decentury and also wall street s lead the nikkei with the decent session. more on that in a moment. one stock that s doing well is rand gold, forecast to be boosting the production so people are buying that stock. let s get a look at currencies. here s how the euro is doing. up just over one third of one percent against the dollar. ecb governoring council member who is widely regarded as an inflation hawk will speak about the single currency on monday in estonia and he s certainly a man that people are listening to more and more, andrew. charles, you mentioned about the nikkei, certainly the nikkei having a pretty good start to the week and in general markets across the region higher courtesy really of wl wall s