only one declining out of all 220 five stocks on the nikkei. there it is. a marginal decline in the rest gains showing you the dominant performance today from the nikkei. australia wine 1% having a very strong week five sessions in a row now. gains from the benchmark. and weston area. these are the ones seeing the gains. pointing quickly to this one, the nikkei before the correction today and there it is. this may beows you because it was feeling oversold and now it's time to buy. i will not even remotely make that call. >> today will be a moment of political history in indonesia. aso widodo is being sworn in president winning on a wave of optimism that expectations do remain high. he faces some daunting challenges. haslinda amin is in jakarta for the inauguration. quite a momentous day. , two hours until the ceremony and it is momentous and historic. for the first time, and elected leader is heading over power to an elected successor. is surprising to a lot of people is who this man really is. he is a break from the past. not a political elite, not from the

that is the overall picture for the nikkei today. that is the plan. nikkei has gains of major benchmarks. if i can, quickly, here it is. jakarta is on a tear. >> here we go. this is the man of the hour. joko. the president-elect. there is a swearing-in ceremony taking place in the indonesian parliament in jakarta. that is what we have in the moment -- at the moment. festivities are planned for afterwards. he has seen as a refund -- reform-minded technocrat. ps2 make tough decisions and wants to realize grand ambitions. his plan is to improve infrastructure and lift up growth. it has taken a turn lower. this is the scene and we have this taking place. he is set to become the seventh president of indonesia. and, indeed, the first not connected with the business elite. slum andd off in a went on to become a furniture salesman, as well. that is what we have. o has been sworn in and we will have full coverage of this. japan returns from a lunch break. but have a look at what is going on with equity trading across the pacific stop japan, particularly. perfor

the nikkei was trending lower as of tuesday. investors were left somewhat disappointed that the meeting did not offer any new hints on more monetary easing. we saw the showing in the currency markets. many traders selling the dollar against the yen. and stronger yen, of course, putting a lot of pressure on heavily weighted exporters on the nikkei. that's going to be a big focus today as well, ai. >> the dollar pulling back from the six-year highs we've seen. where is it trading against the yen right now? >> we've seen big fluctuations in the dollar/yen. 108.14 to 19. the dollar running into selling against other major currencies. also worries about slowing growth, especially in china. however, one analyst said that the u.s. economy does provide a ray of hope for investors. let's not forget the last u.s. jobs report that came out on friday, did show a boost there. and also, signs of tensions in hong kong seem to have dissipated a touch. and the hang seng in fact closed higher for a third trading day in a row. yesterday investors a

let's have a look at how the nikkei is kicking off. bit of a mixed open now in the first few minutes of trading. the nikkei lower and topix largely in the positive. the boj is expected to keep policy on change. recent economic data has been mixed and the boj may need to see further proof of inflation. inflation pressure before it makes any other moves. for instance, one guide could be rising employment and wage growth. -- to come into a little bit of consolidation, so they may pull back gains and shares of exporters. also want to add analysts say many will want to see how earnings pan out in japan over coming weeks and that could be interesting as well to hear b about further news from the government pension investment fund as to when it may announce a change for plans in holdings and increase in allocations and officials say it might come out later than expected. >> as we mentioned, against other major currencies, where is it trading now? >> we have seen it trade back a little bit. 108.87. analysts are looking on when and by how much t

the nikkei likely to show sluggish trading today. although it did manage to end in a positive for september. let's not forgetting setting fresh highs in the process. banks and a lot of the insurers as well whose share prices have risen on unrealized profits so far as the nikkei had surged to fresh highs in september, boosting capital ratios for the banks, and margin ratios for a lot of the insurers. so those sectors might be a focus today as well. moving on to hong kong, and of course, a lot of focus there as to the hang sang, which was pushed down lower on tuesday, pro-democracy protests there, of course, taking a stranglehold on business activity, hampering banking activity for one of the world's biggest financial hubs. a lot of investor concern there for that region. now, hang seng was down nearly 2% on monday as well. that has really pushed the key index into negative territory for the year so far. now, let's not forget markets will be closed for wednesday and thursday as well. so again, intense focus on hong kong. ai. >> ramin, o

i'll she can on how the nikkei progresses. if we can stay above 15,000 and also an eye on asian indexes in particular. we'll have the china slash hsbc manufacturing data later this morning. we'll see how that affects asian indexes and japanese-related shares for the china markets as well. for now the nikkei and topix lower. more in a few hours. back to you. >> thanks for that update. russian officials are telling oil and gas companies to cut dependence on foreign technology. the deputy prime minister and energy minister made the call after u.s. and european companies slapped russian energy firms with sanctions. the officials were speaking before the heads of energy companies in moscow. deputy prime minister dvorkovich said they are confront challenges and need their own technologies and continue improving them. he said he's thinking of providing the industry tax incentives. energy minister alexander novak took to the podium. he said moscow plans to reduce the ratio of foreign made equipment the energy sec tor uses by 20% p. ene

but for now, a pretty positive start for the nikkei and topix. back to you, ai. >> ramin, thanks a lot. ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock exchange. i'll be back next hour with more of your market headlines. i leave you with other markets. >>> a u.s. rocket has exploded seconds after liftoff. nasa officials say it was carrying an unmanned space freighter bound for the international space station. and they say no one was injured. >> and we have liftoff. >> the rocket was developed by an american company, was launched from the state of virginia. several seconds after takeoff, the rocket suddenly fell and then blew up in flames. it was carrying a cargo ship loaded with about two tons of food and experiments for the astronauts living aboard the iss. officials say so far they haven't determined the cause of the explosion. >>> vietnam's prime minister has met with his indian counterpart in new delhi to strengthen their military ties. the two leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation in the area of defense. modi has consented to give vietnamese forces a

the nikkei looks set to end the week in the negative. i'll come back with another report in a few hours. back to you. >> sounds good. as he mentioned the people at apple have unveiled their latest line of ipads. they hope the roll out of the thinner and more powerful device will help reverse slipping sales. one of the devices they showed off on thursday is the ipad air 2. it's 18% thinner than its predecessor and comes with a fingerprint reader. consumers in japan can place advance orders on sunday. prices start around $400. >> we can deliver something that no one else can do. a simple intuitive and, yes, a magical experience for our customers. >> apple launched the ipad four years ago. the company remains the leader in the tablet market, but its share has slipped to 27% as competitors have grabbed a bigger piece of the market. consumers are turning to smartphones with larger screens. a u.s. research firm says tablet shipments between april and june rose 11% year-on-year. >>> we have a new series on the japanese economy. we speak to infl

now, we had seen the nikkei decline for the past two trading days as markets looked to have consolidated the huge gains made in september. now, analysts say the fed minutes reaffirmed the view policymakers will take their time in raising rates as you touched on, the central bankers said their concern about slowing global growth, especially in the ur ozone, china and japan. i also want to highlight the fact u.s. earnings season has kicked off and alcoa came out with better than expected results. in after hours trading, alcoa shares -- have faired in the last quarter and what -- the demand, sales outlooks and proftds going forward and how companies in japan relate to the world's biggest economy. so that's going to be a big focus as well. >> policymakers at the fed seem to be worried by the dollar's sudden gains. where is the dollar trading this morning? >> the dollar yen has been a big focus and has fluctuated a bit, hasn't it. right now, it's at 108.23 to 25. it has back ed off since last week. now, the surge in the dollar was touched on by bank of japan officials, so the recent strength

let's have a look at the opening levels for the nikkei and topix. down 1.25% for the nikkei. topix is down 1.6%. the pace of losses in the u.s. has taken investors by surprise. the day before, markets rose substantially being reassured they will maintain the current policy. however, as we noted, the dow jones registered the worst one day drop in over a year. many in the market are keeping an eye on what is known as the vix. that jumped 23%. so, a lot of volatility going on in the markets. according to one analyst, the focus shifted to global growth. as you were touching the imf and world bank meeting in washington along with officials. a lot of investors are telling me, they want to know about further policies for boosting growth, especially the euro zone and china, which drive a lot of the global growth. also, they want to hear any comments, which may mirror those of european central banks who came out and said a lot of the problems are structural rather than cyclical. a lot of focus on what needs to be done. >>> ramin, investors seem to be concerned about the dollars rally.

let's not forget, though, the nikkei ended in the negative on tuesday, trading in a pretty narrow range. trading volume was well below average. analysts say investors may be somewhat reluctant to make any major moves ahead of the fed announcement later today in the u.s. still, we should keep an eye out for shares with companies which have reported earnings. i'll go through a couple of them right now that reported after the market closed yet. nomoro holdings beat profit forecasts. i'll be tracking shares of that particular firm. and the financial sector as well. and also, honda, it's the first of the big automakers starting to give out report earnings. and basically it said operating profits actually fell 4.1% for the july-to-september period, missing analysts' expectations. the company cited slower sales in north america, also slowing growth for sales in china, as well as domestic sales here, and also honda lowered its outlook for the full year. analysts also say there may be concerns about the -- some of the air bag recalls by takata, which had -- may have a negative effect, not only o

the biggest mover in asia, comfortably, the nikkei which is up 4.83 pirs. why? because the bank of japan has turned on the tap again, unspec'dly. is that setting a precedent? next week, all eyes, of course, on thursday. that move has voided other markets across asia. hang seng is up 1.5%. australia up, the best part of 1%, as well. >> that bank of japan move adding fuel. futures higher across the board. what a roller coaster ride the month of october has been. if you take a look at how stocks have ended for the month of october, you'll see the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq on track to close in the green for the month of october. the dow jones industrial up about 1%. the nasdaq up 1.6%. early tech names that have fueled the nasdaq this month. and the s&p 500 trading at 1,1 b 994. concerns about ebola, a global slowdown, those to the side as we look at number he coming out of the fed as well as better-than-expected earnings stocks. we also want to point out that the utility index is hitting a new high, it has been powering to new highs, benefiting from a drop in

in japan, the nikkei 225 once before closed 1.4% on. futures trading in chicago are pointing to a higher open. that dollar-yen is weakening. that is also helping to boost sentiment for exporters in japan. in india, there is optimism, as well. the prime minister has boosted his ability to introduce policiesly unpopular into important states. over the weekend does strengthen the prime minister's hand. >> modi is getting brought significant support. we have to mention that the bjp winning in these states, they are not a traditionally bjp stronghold. that is a good sign for him, to implement and carry out his policies. he will have to form a coalition. however, these are not traditional strongholds. very good news for modi. state-level administration is very important in india. they carry out a large number of investmentncluding and other important policies. >> these victories are coming on the heels of a bold move in easing gas tariffs over the weekend. spending some political capital. >> his government as you mentioned, he freed diesel pri

we'll see how that develops, but the nikkei has really fallen each day in october, pulling back from the highs we set in september. investors remaining cautious amid increasing concerns and the likelihood of the federal reserve pulling the plug on its quantitytive easing program. now, the other key factors the euro zone economy, analysts are saying steps after the policy meeting are a touch disappointing. many expected a little bit more of an aggressive move to steer the euro zone away from deflation. continuinging to be a big focus. now, here in tokyo, we should keep an eye out for exporters as we've seen selling of blue chip exporters on a stronger yen against the dollar compared to earlier this week. >> we have seen a bit of a pullback in the dollar. where does it stand against major currencies now? >> let's have a look at the dollar yen. the big focus there, 108.63 to 68. 110 levels. so, it has dropped off, but actually, it did -- in new york trading. analysts we've spoken to during the week say the sudden surge took some by surprise, making some company executives comment on the

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, investors have decided to book some profits. still, that being said, the weaker overall tone of the yen has helped a lot of the japanese automakers. figures came out from the u.s. for auto sales and they showed that a few of the japanese automakers posted a climb in sales. nissan outperforming and out tracking their shares as well. the focus later today is going to be on the european central bank. the eurozone was disappointing, coming in at a 14-month low. at 50.3. now, german manufacturing activity also contracted for the first time in 15 months, so a lot of focus on eurozone growth. analysts expect the ecb may take some action and adopt further monetary easing. to stimulate growth across

the nikkei is down 300 points and almost down 2% and it actually fell below that 15,000 level and that's the first time in nearly two months that it has done so and the broader topix trading lower as well. they were closed on monday for a public holiday and the signals coming out of the u.s., europe, and asia markets do not bode well. we're seeing that reflected right now. the dollar has fallen dramatically after a surge higher at the end of september and analysts say that may weigh on exporters share prices as well. i'll track those. analysts also telling us that recent data suggests that global growth looks pretty disappointing if you look at euro zone and china data when looking at those two economic blocks. so that's a bit of a concern for markets as well. >> okay ramin where's the dollar trading right now? >> yeah, the dollar/yen big focus. it's at 107.13-15. investors telling me that bond yields and commodity prices such as oil and medals which are mostly priced in u.s. dollars are becoming more and more of a concern. as you can see the brent oil futures prices continuing to fall h

the nikkei is rallying this morning, tracking the gains on wall street. the index recovered to the 15500 level for the first time in three weeks. the nikkei is up by 1.5%. the buying is spreading to other stock markets in asia. the kospi is up by 1.2%. shanghai is trading higher by .1%. currency traders are a little more cautious. people who track the market said traders want know where interest rates are headed. the dollar has been locked in a narrow range around 108 yen. >>> factory output in japan was positive for september. even so, government officials say production is fluctuating. economy ministry officials announced industrial production rose 2.7% from august. that's the first rise in two months. the figure comes after a 1.9% decline a month earlier. now increased production of automobiles for domestic and southeast asian markets helped push up the september figure. production increased in 13 of the 15 sectors covered in the survey. looking ahead, the officials expect overall output to fall a touch in october and rise by 1% in november. >>> more t

let's have a look at the nikkei and topics. 15,370 up 1.5% and the broader topix trading hire as well. now, on thursday, however, the nikkei did come in for a a little bit of profit taking, however, the overnight jump in the dollar may be that tonic that investors need to encourage further buying of major exporters. i'll keep track of those. an analyst i spoke to says further encouragement may come from the series of broadly positive pmi manufacturing data, which came out of the euro zone. also, germany's rose, and on thursday, china's pmi manufacturing data rose. so, some encouragement there, still, the volatility we've seen in the currency and bond markets remains a concern according to analysts and many stock investors of course remain cautious because of outside factors such as geo political, risk events and also commodity price fluctuations. let's not forget the price of oil has been all over the place, hitting lows as well this week. and also, a focus on government economic policies, so, also, big focus over the weekend, this weekend is going to be european central bank is going

just to remind viewers, the nikkei fell sharply on tuesday. it was down 2%, following the 4% gain on monday. so we're still getting that volatility that we saw from last week. that hasn't gone away. analysts say one reason was china's economic growth figures, gdp at 7.3% came in at the slowest pace since the 2008 global financial crisis. the chinese numbers came out on tuesday, of course. investors in europe and the u.s. were less worried as actually reports that the european central bank is planning to buy corporate bonds to help push share prices there. london and frankfurt, paris all trading higher, as well as new york. investors in japan may have some concerns after the release of the government's monthly reports which was released when markets closed yesterday on tuesday. it showed that it's downgraded its assessment of the economy for a second consecutive month. citing a fall in industrial output. so that's a bit of a concern. also, stocks of currency sensitive exporters, such as autos and consumer electronics, will be a focus. a weaker d

really exemplified by the nikkei. almost a 600-point gain at the settlement to represent the first and best day since june of 2016. the question is, will it last? there's a fear that this is a little off the rational exuberance heading into tomorrow. it will be a key day for third quarter gdp for china. the concern i have is if these numbers do underwellme underwhe, this could reignite the global growth concerns. china data tomorrow will be front and center. i want to talk about indonesia since it's been a focus for you. the markets in jakarta are coming off the highs of 5100. and this is probably exemplifies this. his coalition doesn't have a majority in parliament, but his reform agenda may stumble in parliament in terms of getting the political support he needs, perhaps that's why the markets are looking again at what the future holds, the challenges that they face, especially with massive structural reforms in a country like indonesia. that's where we start at the moment. china gdp tomorrow and the data they lose i

let's have a look at the nikkei and topix. the nikkei is up 1.3%, getting very close to that 15,900 level. we'll see how that progresses. now the know kay actually rose on thursday, also as investors became more optimistic about the u.s. market. we saw exports rise on a stronger dollar. stocks rallied after the about thor -- better than expected data. the tech-heavy nasdaq up nearly .4%. toshiba, fujitsu and nec managed to report a profit. we'll keep track of earnings reports and those shares today. now later of course today after the markets close, sony is going to be coming out with its earnings reports. investors will really want to hear about how they're going about their restructuring plans and what it plans to do with its key businesses of mobile phones, tvs as well as its video game consoles. >> you mentioned u.s. gdp was better than expected. how did the dollar react? >> quite a bit of a reaction there. when j when gdp numbers came out, it did touch the fall a little. they started buying back the dollar on hopes of hig

the nikkei has its biggest one-day gain this year, almost wiping out the 5% losses to the whole of last week in one session. that came reports of japan pension investment funds, the biggest in the world may soon increase holdings of domestic stocks. having said that, some of the earnings reports we've been covering as you just pointed out may also influence investors here. of course, ibm's earnings disappointed a little bit. however, both texas instruments as well as apple provided a bit of a boost beating some estimates and i'll be watching out for related beg your pardon shares here in japan. specifically morado manufacturing and sharp, which make a lot of components that go into apple products. also, there might be a bit of a focus on the steel sector here. that follows reports from tokyo steel that it plans to cut prices after inventories have been building up and that also falls a fall in the price of steel. china has also lowered its demand last month and commodity resource prices have dipped due to an oversupply and also a dip in slowing growth, so that's another sector to watch

the nikkei average rose more than 0.6% to finish at 15,388. that's the highest close that we've seen for the nikkei in two weeks. stocks related to domestic demand like the drugmakers and telecoms were in demand. investors pretty hopeful that these companies will release upbeat earnings reports. markets in shanghai and hong kong were down, though. the officials at the hong kong stock exchange say they plan to set up a trading link with the shanghai exchange. it won't be launched this week as expected. investors thought they'd be able to begin investing in mainland stocks by the end of october. the shanghai composite, there you see it down more than half a percent, 2,290. that makes for the fifth straight day of decline there. shares of brokerage firms faced heavy selling due to uncertainty about the plan to link the two exchanges. and china's two biggest listed brokerages fell sharply. both in mainland markets and in hong kong. the hang seng index fellower by nearly 0.7%, 23,143. and that makes for a third straight day of losses there. >>> well

let's not forget the nikkei was down 2.4% yesterday. we're seeing a little bit of a comeback right now. but we're still below the 15,000 level. we'll see how that develops throughout the morning, the broader topix slightly higher, up a third of a percent. analysts i've been speaking to are asking whether the sudden fall we've seen recently is merely a correction after many shares hit their year's high back in september. or whether it's a sign of worse to come. given the slow pace of growth in china. also, eurozone's economy, especially germany's is showing further weakness. here in japan many investors continue to wait and see when the government pension investment fund will begin to allocate more funds into stocks. now, today, japanese welfare minister is set to attend a advisory panel meeting of the gpif. a lot of investors really want to see what comes out of that. that's going to be a big focus. and the ebola outbreak already caused investors to slow expectations for global growth and sell shares in airlines as well. we did see that

and jitters in the japanese market are high. nikkei stock average volatility index surge shown eight-month high october 17th. now, of course, with more people being nervous about the markets, well, the yen, japanese yen, you have seen the yen strengthening. making losses for japanese stocks. tokyo-based strategy nikkei asset management said the markets are too possess midwestic about japan now but corporate profits are going to continue to surprise on the upside. and they are seeing that the weakening japanese currency overall, general trend of the weakening yen could be a boon for company earnings in the future and health consumer sentiment. we are seeing more positive outlooks for the japanese economy. we are seeing investors wanting to get back into the market. but of course some of them are cautious because there are many other factors affecting japanese markets, which is basically global concern, global slowdown, ebola. >> and let's not forget gbif upping its ratio of buying japanese equities. >> right. >> that's also seen potenti

that sent the nikkei index to new heights. the market was by expectations for prime minister's economic policy. this year the markets have been led by selling, and that has slowed price increases. opinions about the state of the japanese economy seem divided among participants. >> not only continue to have this view of japanese economy. >> what it's not done is lead to meaningful increase in export volumes. it really are hasn't led to wage growth. the challenge for the new government is clearly what i mentioned in the last point, more reform. >> the seminar organizer took the investors to sites where large construction projects are underway hoping they would consider becoming partners. the group went to where plans are being finalized to build the so called sintegrated resort tht includes a casino. >> the plan site is 150 hectors. >> although it is yet to be approved for casinos to operate in japan. the result is part of the government's gross strategy. if they win a bid, it's expected that more than $4.5 billion in investment

let's have a look at the opening levels for the nikkei and topix. both down. now just to put things in perspective, stocks have really been declining over the last few weeks. a analysts are worried about the threat of the ebola outbreak as well as the crisis in iraq and syria. nikkei in september hit a high. now according to analysts this has because investors have shifted into a clear risk aversion mode. they're moving their assets into financial instruments, which they think will provide safer assuranc assurances. it fell at 1 to 1.78%. we seldom see such a big move in just one trading session, which highlights the concerns rippling through the financial markets right now. >> we're also seeing volatility in currencies. where the dollar yen trading now? >> quite a lot of volatility there. 105. just a couple of week ago, that was trading at 110. retail sales for september fell more than expected. the u.s. produced prices declined for the first time in a year. mixed results from u.s. banks is clouding sentiment somewhat. we'll continue to get earnings out of the

do you want to see the nikkei? it's rallied to a seven had year high on the back of the move. that is 755 points to the upside. the yen taking away some of the shine on your gains in terms of the fact that we are seeing the yen continuing to be under pressure. jeffrey yew earlier on talked about 115 on camera. he's talking about even lower levels off camera. 11 146 is where it's currently trading. epb board member novatny spoke to our very own annette ta who asked whether the eurozone is head for a japanese star deflation. >> this is the scenario we want to avoid. what we have to see is that we have now, over a long period of low growth rates, we do not have a recession. we have low growth rates, low recession. still, i think we have quite a lot of differences to the situation in japan. and one of the important differences is that we have start started, really, to look closely at the number situation of the banks. just this weekend, we have the final steps of this stress test. so i think one of the problems the bank had was they did not solve it in a difficult way. >> so let m

the nikkei fell 1%. a data breach at dairy queen. hackers may have gained access to customer names, credit and debit information between august and october. almost 400 dairy queen stores were affected. the company says they have fixed the problem. >>> microsoft ceo wants a do over about comments on women and pay. he attended an event in arizona for women and computing. he was asked to give advice to women uncomfortable asking for a raise. he said it's not asking, but knowing and having faith the system will give you the right raises as long as you go along. he was immediately blasted on twitter. it didn't take long to apologize. >>> amazon is going old school. they may open their first ever real store. it will be here in new york city, just in time for the holiday season. it is not clear if it will be permanent or just a holiday pop-up. >> i can't imagine what that's going to look like. thanks, jill. >>> coming up on the morning news, was a tweet worst 2 billion bucks? the bisry behind the letter "d." here's something fun to do with h

down by 0.7%. 4 1/2 month lows for the nikkei. this correlation with the markets is still very, very tight. we have seen safe haven flows go into the japanese yen appreciation in the currency. that labels the exporters and by implication the broader index, as well, well below 15,000. wilfred, seema, i think it's going to come down to the data, is going to come to the down to the fed speak, as well, culminating with janet yellen on friday. this is going to be interesting. is she going to try to draw a line under this volatility and is she going to reassert her credentials? if she does, is that going to be the salvation for these markets? >> absolutely. on that note, take a look at what happened on wall street. it was a roller coaster ride on wall street, a sharp sell-off in equities. traders saying it was a combination of factors, slowing growth in asia and europe. plus, that disappointing retail sales numbers coming into question the strength of the u.s. economy. the dow at its lowest level since early 2014. the dow, in fact, endin

many major benchmarks in the region closed down. tokyo's nikkei saw pretty heavy selling after surging nearly 4% the previous day. chinese equities reversed earlier gains, and finished the die lower. here in tokyo the nikkei average did decline about 2%. it finished at 14,804. that erased pretty much half of the previous day's advance. export linked issues like toyota motor took a hit due to a stronger yen. the shanghai composite, mean time, giving up just about three quarters of a percent, 2,339. property shares under pressure after data showed the country's housing sales fell in the third quarter. and in south korea the kospi seeing declines of nearly 0.8%. 1,915. leading the decline were growth sensitive shares like the steelmakers following the lackluster chinese data. pasco among the day's losers. >>> automakers are recalling millions of cars over a defect with air bags supplied by japanese firm tack atta. officials at japan's transport ministry say the recall numbers have reached nearly 9.5 million worldwide. managers at tack atta say a prob

so we're down 5% for the nikkei over the course of the week. the likes of toyota down 2.5%. panasonic down by 1%. elsewhere, there were some gainers. the asx the 00 is a case in point. up for the week, up again on friday. over the course of the week, it's tougher. the first weekly loss in four. next week is going to be absolutely critical in my opinion for the china market. we get third quarter gdp. we get retail sales. that could encourage more volatility on the global markets. we've got a lot to look forward to next week, a lot coming out of china next week, as well. >> and let's pick up on another volatile session. the dow falling for its sixth straight session, its longest losing streak of the year. but it did come off the lows at the end of the day. take a look at the s&p 500. it was able to eek out a small gain. james bullard made some comments yesterday that had investors think quantitative easing may be part of an active decision. so is qe4 back on the table? that, of course, is what the market was responding to yesterday. the tech-heavy index staging a major comebac

the nikkei was closed. the shanghai composite closed down about 3%. investors -- down about 0.3%. investors -- european markets made up for earlier losses. crude oil prices falling below $80 per barrel, the lowest level in almost four years on news that key oil-producing nations have been indicating they won't cut production, even if prices continue to fall. the ftse the cac 40, and the frankfurt dax all trading up here --. -- trading up. >> oliver farry. >> finance minister emmanuel macron has said there should be no to-do on the government's unemployment benefits. unemployment benefits is a form of insurance that the worker contributes to over the course of their working years, then they are taken care of once they lose their job. macron's position has sent people into an uproar. this has caused plenty of annoyance on the left. the finance minister has gone further. the left is fractured. it mentions the reactions which show how uncomfortable a position the government puts -- finds itself in to put in place the reforms that brussels is ordering to adopt. what does francois holla

investors here will be watching out for the effect of the falling oil prices, but let's look at how the nikkei and oil prices have fallen off. we'll see how that develops. as we've been reporting that the price of oil has fallen yet again to the media, touching his lowest level in more than two years. now, many people in the market will be watching out for potential fallout in related sectors. we're looking at the graph of wti there. we'll keep a close eye on share of airlines, shipping, utilities and resource and commodity related shares. and analyst was telling me we need to watch out for how falling oil prices will affect inflation. we're looking at brent crude oil which has fallen closer to 25%. inflation is a key factor for central banks. let's not forget the u.s. federal reserve and bank of japan will be holding policy meetings this week, so big focus on what central banks do. also, some concern ahead of the fed and policy decisions will be keeping an eye out for earnings as well. now, canon came out with earnings after the markets closed yesterday. the camera maker reported earnings whi