Extending the slight gains the previous session, the Japanese stock market is significantly higher on Tuesday, with the Nikkei 225 moving above the 32,800 level, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight, with gains in technology and financial stocks.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is up 219.76 points or 0.67 percent at 32,804.87, after touching a high of 32,836.27 earlier. Japanese shares ended slightly higher on Monday.
Market heavyweight SoftBank Group is losing almost 1 percent, while Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is gaining almost 1 percent. Among automakers, Honda and Toyota are adding more than 1 percent each.
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