Tokyo's stock market ended the first trading of the New Year in a positive mood on Monday, DPA reported. The Nikkei index of 225 leading stocks rose over 9,000 for the first time in nearly two months after Wall Street gained on Friday. The index gained 183.56 points, or 2.02 per cent, to 9,043.12. Japan's benchmark index lost a record 42 per cent last year as the financial crisis pummeled world markets. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues was also up 16.67 points, or 1.94 per cent, to 875.91. The dollar traded at 92.05-10 yen in Tokyo, compared to 91.70-80 yen on late Friday in New York. The euro traded at 1.3953-58 dollars after 1.3915-25 dollars on Friday in New York. Japanese financial markets have been closed since Wednesday to mark the New Year's holiday.
