This is the Marketplace Minute. I'm Justin Ho.

Stocks closed up on Wednesday. The Dow gained one and two-tenths percent. The

S&P added almost nine-tenths percent, and the NASDAQ rose half a percent.

Transportation Secretary Pete Budajeg says the government is starting the process of releasing funding to the state of Maryland,

after a shipping vessel collided with the

Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse.

But a judge said the rebuilding effort will not be easy, quick or cheap.

The ratings agency Fitch says banks with a lot of loans for apartment buildings

could post losses this year. That's in large part because rents have been

cooling down and as a result apartment values have been falling.

And the Japanese yen fell to its lowest level versus the dollar in 34 years.

That's because up until recently, Japan's Central Bank has kept interest rates low,

while the US has been raising them.

I'm Justin Ho, with the marketplace minute. You're going to.