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The dax was hit initially by the chance angela merkel has suffered a defeat. move on to the currency markets because that's affecting the euro, as well. and here we are. we're looking at 1.4074, 1.5983, just a shade under 160 for the cable. a bit of a weakness. and the japanese yen at 80.66. pauline? well, charles, the markets here in asia finished mostly lower this session. the shanghai composite was the only to post gains boosted by financial stocks. uranium producers and mining stocks dragged australia's main benchmark lower by about .2% and the nikkei in tokyo dipped again on more concer...

Getting a boost. but the stronger yen has dragged japanese stocks lower. the nikkei has lost a pont. this is despite economic news from japan. the most in some 11 months in december. meanwhile mining and financial stocks have dragged australia's benchmark lower. mixed news but definitely some caution in connection with what's been happening, charles, in egypt. >> here's what's going to happen on u.s. markets. remember we had a 1.8% drop on the s&p on friday and we're actually looking at a very, very slight bounce there for both the nasdaq and the s&p 500, and the dow down very, very slightly. ...