The asx 200. 3 , a fresh record high. Now holding at levels we have not seen since august 5 last year. From consumert stocks today, also real estate. Yesterday was the material players, a switch out there, but some weakness from emerging markets and hong kong. Development stocks are in focus today. See there are only two stocks out of the 50 listed in the black. Elsewhere, insurance players , oil holdinge steady around 53 a barrel, weakness in the shanghai market. Willing to putot money back into equities ahead of the end of the year. The offshore renminbi weaker following the pboc fix today. You are seeing the yen flat after hitting that 10 month low against the dollar, 117 handle. , aterms of the commodities boost in the aussie around. 2 , emerging Market Countries being sold off, so a Dollar Strength story. Down. 2 percent, but mixed in terms of the overall equity picture today. Lets get to first word News Headlines with sophie kamaruddin. Aramco will continue to explore an ipo in j