With month end, and the worry of pent up dollar demand, out of the way tentative risk appetite has once more returned, with the Japanese yen and to a slightly lesser extent the dollar seeing across the board weakness. Asian stockmarkets did well overnight with credit markets continuing to show improvement. The South Korean government helped sentiment, announcing it will invest an extra 14 trillion won ($10.8 bln) into its economy next year to help stave off recession. The Reserve Bank of India moved at the weekend to cut rates further, while the RBA, BOE and ECB are all expected to move to cut rates in coming days, all this helping sentiment as well. USD/JPY is up at 99.35 having closed out Friday down around 98.50. Upside barriers now lie at 99.65 and then the psychological 100.00.