japanese markets and to see how stocks in tokyo are greeting the rally on wall street, we have emily wang at the tokyo stock exchange. emily, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ai. markets seem to be regaining confidence today, breaking above that key psychological 10,000 mark. as we mentioned we saw some key earnings results out of major tech companies in the u.s., not only ibm but also apple, which came out with their results just after the closing bell on wall street. these earnings results seem to be a key thing for traders in tokyo today as well, especially for high tech shares. before i go into details, let's take a look at the numbers right now. nikkei average still above that 10,000 mark, it's trading right above 10,030, with a triple-digit gain. it is the first time since july 11th that it's hitting above that 10,000 mark. these gains come after stocks in the s. bounced back overnight on the back of solid earnings results and the rise in u.s. housing starts. on the other hand a different picture for financial houses with results from goldman sachs falling short of market ex