Risk sentiment continues to improve in the equities space

Of note, the Nikkei is the last to play catch up but the index has now officially pared all losses on the day and is 0.1% up ahead of the close at the top of the hour. Aside from that, the Hang Seng index is up by 2.0% currently while the Shanghai Composite index is now up by 0.7% after having earlier been down by 1.8% to start the day.

All major bourses are at session highs currently. And this is backed up by the improving sentiment seen in E-minis, which are up by 1.0% at the moment: