The Nikkei 225 index wavered today as Japan started to question its reliance on goods from China. According to the...
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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.
The Nikkei 225 index rose by more than 1 per cent as the market remained optimistic about the slowing number of new infections. The market also reacted to news that the country was making plans to lift coronavirus emergency at the end of the month. Still, there are worries about a new rule to limit foreign investments in half of listed companies.
The Nikkei 225, Hang Seng, and ASX, are performing well in today's trading on news that the US and China are still in good terms after reports surfaced that tensions are rising between the two countries.
Japan stocks were in happy mood today as the market ignored dire economic data from the country and instead focused on fresh stimulus pitch by the Japanese government. The blue-chip Nikkei 225 index rose by more than 2.20%, with most of its constituent companies in the green.
Asian markets trade mixed on Thursday after better-than-expected exports data out of China has stabilised sentiment. China April exports came in at +8.2%, beating the expectations of -14.1%
Nikkei 225 index rose even as the market received some weak data and news from Japan. The country’s industrial production...
The Nikkei 225 index CFDS ended the day lower yesterday traders reacted to the latest corporate troubles in Japan. The numbers and updates released yesterday point to a challenging quarter for most Japanese companies.
Today, risk-appetite is strong as investors pile into the FTSE 100, CAC 40, and Nikkei 225 before the re-opening of...
Nikkei 225 ended slightly lower today as the index failed to break above the critical resistance at the 50-day moving average. Investors will wait for the Fed and ECB decisions
The Nikkei 225 index rose by more than 2.6% as investors digested the latest action by the Bank of Japan. The market also reacted to the falling number of daily new coronavirus cases.