit a low not seen in more than six months. singapore's straits times index fell for a fourth day moving around its lowest levels in a year and two months. sydney's main index ended at a level not seen in six weeks. australia's s&p asx 200 dropping the most in six months. it gave up 1.75% finishing at 5,097. the country's central bank decided on tuesday not to cut its key rate further. this dealt a blow to the already weak market. now the hang seng index suffering the biggest single-day loss that it's

country and her local equities especially export related issues in growth sensitive shares the nikkei climbed fifty six percent last year the best performer among major economies in the world. since then. many investors have reduced their positions in part because of worries about slower growth in china and fund outflows from emerging economies. the index has declined fourteen percent since year end. leading japanese companies are reporting stronger earnings despite the volatile financial markets when a mortar executives announced that their company's operating profit more than doubled for the april to december period. and they're forecasting a record profit for the year through march officials say the group operating profit in total over eighteen billion dollars for the months through december. executives at the world's biggest selling automaker say a weaker yen helped boost sales in europe and north america although sales in the asian region slowed down. they revise the profit forecasts for the whole business here for two more than twenty three billion dollars. it's bigger than the profits

the nikkei average climbed 3.13% to 14,843, its highest close in more than two weeks. the one-day percentage gain was the biggest this year. it was helped by a broad-based rally. still analysts say today's advance is just a rebound from the market weakness since the start of the year. they remain cautious about whether the nikkei can sustain the strong performance, it's down nearly 10% so far this year. many other airness bourses ended higher. india's sensex went up for a third straight session. investors welcomed the government's commitment to narrowing the country's fiscal deficit. monday india's finance minister said the deficit for the current fiscal year is likely to fall below the target. in thailand the key index fell 0.46% to 1,326. sentiment took a hit after political violence in bangkok worsened. on monday the index closed at its highest level in about two months. >>> the european equities are coming under selling pressure following recent gains, and london, it's just slightly down 6,733 at the moment. in frankfurt, the dax is trading at 9,600. and in paris t

intact, but they have been expanding some of their lending programs, and that has helped the nikkei 225 climbed we were up at the lunchtime break as well. dollar yen, 102. yen 35, one dollar. ♪ . >> the following is a paid program. the opinions and views expressed do not reflect those of bloomberg lp, its affiliates, or its employees. >> the following is a paid program from starvista and time life. it was an era of incredible stars. fantastic voices. >> ♪ i know i would go for rags to riches ♪ >> beautiful harmonies. >> ♪ >> magical memories.

the shanghai composite climbed 0.8%. tokyo's nikkei bucking the regional trend. it fell sharply for a second straight day. >>> and in mumbai the sensex index rose 0.8%, 20,366. investors getting a bit of relief after india's latest data showed inflationary pressure eased up a bit in january. the wholesale price index fell to an eight-month low just over 5%. here's the picture in currencies, euro dollar at 1.3695. the euro jumped to a three-week high against the dollar. soon after germany's gdp numbers came out. meanwhile, dollar/yen being quoted at 101.82. that's little change from the levels in late asian trading. now in terms of the british pound, it keeps rising. it's approaching, in fact, three-year high against the dollar. traders believe that the bank of england may become the first major central bank to raise the key rate, the b.o.e. upgraded this year's growth forecast on wednesday. >>> well, many investors have had a rough start to the year. the markets have really been on quite a ride. the former president of the world bank says investors are still seei

the nikkei 225 is climbing as well i had a bank of japan policy meeting minutes being released.f the upside. japanese policymakers wrapping up their two-day meeting. they expect no change even after gdp grew less than expected last quarter. they said they will continue to buy bonds as long as needed to achieve 2% inflation. that is the goal. last aprils stimulus the stop the question is, is it working or is it a waning? levis, headd by jim of retail at mg. thank you for joining us this morning. very talk about japan's dismal figures that came out. 2.8%. to flowhis going through japanese bonds? in a have three quarters row of falling gdp growth. abenomics came with high expectations and yet a year gdpr, we have a falling growth. we have a real wages are falling. on top of all of that, assumption tax hikes coming later this year. there are real headwinds for the japanese economy. there will be a lot of disappointment about the growth is playing out. they really need to do more stimulus carry on the bond buying program or it will keep being depressed. we should see further weakenin

. >>> still to come on the show, it's been a bumpy ride for asian markets as the nikkei managed to climb out of the red, as we heard. we have your asian markets, right after this. >>> activity in india's all important services sector continued to shrink in january albeit at a slower pace than the month before. the data comes in sharp contrast to a rebound in manufacturing where activity grew at its quickest rates in ten months. aggressive rate hikes appear to be hitting the brakes on indonesia's rapid growth. the emerging economy slowed to 5.8% in 2013, down from 6 of.2% in the year before. it's the slowest pace of growth we've seen in four years. a cooling commodities market has also helped to slow the country's growth. >>> and north and south korea are making another try at holding family reunions. the two enemy nations will allow some war torn families to rejoin. north korea continues to call on seoul to cancel military drills with the u.s. >>> let's give you a look at what's on the agenda in asia tomorrow. it's another big earnings day in japan with sony, renesas and suzuki. we've go

climbed to a one-month high. heavyweight energy firms rose sharply. meanwhile tokyo's nikkei fell for a second straight session. currencies now, the dollar dropped below that 102 yen level. as you can see trading at 101.80-84. market players are shifting their money into the japanese currency which sauchb bought in times of heightened risk. meanwhile traders are waiting to hear what the u.s. federal reserve chair janet yellen will say at her testimony to the senate committee later in the day. looking at the euro bottom of the screen, 139.03-06. yen is also being bought against the single currency. >>> australia's qantas airways says it's going to cut 5,000 jobs or 15% of its payroll as it struggles with higher costs. the australian flag carrier posted a loss of about $210 million u.s. dollars for the six months through december 2013. executives at the airline site higher fuel costs caused by the weak australian currency. qantas announced streamlining worth $1.8 billion over the next three years. the airliner will slash 5,000 jobs. it's also going to exit from underperforming roults and more than 50 aircraft wil

the nikkei is down zero point seven five percent at fourteen thousand seven hundred and fifty three assists and i still say it on friday climbing nearly three percent and four new week. it was up three point eight percent but in this case there has not managed to be ten to fifteen thousand points level last seen at the end of january and about the topics is no love by zero point four three percent said the assets and selling shares and fitter than me in japan and after the dot years and i still admire each closed slightly lower on friday nights in this area over the weekend finance ministers and central bank governors from g twenty nations gathered in sydney and the second goal of expanding will grow by two percent over the next five years. some will see how my kids react to it that and also see other political events and content the fa my kids around the asia pacific region and only once in the currency might get dollar yen is not at one hundred and two point four seven two four nine the dollar rose to around one hundred and two point eight and easy dinner on friday. i did the family after us economic data failed to meet expec

nikkei 225 really lead gains. it has slipped into the red. it is lower now. the kospi is climbing.s also climbing .25%. the accurate is here with more on why the middle east look so lucrative for china. >> good morning. a great opportunity in the middle east. can you tap into it? certainly when you have many local players. it sees it as an opportunity. icbc commenting on the strategy there. they will take the hong kong strategy, which is proven very successful, and replicate it. they are targeting a 50% increase. they earned 33 million dollars last year. a small number. they see huge potential. they are focusing on property related investment, infrastructure and setting up a retail bank resins. we know that is critical as well. they're looking to kuwait, saudi arabia as well as the uae. they're opening their first retail branch. very interesting to see them expanding in this part of >> the world. >>-- this part of the world. >> how big is china's presence? >> you do have some the local layers. players with huge connections and assets already. the opportunity according to the says i

climbing. the aussie dollar is slightly weakening, $.89. japan is just opening. we just got the latest current account balance coming out, in line with expectations. the nikkeiin the green, 1.3% up. the dollar-yen is weakening, 102.47. that is little changed as we got the current account balance and the trade balance from japan, little changed. in korea, the cost be is just getting underway. right now, does one third of 1% up. the korean won, it is slightly strengthening, 1073.65. minutes ago, japan released the trade numbers for december. john has the breaking news for figures downhose to the decimal point. >> that's right. a record account deficit for was 172 --13 -- it that is a dramatic rise. the figure for current account deficit coming in at ¥638.6 billion. was 594 --s figure ¥594 million -- billion. that is the position so far. the yen actually hasn't really reacted. it was trading at 102.55. it is not trading at 102.53. taking in the numbers, digesting the figures. the figures, more or less in line, as your guest said. >> but nine. not for nine is the import -- no t benign is the import, the causing the import of energy. still, we have nuclear reacto

climbing 10.6% smashing market expectations by around more than five fold. imports up to a six-month high. that's provided some of the main focused today for markets in asia. the nikkeis closed. sixuan joins us from singapore with the update. sixuan. >> thank you, ross. let me start with china because these markets managed to extend the rally since last friday, of course, after the china trade data. the country's exports grew at a stronger than expected pace in january. h-shares hit a three-week high lending support in hong kong which ended higher by 1.5%. in other asian markets, mostly higher, taking positive queues from wall street. and the nikkei 225 came back from yesterday's one-day holiday, eending higher by 0.6%. we saw it plunge in japan's december machinery orders. yet money supply jumped 4.4% in january. so topping forecasts. in australia, the asx 11 00 physical by 2%. the china trade data gave miners a shot in the arm. minerals jumped today despite announces a net loss for 2013. tinjiang firms government a boost on hopes of being allowed to set up a free trade zone. meanwhile, japan's power plants charged higher. according to sources, the japanese governme

nikkei was down by just over 0.5%. and oil prices yesterday jumping 2%, having the best day in 2 1/2 months settled above $102 yesterday. you can see that they are continue to go climbs morning, another 42 cents higher at 102.85 for wti. the ten-year note at this point is yielding 2.684%. we have some economic numbers coming up today that we'll be keeping a look at. the dollar is stronger against the euro, down against the yen. euro/, 1.3747. dollar/yen, 101.99. gold prices yesterday were up for ninth session in a row. that's the first time they've had that long of a winning streak since july 2011. giving up just about $4.40 this morning, $1,320 an ounce. >>> if you didn't catch the episode of cnbc's shark tank last night, not to worry because we have an extra dose of mr. wonderful from for you right now. kevin o'leary, also the co-host of shark tank and the author of the new book "cold hard truth on men, women & money." good morning to you. i should say, by the way, you called it and you said it, we had you on maybe three weeks ago. we were talking about the minimum wage and you said, you know, you do that and it doesn't mean more jobs, it means less. so given the

climbing the wall of worry. remember all those concerns about emerging markets and china and things seemed to have calm a little bit in japan a 3% move in the nikkeier the bank of japan's lend programs. >> you are taking off nightmare scenarios, it's difficult to play devil's advocate with the bull. what would a big correction be based upon and people are clearly not as scared and if anything the money is coming out of the emerging markets and arguably back to the united states. >> of course, we've got the debt ceiling out of the way. yellen out of the way. "barron's" this weekend and there's an upside bias especially on a tuesday and a wednesday in the words of art cashin. >> and then you read george soros has doubled his bearish bet on the s&p 500 that he went down on the put to the tune of $1.3 billion. you don't know whether he's still got that on because those filings, of course, date to the end of december and you don't know if it's a hedge for other long positions, but it's nonetheless worth mentioning in a market where there seem to be so many positive voices around. >> you mentioned the word correction, carl, we haven't seen a legitimate