exporter stocks rebound in tokyo as the yen pulls back from an eight-month high against the dollar. hello, everybody. i m louisa bojesen. financials are failing to lift european stock markets despite a capital hike by bnp paribas. and i m julia boorstin in the u.s. the fdic plans to ask banks to pay three years of as banks are dwindling deposit funds. hello, everyone. welcome back. very glad that you re with us still on the channel watching now cnbc s worldwide exchange. we re with you for a full two hours. let s take a look at our cnbc ftse 300. very flat right now. it s not often oouz that. open on a slightly weaker footing for some of them. the ftse 100 flat to a little lower. the likes of compass group, for example, the world s largest indicate caterer come out with a higher market, but the understandsy is still on the lighter side of things. the currency rate in the current session, we re looking at these crosses at the moment, sterling/dollar lower by a tad. a