down around 17 pgt. let's not forget since the referendum vote on june 23 last year to leave the eu. they have seen steady decline since that point. dollar yen 111.17-20. moving in clear direction. some officials mentioned positive stance on fut rate hikes. let's have a quick look at asian markets open right now. sidney tradie ining higher. china opens in hour and a half. more updates then. >> touch base with you then. >> ramin from the stock exchange. >>> moving on. analyst waiting for the release on monday for report of business sentiment. many expecting to see continued improvement even so they think the outlook will worsen. 15 research institution haves come up with projections for bank of japan's survey. quarterly report gauges attitudes among managers around 11,000 firms. researchers at all the institutions are protecting it will come in higher than the plus ten in the previous survey. that would mark two straight quarters of improvement. growing sports in the value is weaker than companies assumed

in representative at pgt declined to comment.perty developed have -- stocks have soared. athorities will adjust framework that limits the amount home buyers can borrow. property forwn the less long. let's have a look at how markets in the region fared. the nikkei up 1.5% today as the yen weakened past 115 to the dollar. hong kong stocks will bid and the court in south korea upheld the impeachment of the president. having a look at south korean stocks affected. samsung not moving too much but it will be one we watch as we know that feist chair jay y. lee is going to be called in terms of the influence peddling scandal. a china-based stock did very well on the back of that news. some clarity for investors and i cable falling almost by its limit today in hong kong. comingent company -- not to the rescue of the struggling pay-tv operator. the white line on this chart is the topics, the blue job -- blue line, jgb. japanese stocks look very cheap at the moment. you have seen us -- a 3.6 ride -- rise this year. it is the place to go for

two weeks ago the president released his first budget blue print for spend pgt it requests $609 billion for discretionary spending at hhs. the blue print makes strategic vefments that will let is respond more efficiently to public health medical marijuana emergencies, empower americans to make the best decisions for their healthcare needs and prevent waste fraud abuse within the department particularly within medicare and medicaid. the vision for hhs has only been laid out in broad strokes and specific decisions on programs and account levels are still under consideration. those details, as well as propozals on mandatory spending will be included in the president's full 2018 budget proposal which is expected in mid-may. there are three priorities i'd like to highlight today. our nation's mental health and substance abuse crisis, resources for emergency preparedness and response and the fight to end childhood obesity. drug overdoses have risen steadily over the past couple decades largely thanks to the misuse of opioids and they are now at epidemic levels. a staggering 52,000 americans d