A day after global markets rallied, equities managed to hold on to their gains, but not much more than that. The Nikkei followed the Dow’s rally Wednesday and added 135pts to finally close back above the 9,000 mark by 62pts. European markets traded flat as the FTSE 100 added 4pts to to close at 5,371, while the Stoxx Europe 50 lost 3pts to finish