ra ramin mellegard. >> all the actors looking to take the final bow perhaps. interesting who will be the villain and hero. let's have a look at how the nikkei and topix is topping off. nikein this case nikkei closed at the highest level in two weeks as of monday. as we seen the dollar trading it could be good for exporters today. the reaction in global markets regarding greece is most evident by activities in the bond market. looking at spanish bond markets and yield in the greek such as italy, spain and portugal fell. interestingly, yields on what is considered safer assets in times of volatility like german bond haves been raising. selling assets implying they are a little less concerned about the debt problems in greece. interesting from the bond market's point of view. >> they seemed to have regained confidence in the eros, what is happening with currencies the today. >> exactly that's holding firm against the dollar and yen. investors seem to be down playing the crisis and it's kind of important to note the eros has ricesen after a year. they are reversin

ra fiing natural gas for thermal power generators generators. so the trade balance coming in at a deficit still not as bad as market expectations. so let's see how markets are reacting. we're joined by ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. good morning. what are you seeing over there? >> good morning, ai. we're seeing a bit of divergence in the sense of growing concerns for greece and also ahead of the federal reserve policy meeting later today, but we did see stocks in europe and the u.s. trading higher and we're seeing pretty much the same here. let's go to the opening levels for today, wednesday, june 17th. the nikkei and the topix both trading higher in the first few minutes of trading. and that bodes well for the rest of the session. we'll see how it continues during the day, but overnight in new york the dow jones industrial average rebounded after three-day losing streak. it closed 0.6% higher and the tech-heavy nasdaq ended up 0.5%. so pretty positive stuff there. the nikkei fell on tuesday amid these concerns but some analysts point to what they see as some of the truths going through the markets that the u.s. will at some point raise interest rates. especially after a surprise rise