In today’s market brief, I mentioned that the Nikkei 225 sustained another significant loss as risk aversion dominated trading. It...
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.
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Asian stocks gave up their gains from yesterday as risk aversion once again dominated sentiment today. The Nikkei 225 suffered...
Risk appetite pushed Asian stocks higher in this morning’s trading on optimism fueled by easing measures launched by central banks....
Asian equities markets had mixed performances in today’s trading, following the Federal Reserve’s surprise rate cut yesterday. The Nikkei 225...
Asian stocks were mixed in today’s trading ahead of a teleconference between G7 leaders. The Nikkei 225 lost 1.22% or...
Asian stock markets and risk currencies traded higher this morning on hopes that central banks around the world would soon...
Asian equities markets have an incredibly bearish end to February. The Nikkei 225 closed with a 3.67% or 805.27-point loss...