index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Nikkei (Nikkei) fell 165.74 points (-1.56%) and closed at 10473.97. Yield of 10-year Japanese government bonds is 1.300 (dropped from the previous closing on 0.005). Index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Haeng Seng (Hang Seng) fell 202.72 points (-0.99%) and is located at 20253.60.

Currency

dollar /yen sank to the Asian session, with the level of 94.25 to 93.36. The euro /yen fell 100 points to a mark of 133.11. Rate pound /yen sank to 150 points to level 151.34. Strengthening yen is a consequence of reduced investor interest in risky instruments. Reduction of interest contributes to a drop in prices on stock markets.

The euro /dollar established within 1.4217-1.4267. Activity on the forex market remains quite low.

price index for Nationwide Real Estate company in the UK for August was 1.6% for the month, -2.7% for the year (the forecast was 0.5% for the month, -3.9% for the year, the previous value of 1.3% for the month, -6.2% for the year ).

Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Saxony (Saxony) in Germany for August was 0.1% for the month, -0.1% for the year (the previous value of 0.0% for the month, -0.6% per year).

index of consumer confidence (Consumer confidence) in Italy in August amounted to 111.8 (forecast was 107.8, the previous value of 107.5).

Today is scheduled for release the following data:

at 08:00 GMT - an index of money supply M3 in Europe (16) for July (forecast 3.3% per year, the previous value of 3.5% per year);

at 08:00 GMT - an index of money supply M3 in Europe (16) for three months, including July (forecast 3.5% per year, the previous value of 4.1% per year);

at 10:00 GMT - review of the British Confederation of Industrialists (CBI): the balance of total retail sales (Retail sales volume balance) in the UK for August (the previous value of -15%);

at 12:30 GMT - the number of applications for unemployment benefits (Jobless claims) in the United States for the week to 22.08 (forecast 565K per week, the previous value of 576K per week);

at 12:30 GMT - improved value of the index of gross domestic product (GDP) in the U.S. for the second quarter (-1.6% forecast for the year, the previous value of -1.0% per year);

at 13:05 GMT - preliminary value of the consumer price index (CPI) in Germany in August (forecast 0.0% for the month, -0.2% for the year, the previous value of 0.0% for the month, -0.5% per year);

at 20:30 GMT - an index of broad money M2 in billions of dollars in the U.S. for the week to 17.08 (the previous value of -5.6);

at 23:01 GMT - index of consumer confidence (Gfk consumer confidence) in the UK in August (-24 the forecast, the previous value of -25);

at 23:30 GMT - consumer price index (CPI) in Japan in July (the previous value of -0.2% for the month, -1.8% per year);

at 23:30 GMT - consumer price index (CPI) in the region of Tokyo in Japan in August (the previous value of -0.4% for the month, -1.8% per year);

at 23:30 GMT - unemployment rate (Unemployment) in Japan in July (forecast 5.5%, the previous value of 5.4%);

at 23:30 GMT - an index of household expenditures (Household spending) in Japan in July (-0.5% forecast for the year, the previous value of 0.2% per year).
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