the copper miner and woolsey is a plumbing company. that s not enough to counter the general market trend. the cac 40 down by .4% despite gains for the french banks. and the dax still down by .6% despite the fact we ve got shares in some of the car makers up like bmw up by 1.5%. let s turn our attention towards the currency markets. the euro and the pound gaining against the u.s. dollar. and as you can see, the yen is losing ground against that currency. when it comes to the euro, $1.4133, the japanese yen, though, currently trading at 81.68, pauline. well, nina, the markets here in the asia-pac region finished mostly lower this session. the nikkei in tokyo was down for the second straight day on more