ramin, good morning. tell us what you're seeing. >> good morning to you, ai. yes, the fed result there was pretty much as expected, as you just mentioned there, and we did see that with the dollar and u.s. bond yields falling after the fed decision. let's have a look at how the nikkei and the broader topix are reacting to all of this for thursday, march 16th. both indexes there in the negative, down almost 0.6%. we'll see how that goes through the morning session. now, tokyo investors may be focusing of course more on the fact that the dollar fell after the fed announcement, and that may be weighing on exporters. i'll check all the sectors during the morning session. that's also after the fed mentions its intention of keeping its steady pace of race hikes to around 3 this year. many analysts expected maybe perhaps a bit more than just 3. ai? >> ramin, you mentioned the dollar fell after the decision. what was behind this? why did investors sell the dollar, and what's going on with currencies this morning? >> well, exactly. if you look at how the dollar reacted

for that ramin joins us live from the tokyo stock exchange. >> pretty sharp downturn. very good morning to you. the catalyst does seem to be a sudden shift down from high valuations that we saw and a lot of bank shares on wall street. some analysts suggesting they were overbrought and that's after because of hopes of high rates. then the less aggressive stance by the fed last week on the pace of rate hikes this year may have put a bit of a cloud over that. also going forward, trump's reduce chances of pushing through some of his legislation maybe have investors rethinking their strategy somewhat. let's have a look at how the nikkei and broader topix is kicking off. nikkei down 1.7%. in the process we have seen another fall on the dollar. that will be a major drag on tokyo stocks as well. the financial sector weighed on u.s. indexes as we saw and more restrained rate hike scheduled by the federal reserve. looks to be weighing on the markets and that's compared to what the market players were expecting. >> okay. the response in banking shares was clear. the response on t

ramin joining us live from the tokyo stock exchange. tell us what you're seeing over there. >> the nikkei opened slightly in the negative. it's in the positive. investors really continuing there as you touched on there as congress postponed a vote on legislation basically to begin dismantling obamacare as trump had promised in his election pledges. looking at the nikkei and the topix. the nikkei edging into the positive. we'll see how that progresses. they have not seen pretty choppy trading. uncertainties in the political scene. both weighing on the market sentiment. allegations over interference by a private school in western japan are shaking the abe administration the house of representatives delaying a vote. that's caused some to question whether trump's other policy changes will pass. it seems the trump rally has hit the brakes. benchmark crude futures are lower. metals, especially copper prices that are coming in for a bit of choppy trading. even though operations at the large copper mine in chile will resume operations after 43

we'll go to ramin. tell us how markets are opening. >> all eyes and ears are going to be on the federal reserve meeting later wednesday. many have already pretty much priced in rate hike but many market players will want to hear from fed chief janet yellen and any comments she makes. that may dictate the next moves in financial markets. let's get an idea about how the nikkei and topix are getting off. the nikkei closed lower on tuesday. most tokyo investors taking a step back ahead of the fed meeting. however, shares of toshiba really dominated price activity here at the tokyo stock exchange after dropping over 8%. then turning around to end up 0.5% on the day. that's as investors try to make bets on the survival chances of the global tech conglomerate. it mentioned selling majority of its stake in westinghouse. now, all prices also been focused showing a lot of volatility. the benchmark wti crude dropped off the opec reported a surprised output jump from saudi arabia but the index bounced back as u.s.

we'll go do ramin. good morning. we did have an eventful week last week. we had the federal reserve out of u.s. not sure how much direction we get from the u.s. this week. tell us what's going thereon and what you're seeing at the open. >> exactly. you really touched on it there. we had quite a few events last week. there were central bank meetings. a lot of geopolitical events as well. pretty down beat sessions for stocks both in the u.s. and in europe. on monday we're pretty much seeing a continuation of that negative sentiment here. tuesday, march 2 11st, nikkei down. now, with a choppy trading on the dollar we may see continued selling of major exporters. as we also noted with the dip in crude oil prices and with energy stocks falling both on the u.s. and european stock exchanges we should keep track of that sector as well. a number of federal reserve officials are due to speak this week including fed chief janet yellen. the fed, let's not forget raise rates last week. the number of future rate hikes going forward were fewer than many had expected. tha

we'll go to ramin. tell us what you're seeing over there. >> very good morning to you. looks like investors focusing more on that cautious tone set by the federal reserve after its policy meeting. we're seeing some falls, a bit of a pull back in stocks and a fall in the dollar as well. let's get an idea how the nikkei and topix are kicking off friday, march 17th. the nikkei down and the topix down. just a reminder on thursday the nikkei closed a touch higher. a softer dollar held back export related stocks. energy shares showed solid gains yesterday on high oil prices. overnight the benchmark crude oil futures headed low again. commodity related shares were down on wall street but the worst performing sector were health care sector stocks and uncertainty really surrounding the new health proposals plans for the u.s. the focuses for this morning. >> tell us about currency. what's going on with major pairs this morning? dollar yen fell around 1% after the fed said that future rate hikes may be a bit more gradual. the u.s. currency has been hovering around that lower 113 y

. >> 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. rates behind the upbeat projection. the reports outlook is another story. 12 institutions expect that to worsen. the concerns include european political developments and uncertainties about proposed u.s. tax cuts and infederal structure investment. >>> supermarket operators here in japan face two big problems. cut throat competition from other retailers and consumers giving hold. some stores looking for high-tehig high-tech solution the. infectio

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