i m christine tan. singapore s ocbc wins the bid for private banking units here in asia. the price tag, $1.5 billion. and i m ross westgate. here in europe, positivity peak is out as equities turn negative despite the momentum in the u.s. and asia. and i m brian shactman in the states. investor he are wondering whether goldman sachs and citigroup can keep the rally going. hello and welcome to cnbc s worldwide exchange. global equities have been stronger. the ftse cnbc global 300 is up 12 points. european markets are up 0.4%. the ftse 100 is down 0.4%. the dollar/yen is 89.48. the greenback is also under pressure after the fed minutes yesterday leaving the door open to interest rates staying low for quite some time. dollar/yen, 89.5. euro/dollar, 1.4933. sterling, back to 1.6160. euro/sterling, 0.9238. earlier this week, we were having well over 94. hey region ross. good to see you in asia. we had a strong session so far. we had a lot of optimism about retail sales d