TOKYO, June 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.8 percent on Tuesday to finish the April-June quarter up 23 percent, its best quarter since July-September 1995, buoyed by growing hopes that the worst of the global economic recession may be over.
The Nikkei briefly hit 10,000 for the first time in two weeks on Tuesday and rose 1.8 percent on the day, with Fujifilm Holdings Corp surging after Mizuho Securities upgraded the company's shares.
The Nikkei rose 174.97 points to 9,958.44.
The broader Topix rose 1.6 percent to 929.76. (Reporting by Masayuki Kitano)