because the uk and u.s. markets are closed today for public holidays. so paris and zurich flat line at the moment. gains there by the xetra dex. energy stocks are weighing on that market following the news that the government in germany has decided that all nuclear plants in that country are to close by 2022. andrew? yeah. here in asia, charles, hong kong the only major market to end on a positive note. it followed those gains on wall street on friday, despite the fact there were some not particularly strong economic numbers coming out of the u.s. japanese investors today the nikkei down by about a fifth of 1%. the big story really, though, remaining shanghai. that s eight days in a row now the shanghai composite has fallen. not much. still the trend is firmly down.
treed. jacob zuma will try to convince moammar gadhafi of peace talks. his rival and another fifa executive have been temporarily a coalition commander has offered his sincerest apologies for an air strike on saturday that he says killed nine people in afghanistan. and earlier toll according to afghan and nato forces was 14. hamid karzai condemned the strike. those are the headlines. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. you re watching world business today. here are our top stories for this monday, may 30th. fifa boss is cleared and ready to run for re-election unopposed after two other executive members were suspended for alleged bribery. the euro remains under pressure as greece s bailout plan falters. it s a dream job for the man in the driving seat, a ferrari. we ll take you to the luxury car maker s italian hq. let s check on european stock markets. they ve been open now for about an