India, April 7 -- The Japanese stock market is trading sharply higher on Wednesday, extending the gains in the previous three sessions, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is surging more than 4 percent to above the 55,700 level, with gains across all sectors led by index heavyweights, exporters and technology stocks.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is up 2,282.60 or 4.27 percent at 55,712.16, after touching a high of 55,992.90 earlier. Japanese stocks ended slightly higher Tuesday.
Market heavyweight SoftBank Group is surging more than 6 percent and Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is gaining almost 5 percent. Among automakers, Honda is adding more than 2 percent and Toyota is gaining almost 4 percent.
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