Global Stock Exchanges-Japanese market notably higher.

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

The Japanese stock market is trading notably higher on Friday after briefly being in the red in early trades, recouping some of the sharp losses in the previous session, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 just above the 28,900 level, following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street, as traders reacted to upbeat manufacturing and services PMI data. Traders are also upbeat after a sharp drop in coronavirus infection rates has led to the gradual reopening of the nation's economy with Tokyo and Osaka lifting curfews. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is gaining 197.16 points or 0.69 percent to 28,905.74, after...