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Mostly higher on thursday. it wasn't that dramatic. japanese exporters were up in tokyo with toyota motor gaining nearly 1%. the yen has gained slightly but still is trading at around 85 yen to the dollar. meanwhile, japan's central bank said it would offer nearly $12 billion in a new emergency lending program for banks in the area, in northeastern japan that were hit bit earthquake and the tsunami. also, the hang seng was down adjustment a fraction today. the shanghai composite rose by almost a quarter percent and the main aussie benchmark ended the day down about 0.1%. nina? >> mixed fortune...

9.0 magnitude quake. the disaster hit the country with 15 minutes left in the trading day. markets didn't have much time to react that day. we head on over to march 14 and that is the first full trading day after the crisis. the markets responded, well, with the yen posting gains, strengthening to post-world war ii record, butting pass 79.75 mark. let's keep on going here. i'll take these out for you. you can see the yen strengthening down there. the g7 realized this and made a currency intervention on march 18. that's estimated to be about $6.5 billion. in reaction, the yen weakened to where ...