Japanese Market Notably Lower
Japanese Market Notably Lower TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - The Japanese stock market is notably lower in on Thursday, snapping the five-day winning streak, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 just below the 28,500 mark, despite the positive cues overnight from Wall Street. Traders remain concerned as the Japanese government mulls tougher measures to contain the still higher daily coronavirus infection rates caused by highly contagious variants of the virus, though the daily infection rates are steadily declining since it peaked ten days ago. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is losing 178.34 points or 0.62 perce...