evening stronger gains at the moment. we have the dax up by about 0.6%. markets in zurich enjoying a three-quarter percentage gain. ftse 100 holding steady, despite the chamber of commerce came out and cut its gdp forecast for the united king come from 1.4% to 1.9% earlier today. that market trading higher by about 0.33%. andrew? it was a bit more optimistic here, i guess, nina. certainly the easing price of oil helping some investors, all the major indices finishing in positive territory. hong kong s hang seng up by 1.7% or so. gas shares on the way up there. in japan, the nikkei up by 0.19%.
banking and tech stocks leading the way as it closed at a quarter of 1% higher. weakness in the yen helping the exporters so sensitive to the value of the yen, the japanese exporters which is such a big part of the japanese economy. now, the currency has been making up for some of the losses recent by but it s still reasonably weak. a positive mood around restoration. the hong kong hang seng up by two-thirds of 1%. shanghai up by a fraction. australia up as well. corporate results helping the sentiment here as we ve been talking about qantas, profits up some 300%, which shows you the international economy is, indeed, looking pretty relatively pretty strong at the moment. so, looking through the australian end of the telescope they do. u.s. stocks are solidly higher on wednesday, strong earnings from deere and comcast
everything pops with the pringles superstack can! greta: there s much more ahead but first our new york newsroom. reporter: air travelers in the u.s. might encounter more headaches than usual tomorrow the busiest travel day of the year could be snarled because of that opt-out protest. organizers asking flyers to boycott full body scanners which means more pat-downs security officials are fearing longer lines and more delays. fierce winter storm picking up speed heading for the rockies. white-out conditions crippling the northwest with strong winds and temps below zero. blizzard warns in utah and idaho storm blamed for three deaths in washington state. nikkei down. hang seng up. dow jones futures at 11,062.
reporter: we have breaking news. a plane crashing in cuba a short time ago. we are getting some of the first pictures from the scene. 69 people were onboard. 28 foreigners. no immediate word on survivors. reports describe the aircraft as part of cuba s state owned airline. tropical storm tomas is bearing down on haiti. that storm is expect odd to reach hurricane strength within the next few hours. forcasters predicting as much as 10 inches of rain close to a million left homeless by january s quake are being urged to evacuate those tent cities. nikkei up. hang seng up. dow jones futures at 11,390. for more business news tune into the fox business network give you the power to prosper. i m marianne rafferty now back to on the record. greta: is donald trump going to run for president? we asked him, high above
friday. checking the markets nikkei up. hang seng up. dow jones futures 11,182. for more business news tune into the fox business network. i m ainsley earhardt we now return to on the record with greta. thanks for watching. greta: we don t need to tell you unemployment is at a nightmare level, that doesn t include those so beaten down to have given up. what could we do? what would donald trump do? we asked. nice to see you. nice to see you. greta: i love to see you outside your offices. good view. greta: unemployment rate not getting better. if you were advising the president, what would you tell him to do? obviously the word is jobs. how do you get jobs. i hear so many people talking so many different things.