The USD is ticking a little higher across the major FX board.

In China stocks are opening lower:

  • CSI300 is down circa 1%
  • Shanghai Composite down 0.9%
  • HK's Hang Seng -0.7%

In Japan the Nikkei 225 is holding, just, its +0.06%

Apart from what has already been posted there is no fresh news.