The Nikkei 225 closed higher for the third consecutive day. By the end of today’s Asian session, Japan’s stock index...
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.
Asian stocks managed to rebound today as the monetary and fiscal stimulus by central banks and governments around the globe...
Asian stocks finished in the green in today’s trading after the Federal Reserve committed to a massive QE program yesterday....
Among the major Asian stock indices, the Nikkei 225 was the only one to finish today’s trading in the green...
It was a bloodbath across Asian equities today as WHO reported a spike in coronavirus cases in the last 24...
Asian Equities Steadier Today Japanese and Australian stocks posted modest gains in today’s trading after a few days of aggressive...
As uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic lingers, central banks have stepped up their stimulus efforts to support their respective economies....
As expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) eased its already-loose monetary policy. However, investors seem unimpressed with the Nikkei 225...
The Nikkei 225 extended its losses even more and continues to be a problem for the BOJ. It finished today’s...
Asian stocks extended their losses in today’s trading after the WHO declared the coronavirus a pandemic. The Nikkei 225 dropped...