Guide Note:

The Nikkei 225 is a stock market index that is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The Nikkei tracks the performance of 225 companies in a variety of industries including (but not limited to): chemical, construction, banking and automotive.

Fast Facts:

1. Established: September 7, 1950
2. Regularly published since 1971
3. Pricing unit: Japanese Yen
4. The Nikkei takes a price-weighted average
5. In 1993, the Nikkei 300 was introduced to the Tokyo Stock Market
6. The Nikkei 225 composite number is the average stock price of the 225 most actively traded companies on the TSE

• 1968: Chairman of the TSE halts the adjusted stock price average
• 1970: TSE starts to calculate the composite number using the market value-weighted
• 1975: Dow Jones gives The Nikkei rights to use the Dow calculation method
• 1990: Chicago Mercantile Exchange starts Nikkei stock average futures and futures options trading
• 1991: Nikkei stock average undergoes its first revisions

• Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
• Toyota Motor Corp.
• Honda Motor Corp.
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
• Canon Inc.