India, April 6 -- The Japanese stock market is trading notably higher on Tuesday, extending the gains in the previous two sessions, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is moving above the 53,650 level, with gains across most sectors led by exporters, financial and technology stocks.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is up 249.60 points or 0.47 percent at 53,663.28, after touching a high of 53,916.35 earlier. Japanese shares ended notably higher on Monday.
Market heavyweight SoftBank Group is losing almost 1 percent, while Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is gaining more than 1 percent. Among automakers, Honda is edging down 0.5 percent and Toyota is also edging down 0.2 percent.
In the tech space, To...