Japanese stocks have today moved very........>

STOCKS: Japanese stocks have today moved very positively into the lunch break

with the Nikkei 225 up 228.06pts at 20197.56, this is the highest level in more

than two years on a two-day slide in the Yen and expectations of a snap

election, the 1% gain suggests the Nikkei is playing catch up to a rally after

being closed yesterday for a Japanese public holiday. It also mimics US indices

as the S&P 500 closed another day on record highs and European markets all

closed in the green too after BoE Carney's comments. 

- All sectors are in the green on the Nikkei 225 with the financials sector best

performing.

- The Hang Seng is currently down around 50pts after steady gains yesterday and

a sharp rise on the open today. The ASX Index is up around 11pts after strong

Roy-Morgan Consumer Confidence Index data and better than expected House Price

Index data, positive RBA minutes for September were also released today.

- The USDJPY is down today, still above 111 levels which it hasn't seen since

July but down nonetheless, U.S stocks are performing well and the prospect of a

snap election for Japan are causing slight unrest.