Mumbai, Feb. 24 -- The Japanese stock market is notably higher in post-holiday trading , reversing the losses in the previous session, despite the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is moving above the 57,200 level, with gains in automaker stocks partially offset by weakness in financial stocks. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is up 376.03 points (0.66%) at 57,201.73, after touching a high of 57,286.65 and a low of 56,732.93 earlier.

SoftBank Group lost more than 4% while Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is edged up 0.2%. Among automakers, Honda is gained almost 1% and Toyota is added more than 1%. In the tech space, Tokyo Electron and Screen Holdings are edged down 0.2 to 0.5% each while Advantest is added alm...