Japanese markets open up two per cent

(6 Apr 2009) 1. Wide of Tokyo Stock Exchange, tilt down to trading floor 2. Various of traders 3. Wide of electronic stock board, graphic changing, updating figures on board as trade opens 4. Various of electronic board showing benchmark Nikkei up 107 points 5. Wide of exchange lobby STORYLINE: Japan's stock market continued to rise on Monday amidst optimism over possible economic recovery following the G-20 meetings in London last week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose more than 200 points to 8,900 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the first 30 minutes of morning trade. On Friday, Japanese stocks extended gains, rising for the fourth straight week as investors cheered a weaker yen and Thursday's G-20 meeting, during which the world's major powers pledged more than one (t) trillion US dollars to combat the global economic crisis. They also vowed new efforts to clean up banks' tattered balance sheets, shut down tax havens, tighten financial regulations, and renewed vows to shun protectionist policies. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...