where ramin mel lagard has the latest. >> you touched on those key levels there. having a look at it right now, 108.93 to 95 as tokyo markets open here, and that's largely on the disappointing u.s. ism manufacturing data, which fell to 56.6 in september, to 59 in august, there was also a drop in construction spending, all this, of course, comes ahead of the u.s. jobs data friday, which is the next big focus for a lot of investors. the down beat segment pushed down the u.s. stocks, we saw the dow jones industrial average down 1.4%. 16,804. following that negative performance on wall street, let's have a look at how tokyo's shaping up this morning, and a negative start here continuing from wall street. the nikkei is below 15,000 for the first time since september 17th. it started off october on a negative note, following the highs set in september. analysts we spoke to regarding this dip, point exactly to the fact that many shares hit year's highs in september, and with some of the geo political events unfolding, such as the ones in hong kong and the middle east, in