India, April 8 -- The Japanese market is notably lower on Thursday after opening lower and briefly swaying in to the green, snapping a four-session winning streak, despite the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is falling below the 56,100 level, with some weakness in exporters, financial and technology stocks.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is down 229.35 points or 0.41 percent to 56,079.07, after hitting a low of 55,989.33 earlier. Japanese shares ended sharply higher on Wednesday.
Market heavyweight SoftBank Group is losing more than 4 percent, while Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is adding almost 2 percent. Among automakers, Toyota is losing almost 1 percent, while Honda is edging up 0.3 percent.
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