summit in chengdu. korea cannd south somehow ease relations and tensions, that could provide momentum for markets going forward. taking a look at where we are , asian stockstime are trading at the highest levels of the year. slightly higher by 0.1%. it has been a spectacular year for chinese stocks, up 31% year to date. say cuts are needed to pick up momentum. let's turn the page. let's look at where currencies are at this point in time. dollar-yen, taking a look at 1.0939. taking a look. the shock of flooding. it consolidates in. pretty much a subdued session. at 1197.r index rishaad: let's take a look at india. the session is about 43 minutes away. futures at the moment down a fraction. getting you up to speed with what happened. a very topsy-turvy day in mumbai. at the end of it, we were pretty much where we started, flat, but we did have some pretty big deltas. rupee continuing to weaken. against a little bit of dollar strength among some of these emerging-market currencies. thething which had gone by wayside a couple of weeks ago when we saw the reserve bank do nothing w