NIKKEI Closes Up 5.68%

Big gains in Sony, Hitachi, Toyota, Honda etc.

Korea bounced by 1.7% and Australia and China were up modestly. Hong Kong was the one outlier, still sitting with minor losses. As of now, US futures are pointing to a flat to slightly down open.

Copper, gold and natural gas are up less than 1% and the dollar is modestly higher.

Crack spreads have rebounded off session lows, now down about 0.25%.