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During the week ended April 09, 2009, the 30 share index, Sensex gained 445.03 points to 10,803.86, whereas the broad based NSE Nifty climbed 131 points to 3,342.05 during the same period.

Indian stock markets on Monday belled the week strongly and closed the day in the positive terrain.

At closure, Sensex climbed 186 points to close at 10535, whereas the Nifty marked its closure at 3256, up 45 points.

Consumer durables, metal, auto and real estate stocks topped the gaining charts, whereas FMCG stocks went down.

The Sensex closed the choppy day on a positive note led by realty, metal, banking and consumer durables stocks.

It belled the day strongly after gaining 133.81 points at 10,876.15 on Thursday. But after few minutes of trading, it fell into the pessimistic zone because of profit booking.

The markets remained volatile allthrough the day.

The inflationary and IIP data was also announced during the noon trades. The benchmark index Sensex hit an intraday high of 10,932.12 and intraday low of 10,655.96.

Tokyo - The Tokyo market extended gains to end Friday trading higher after briefly sending the key Nikkei 225 Stock Average above 9,000 at one point on Wall Street's overnight surge. The Nikkei index was up 48.05 points, or 0.54 per cent, to close at 8,964.11 after peaking at 9,068.8 during morning trading. The Nikkei rose above the 9,000 level for the first time in three months.

The broader Topix index of all first-section issues also rose 4.16 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 845.97.

Tokyo - The Tokyo market opened higher Friday, briefly sending the key Nikkei 225 Stock Average above 9,000 after an overnight surge on Wall Street. The Nikkei index was up 47.45 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 8,963.51 after peaking at 9,068.8 at during morning trading.

The broader Topix index of all first-section issues gained 3.66 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 845.47.

Exporters were helped by a weaker yen, which boosts earnings of Japanese firms.