index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Nikkei (Nikkei) fell 90.18 points (-0.83%) and closed at 10764.90. Yield of 10-year Japanese government bonds is 1.330 (increased from the previous closing on 0.015). Index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Haeng Seng (Hang Seng) has grown by 50.27 points (0.23%) and is located at 21510.28.

The euro /dollar rose in the Asian session to the level of 1.4411. Support for the euro against the dollar has appreciation of the pound /dollar, which has grown today to a mark 1.6436. The market has information on what the U.S. company Kraft Foods Inc. is close to buying the British company Cadbury PLC for $ 19 billion.

Currency

dollar /yen fell to 90.31. Expected bankruptcy of the company Japan Airlines may increase the Yen, as companies need to recover their funds from abroad and buy yen.

Meary China to tighten monetary policy, putting pressure on the rates of the Australian and New Zealand dollars.

After Weekend in the U.S. today, trading volumes are low, which contributes to sharp fluctuations in exchange rates.

Euro continues to remain under pressure due to investors” anxiety about the situation with the budget deficit in Greece.

This week, investors” attention will be directed to the publication of financial statements of major American companies for the fourth quarter of 2009, in particular, banks Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs. These data could have a noticeable effect on the behavior of U.S. stock indices.

Today is scheduled for release the following data:

at 09:30 GMT - harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) in the UK in December (forecast 0.2% per month, 2.4% for the year, the previous value of 0.3% per month, 1.9% for the year);

at 09:30 GMT - retail price index (Retail prices) in the UK in December (forecast 0.3% per month, 2.0% for the year, the previous vee7alue of 0.3% per month, 0.3% for the year);

at 09:30 GMT - inflation index “RPI-X” in the UK in December (forecast 3.5% per year, the previous value of 2.7% per year);

at 10:00 GMT - an index of business expectations of the German Center for Economic Research (ZEW economic expectations index) in Germany in January (forecast 49.5, the previous value of 50.4);

at 13:55 GMT - economic survey of retail sales, “Redbook” (Redbook) for the past week in the U.S.;

at 14:00 GMT - the volume of purchases by foreign investors of U.S. assets (data TICS) in billions of dollars in the U.S. for November (the previous value of -13.9);

at 14:00 GMT - results of the meeting of the Governing Board of the Bank of Canada;

at 23:50 GMT - an index of business activity in the services sector (Tertiary activity index) in Japan for November (forecast 0.0%, the previous value of 0.5 %).

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