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the ftse cnbc global 300 just hitting a session high up 10 points. a bit of a sluggish start here in europe. stocks were up yesterday driven by banks and financials. just getting or trying to get back on the front at the moment. on the currency markets, the aussie dollar has his a fresh high against the greenback. dollar/yen back down to 88, so the dollar is once again on the defensive. we have euro/dollar, 1.4728. sterling/dollar, below the 1.60 mark. and euro/sterling, 0.92. ross we despite the strength year seeing in the dollar/yen, the nikkei 225 faired higher by 1.1%. commodities and trading houses doing well, not surprising, given the big gains that we were seeing in resources and gold ticking higher to record highs overnight. the kospi, the underperformer today, a lot of interest rate concerns, given that the boj meets later this friday. the australian market, higher by 2.3%. resources, gold, all doild really well. the shanghai composite closed today and doing ....