emerging markets. pauline, let s take you to stock markets that are actually moving, starting here in europe. they re moving higher for a second day this week. markets finished with gains across the board on monday. with the exception of the xetra dax and frankfurt, most of those markets adding, albeit modestly, to some of the gains as you can see ftse 100, broadly trading flood. the smi up by 0.06%. on the currency markets, this is how the euro, the pound and the yen are currently doing. the euro currently at 1.42, the pound at 1.63 and the yen at 80.59. here in asia, japanese markets re-opened after a throw-day weekend holiday with a good dose of positive sentiment. the nikkei in tokyo rose more than 4% bit close. now, financial stocks were some of the winners there.