let me reassure all australians that the ties that bind us straley in the united states are profound and strong. they're there based on our enduring national interest. politicians and governments, congressmen, senators, prime ministers and cabinets will come and go according to the will of the people of australia and the united states, but the bond between our two nations, are shared common interests, our shared national interests are so strong and committed that we will continue to work with her friends in the united states through the trump administration just as we have through the obama administration. just as we always will. we have so much in common. short shared values, democracy, the rule of law, maintaining the international order upon which our security and prosperity depends. the american people have made a great and momentous choice today. we congratulate president-elect trump and we were look forward to working closely as ever with his administration as it is formed and when it takes office early next year. thank you very much. >> will continue to bring a postelection an

we have seen a straley australa close lower.land though, had a fairly positive session, despite a jittery start. the kiwi is recovering from some early selling in the wake of the weekend earthquake. we have really solid moves coming in from japan. of course, we have this big movement coming through in the u.s. dollar. that has sent the yen weaker. also, the gdp numbers are coming through much better than expected in the third quarter, 2.2% year on year. that has been a very balanced session for japan. also, a pretty good day coming through in shanghai. electricity companies, of course we did have that fairly ok data coming through out of china, showing further signs of stabilization. the shanghai composite is up 0.5%. we can see banking stocks higher on this search for yield. we will be live from london at the top of the hour here on bloomberg television. emily: welcome back to the best of bloomberg technology. heldweek, alibaba spendingur sales blitz. notice.s took we caught up with alibaba mike evans live shenzhen, china. >> i

let me reassure all australians that the ties that bind us straley in the united states are profound and strong. they're there based on our enduring national interest. politicians and governments, congressmen, senators, prime ministers and cabinets will come