hong kong up over 1% now. the nikkei, 0.6%. the yen is weakening. that is helping exports in japan. oil has been the big story. wti is recovering. brent crude as well. oil has had an absolute torrid time of it. this is the percent of price change we have seen. 7% down. violent swings. the blue line is representing what is happening pricewise. we were talking three weeks ago at the beginning of october, the middle of october, talking about oil hitting $100 a barrel. that is a distant memory. it is falling off a cliff. volatilitypeaking, really spiking. investors are staring down these two events this week. we are looking at trade, we are oil could brexit, and be a big turning point for the market as well. the fed are reportedly meeting ahead of the g20 talk. this two standard deviation move. jay powell speaks. calme are hoping he will anxiety about higher rates. a rate hike is still expected within when they first meet next month. move that could rattle the economy is happ
left in asia s once a dominant commodities trade off. kong markets are getting set to come back online after the lunar new year long weekend. chinese markets are still away until thursday. we take a look at what is going on in the hong kong stock exchange. in terms of a handover, not much of one after that stellar performance by asia shares on a monday driven largely by japanese equities that had their second best day of the year. we saw a little bit of a failure to extend those gains in the european session. we are also seeing u.s. futures trading down as well. let s take a look at where we are moving in terms of markets. a big week when it comes to markets. it over to sophie for a look at how things are going. ie: as you pointed out, u.s. futures are declining. taiwan and a vietnam also closed for the extended holiday. the nikkei and topics snap a topix snap amb three-day climb. seoul, and for decline. in kuala lumpur, stocks are sliding after a five-day bend. we will see
botched attempt to execute him with a new death penalty cocktail. also coming up this hour, celebrations across madrid as madrid wins. it might be an all spanish 20 in may if chelsea loses in tonight s game. a tug-of-war over french engineering company al stump. it says alstom. it is giving them a month to decide over the $12 billion offer from general election. there is a rival offer from siemens. a rack is voting in its first general election since u.s. troops iraq is voting in his first general election since u.s. troops left in 2011. the severe violence that hit the country this week continues. two women were among the dead as a bomb went off at a polling station in the north. nicholas rushworth has more. friday, and the explosion tore apart a campaign rally in the east of the city. attack was part of the waves of sectarian violence nationwide in the days before the vote. iraq is currently going through its worst unrest in years. security for this election is massive.
and coordinate planning to confront the terrorist threat of isil. we are prepared to work with congress to provide additional equipment. we have had advisers throughout iraq from our embassy and are prepared to send additional advisers, up to 300, to assess how we can best train, advise, and support iraqi security forces going forward. but u.s. president barack obama speaking there. in therespondent is kurdish capital and joins us now. adam, how is that statement likely to go down amongst kurdish people? interest in have no seeing isis as long-term neighbors to their south. any told us they want to see end to this calamity in iraq. they are keen to see anything that is divisive. one of the messages they will pay attention to in obama s one sect preference of over another. unfortunately, the message will be perceived as doing exactly that by sunni groups, even something as restrained as sending advisers of support to the iraqi national army. frankly, many in the sunni communit
their disappointment after a us british decision to suspend non lethal needs opposition fighters in the north of syria. it s a tale of three cities into the pro eu protests known as third week the present unocal which his decision to reverse himself and back out of an eu partnership deal in moscow was invited to put an applauding the decision in touting the virtues of a customs union in moscow. yes the iconic independence square. it still looked upon by thousands of protest as he sets up camp some barricades they demanded president take to get a call to step down and the ukraine to sign a free trade pact with syrup instead of strengthening ties with russia these crabs see that teacher with the west rather than with a former city on a protest to speak of that is on for more democracy in russia the president continued to tim tried to reassure them. he sleeps. we have always been proud of our country but we do not claim to be some sort of super powered with no claims to a certai