The Nikkei 225 closed 483.7 points or 2.03% lower at 23,343.5 today as fears of the coronavirus continued to dictate...
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.
With Chinese markets closed for the Chinese New Year this weekend, the Hang Seng Index and Nikkei 225 were able...
Asian stock markets are in the red in today’s trading as fears over the coronavirus mount ahead of the Chinese...
Asian equities markets traded higher today despite news of the coronavirus spreading. The Hang Seng Index recouped its losses from...
Risk Aversion Triggered by New, But Familiar Disease Today, investors finally took notice of the coronavirus outbreak which started in...
Risk aversion dominated market sentiment today. The Nikkei 225 closed lower by 218.9 points or 0.91% at 23,864.6. Meanwhile, the...
BOJ Rate Decision Tomorrow The Nikkei 225 closed 42.3 points or 0.18% higher at 24,083.5 ahead of the BOJ meeting...
The Nikkei 225 finished higher in today’s trading by 108.1 points or 0.45% at 24,041.3. Meanwhile, the Hang Seng Index...
Buy the Rumor, Sell the News on US-China Trade Deal? It would seem that the excitement over the US-China Phase...
Asian equities markets are mixed in today’s trading. The Nikkei 225 finished in the green at 24,025.2, up 164.6 points...