Dozens of jobs said to be on the line in middle and upper management. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Now seeing asian equities gain ground for a second consecutive session, but not such an exciting session today. Markets are rather quiet. We are looking ahead to the u. S. Earnings season, not to mention we do have u. S. Policymakers speaking, including fed chair Janet Yellens report to congress this week. Leading gains in volatilities rising in the halfing and sex in the hang seng index. The nikkei pushing ahead. 5 after 20,000 level. We do have a weaker japanese yen for a third consecutive session, nearly twomonth low. It is still rather muted when it comes to currencies across asia. The kiwi dollar leading declines. We saw week retail spending we saw weak retail spending hitting a nerve there. We are also seeing brent to treasury yields rebounding in the asian session. We are seeing a mixed debt market for asia. Yousef this part of the world, we are just two unders just under