Asian markets ended mixed today after news that China will not respond immediately to the latest US tariffs on Chinese...
Nikkei 225
In this section, you will find important Nikkei 225 news, actionable trading ideas, and a live Nikkei 225 CFD chart to help you better understand the stock index.
What is Nikkei 255 Index ?
The Nikkei 225 is the main Japanese stock market index and is a price-weighted stock market index initiated on September 7, 1950, and consists of the top 225 companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Some of the companies listed on Asia’s most popular index are Konica Minolta, Panasonic, Softbank Group, Sony, Nissan, Daiwa Securities, and Toyota Motor. Companies in the technology space account for over 40 percent of the index, and valuations are denominated in Japanese yen (JPY).
The composition of the Nikkei is reviewed every year in September, and any changes take place in October. Because of the diversified nature of the index, many financial instruments linked to the Nikkei 225 have been created and traded worldwide while the index has been sufficiently used as the indicator of the movement of Japanese and broader Asian economy.
As uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic lingers, central banks have stepped up their stimulus efforts to support their respective economies....
Asian markets are trading higher on Monday after a positive close in Wall Street on Friday and as President Trump praised the recovery in the coronavirus numbers across the country,
In today’s market brief, I mentioned that the Nikkei 225 sustained another significant loss as risk aversion dominated trading. It...
The Nikkei 225 has broken down through major support and will need a miracle to stop things from getting worse,...
Asian stock markets and risk currencies traded higher this morning on hopes that central banks around the world would soon...
The Nikkei 225 index rallied to the highest level since September 1990 as investors waited for more information about Joe...
The Nikkei 225 was the biggest laggard in Asia today. The index dropped by 0.35% and is now trading at ¥23,096, which is inches below the yesterday’s high of ¥23,175. The other laggard in Asia-Pacific was DJ New Zealand, which declined by more than 2%. On the other hand, the Hang Seng was the best-performing index after the government agreed to bailout Cathay Pacific.
The Nikkei 225 index is down by more than 0.60% as investors react to the ongoing tensions between the United...
Asian Equities Markets Were Mixed Today Asian markets were mixed in today’s trading. The Hang Seng Index is trading lower...