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