we have ramin mellegard standing by there. so ramin, looks like we're seeing a bit of a setback in markets. tell us what you're seeing over there. >> thank you very much, ai. we did see that shift lower in the dollar. that will probably weigh on exporters. i can see indeck indexes are lo already. a lot of focus will be on the bank of japan policy meeting next week. any words coming out from boj officials. let's have a look at the opening levels here for the nikkei and the topix. friday july 22nd. you can see there both indexes trading in the negative in first few minutes of trading. and that's really on that lower dollar. but just give you a full picture of events from yesterday. the nikkei actually rebounded initially helped by that rally in the dollar, then after the markets closed an interview with the bbc indicated there was no need for the boj to adopt so-called helicopter money which is essentially a last resort for a lot of central bankers essentially meaning that central banks drop money where it's needed, hence the ter

we'll get more on how tokyo markets are reacting this thursday morning from ramin mellegard. he's at the tokyo stock exchange. ramin, good morning. it looks like stocks on solid footing still. what are you seeing over there? >> exactly. we did see the dow and the s&p as you mentioned ending on a positive but they definitely came off their highs and we're seeing a little bit of a mixed open here. definitely the momentum of the past three days gains has slowed a touch. the drop in crude oil prices is damping energy related shares. look at the nikkei and the topix there in the positive but it dipped into the negative briefly and then bounced back into the positive. so we're seeing a bit of a mixed reaction. now the nikkei closed higher for a third day in a row on wednesday, hitting a one-month high intraday. up so far 7.4% this week. still the rally that we've seen may slow as i mentioned on that sudden drop in crude oil prices, after key benchmarks ended down 4%, pretty much wiping out gains from the previous day, largely on the back of u.s. government data showing larger than e

ramin mellegard is at the tokyo stock exchange. good morning. tell us what you are seeing over there. >> very good morning to you, ai. we've seen a little bit of risk appetite return. but all eyes will be on the u.s. jobs data later today. so we may see a little bit of hesitancy from investors building up to that, but let's have a look at how the nikkei and the topix are kick off friday, july 8th. 15375 up 0.65% for the nikkei, broader topix up as well. the nikkei closed lower for a third day in a row on thursday, way down by that persistently strong yen which again has been bought by investors as a bit of a hedge against perceived risk. and that's, of course, due to the uncertainty of the fallout of brexit. two weeks after the british vote. now, in fact, we've seen a frenzy of activity in british commercial real estate funds, and that's because of fears of a wave of redemptions by investors, and that's, of course, also kept the pressure on sterling, and that's caused investors to shift money or park their money, so to speak, into what they cons

for that we'll go to ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. good to see you. good morning. what are you seeing over there? >> very good morning to you, ai. we're seeing a little profit taking here. i'll get to that in a second. still a little uncertainty hanging over the markets despite the rebound we've seen for the nikkei and many european and u.s. markets as well. u.s. markets were closed for july 4th. they'll be back later today. again, some uncertainties and that's playing into the opening levels here for the nikkei and the topix for july 5th. the nikkei down 0.75% and the broader topix down as well. the nikkei it has been charging ahead for the last six days in a row through the close on monday. its longest winning streak since november last year. now, upper house elections here in japan will take center stage as they weigh and measure all the steps taken so far by prime minister shinzo abe with regards to battling deflation in japan, weakening the yen and also stepping up structural reforms which many analysts and investors are looking at to see if there's going to b

to see how markets are reacting, let's go to ramin mellegard who is standing by at the tokyo stock exchange. stock prices keep on going up. how are tokyo markets kicking off this morning? >> yeah, pretty positive stuff, keiko, all around. as you mentioned there, encouraging start to the u.s. the banking sector. i'll keep track of that, of course, and key data was pretty supportive as well. retail sales, industrial production and encouraging signs from central banks that they're ready to support their economies. let's have a look at how the nikkei and topix are kicking off monday, july 19th. and the nikkei is up 0.8%. broader topix up 0.53%. just a reminder for our viewers, the nikkei actually had its best week last week for 6 1/2 weeks, rising 9.2%. the dollar rose 5% against the yen during the week which lifted exporters, but really solid earnings from jpmorgan chase and citigroup boosted overall sentiment for the banking sector. last week's china gdp showed a growth of 6.6% year on year for the three months of june, although flat for the first quarter. so that was rather encouraging as we

we'll go to ramin mellegard for that. good morning, ramin. tell us what you're seeing over there. >> good morning, ai. a lot of data there that you just went through. and markets here taking it pretty positively. let's come to the opening levels here for the nikkei and the topix for july 1st, and you can see the nikkei and the broader topix up 0.84%. a pretty positive. of course, analysts looking at the outlook for the tankan business sentiment survey. now, let's not forget june was quite a volatile month. the nikkei fell 9.6% on the month and that's the biggest monthly fall since may 2012. and a week after brexit vote we have seen somewhat calmer markets as we now enter the third quarter. overnight the bank of england governor mark kearney said that the bank would probably need to pump more stimulus into britain's economy over the summer. he said the economic outlook has deteriorated after the brexit vote. now, following his comments, london's ftse surged more than 2% actually hitting its highest level since august 2015 and paris cac 40 and

ramin mellegard will join us from there. and ramin, i want to know what's happening with the nikkei especially considering wall street had a pretty positive day with the dow jones industrial average actually ending record highs for the third straight session. tell us all about it. >> exactly. we did see a positive session on wall street and really boosted by financial sector stocks encouraging second quarter earnings from jpmorgan chase helped. we saw a little bit of a rebound in crude oil prices and also the british pound surging against a lot of currencies after the bank of england left rates unchanged. and regarding line, i'll message you the levels later on. but let's have a look at how the nikkei and the topix are kicking off for friday, july 15th. 16457, up 0.4%. the broader topix higher as well. now, the nikkei rose for a fourth straight day on thursday, make that five the way it's going today. taking it to the highest level in a month. the yen continues to be sold against the dollar and other currencies. investors shi

ramin mellegard is at the tokyo stock exchange. good morning. aside from all those numbers, all the focus or a lot of focus, i should say, is on the bank of japan meeting. a lot of expectations there. tell us what's going on. >> exactly. a lot of expectations, ai. very good morning to you. and following the economic data that you just mentioned there, all focus will be on the boj meeting. also in tandem with fiscal moves, the stimulus package that prime minister shinzo abe has unveiled as well and the monetary policy side of things with the boj. so big focus on that coming up. let's have a look at how the nikkei and the topix are opening. a little bit of a mixed picture. it's in the positive right now. but it had dipped into the negative. we're seeing a little bit of a muted opening so to speak for the nikkei and the topix for friday, july 29th. overnight it ended mixed and ahead of the boj meeting today. you're looking at the dow jones industrial average. pretty flat for the dow jones but the nasdaq up a third of a percent. the key benchmark pr

for that, ramin mellegard joins us from the tokyo stock exchange. with the fed policy meeting out of the way, all eyes on the bank of japan meeting. how are investors bracing for that? >> very good morning to you, ai. as you said, the fed meeting's out of the way, a lot of focus on the bank of japan meeting friday. many are speculating whether the boj is ready to announce any extra measures to boost growth. but let's not forget there's also a stream of earnings coming out of the u.s. as well as japan. investors will be looking at how shares react to those. let's have a look at how the nikkei is kicking off for thursday, july 28th. i can tell you right now right off the bat the dollar has just dipped below 105 yen and that is weighing a little bit on the nikkei which has been down over 100 points. we'll come to currencies in a second. the nikkei regained some ground on wednesday largely on hopes for the boj's new easing measures and the government's stimulus package. now yesterday, prime minister shinzo abe announced the scale of the government's new

for more on how tokyo's markets are reacting this tuesday morning, let's go to ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. tell us what you are seeing over there. >> good morning to you, ai. you mentioned the dow and the nasdaq there, but the s&p 500 also ending at an all-time high. we did see the dollar also having its biggest one-day gain against the yen in nearly two years, in fact. i'll come to the currencies in a second. but the nikkei and the topix kicking off. the nikkei over 16,000. that's the first time since june 24th, up 2.33%. broader topix up as well. just a reminder for our viewers. the nikkei after falling 3.6% last week, it gained all of that back on monday, rising 4% and we're higher again this morning, obviously. that was after the governing coalition under prime minister shinzo abe solidified his political base at the weekend, the upper house elections, and that led analysts to hope that there's more forceful stimulus measures on the way to boost japan's economy. that's a big focus for investors here and overseas. ai. >> give us an update on currency levels. of cou

and expectations have been divided especially over the boj, and i'm going to ask our reporter ramin mellegard to tell us all about that in just a minute, but the point is the meetings will just be getting started. investors want to see what policymakers announce. so those on wall street took a wait and see stance. overnight share prices ended lower. the dow jones industrial average falling 0.4% and we saw the tech-heavy nasdaq ending in negative territory as well. let's see how stocks here in tokyo are starting the morning. now we'll go to ramin. he's at the tokyo stock exchange. >> very good morning to you. i wish i could tell you exactly what the federal reserve is going to do. but we'll have to wait and see. the meeting wraps up on wednesday. a little bit of expectations for stocks to be a little bit lower. we did see that drop in the u.s. dollar and also a drop in crude oil prices. that's pretty much being reflected in the nikkei and the topix. l let's have a look. the nikkei 16456. as you can see there, down 1%. broader topix down 1.10%. just a reminder the nikkei actually ended flat on