Article Photos: Japan's Nikkei soars on 1st trade day of the year



Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index treaded water for much of the day, then slid into the red around 2 p.m. Eastern, after the Fed released the minutes from its December meeting. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index treaded water for much of the day, then slid into the red around 2 p.m. Eastern, after the Fed released the minutes from its December meeting. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)