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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.

Brief: US Dollar Index (DXY) Gaps Up as Nikkei 225, FTSE 100 Retreat

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·Nov 19, 2020, 06:48 GMT+0100·

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·Dec 09, 2019, 07:27 GMT+0100·

Hang Seng at Monthly Highs After Partial Trade Deal

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·Oct 14, 2019, 09:29 GMT+0100·
Hang Seng, Nikkei Higher as investors cheer on Chinese Data

Hang Seng Higher as investors cheer on Chinese Data

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·Jul 15, 2019, 09:38 GMT+0100·
Hang Seng Outperforms, Nikkei 225 Higher

Hang Seng Outperforms, Nikkei 225 Higher

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·Sep 04, 2019, 08:52 GMT+0100·

Here’s Why Nikkei 225 is Set to Drop Below ¥28,000

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·Nov 30, 2021, 04:51 GMT+0100·
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Here’s why Nikkei 225 moment of reckoning has just arrived

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·Jun 11, 2020, 06:43 GMT+0100·
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Here’s why Nikkei 225 vicious rally has just hit a wall

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·Jun 09, 2020, 07:36 GMT+0100·
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Here’s why the Nikkei 225 index clinched a new high today

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·May 27, 2020, 06:34 GMT+0100·
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Here’s Why the Nikkei 225 Index is in a Consolidation Mode

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·Apr 19, 2021, 08:11 GMT+0100·
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Here’s why the Nikkei 225 is crashing its Asian peers today

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·Jun 16, 2020, 06:42 GMT+0100·
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Here’s why the Nikkei 225 is down sharply for 2 days in a row

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·Jul 08, 2020, 07:06 GMT+0100·
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