hong kong. you're watching "world business today." air france's share price has rizen in paris so far this trading day. a short time ago it was up a little under 1%. that ash cloud is still making investors nervous here in the uk. british airways stock fell about 1.75% in early trading. have a quick look at the market numbers. we did see a little bit more strength at the opening but nevertheless, we are seeing all of these markets in positive territory after the big sell-off on monday. up by about 0.5% for the paris cac current. the xetra dax still holding up reasonably well, up by about 0. %. andrew? here in asia not quite the rebound you're seeing in europe. still a lot of concerns about what's going on in europe, about the weakness on wall street and a slowdown in the chinese economy as well. that's how the day finished. the nikkei up by 0.2%.