India, July 27 -- The Japanese stock market is trading sharply lower on Tuesday, reversing the gains in the previous session, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight, with the Nikkei 225 plunging 4.1 percent to well below the 62,300 level, with weakness across all sectors led by financial and technology stocks.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is down 2,671.88 points or 4.11 percent at 62,259.31, after hitting a low of 62,115.81 earlier. Japanese shares ended notably higher on Monday.
Market heavyweight SoftBank Group is tumbling more than 6 percent, while Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is edging up 0.1 percent. Among automakers, Honda is gaining almost 1 percent, while Toyota is edging down 0.4 percent.
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