. >>> let's cross over to emily wang. how are markets looking so far? >> good morning, ai. the greek prime minister has secured a majority vote, raising hopes this could pave the way for knew's steriliausterity mea. the nikkei is up, over 9,500, up over 80 points. topix is also trading higher. these gains come after the four-day rally of the dow, where the dow closed its highest in nearly three weeks. now, we also saw results of existing home sales which felt 3.8% on the month in may, but that's still above initial market forecasts, so it didn't em to damping sentiments, the dow jones industrial average closed higher at 12,190. it's up 109 points, just above 0.9%. nasdaq closed at 2,687, up over 2%. taking a quick look at currency markets, dollar/yen mostly unchanged from late-hour trading on tuesday. on the other hand, the euro is trading slightly higher, close to the mid 115 level against the yen. the dollar also trading slightly higher. but for stock markets overall, there are still many issues that could sway investor sentiment. on the domestic front, traders are lookin