euro also weeker. that's still at the lowest level in more than a year. year in, 136.72 to 77. let's look at how this is affecting stocks. the nikkei and the topix both trading higher. the nikkei just remind viewers, it ended monday in the positive as well. despite a disappointing revised gdp figure. financials, domestic retail shares as well. however, the focus remains fully on the anticipation on the line from apple expected in the u.s. they were out of manufacturing, foster, electr foster. >> energy related shares mostly down in u.s. markets on monday, what's behind the deline there? >> quite an interesting story there. crude oil prices falling. brent hit a 14-month low. china's oil imports fell nearly 2.5% in august. west texas intermediate fell, so that put a big dent in sentiment and market players sold energy related shares. keeping track of mablg shares here in japan. also keeping an eye on asian indexes. if a few has been closed, but today, hong kong and south korea remain closed, so we may not get too much factors from those markets, but we'll keep track of how a lot