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The Nikkei index, which ended up 0.5% at 40,109.23 on Monday, has been on a tear for more than year, driven by a combination of strong corporate earnings, a weaker yen that helps exporters, and an ...
U.S. futures fell and oil prices were mixed. Japan’s Nikkei 225 share index rose to 40,314.64 but fell back slightly. It was up 0.5% to 40,150.00 by early afternoon.
Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.8% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7%. Wall Street points toward gains as calm returns to markets; Japan's Nikkei roars back to gain 10% ...
The Nikkei 225 Futures, introduced at Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 1986, the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) in 1988, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) in 1990, is now an internationally recognized futures index. [7] The Nikkei average has deviated sharply from the textbook model of stock averages, which grow at a steady exponential rate.
The Tokyo Stock Price Index (東証株価指数, Tōshō Kabuka shisū), commonly known as the TOPIX, is an important stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Japan, along with the Nikkei 225. The TOPIX tracks the entire market of domestic companies and covers most stocks in the Prime market and some stocks in the Standard ...
On January 17, 2006, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.8%, its fastest drop in nine months, as investors sold stocks across the board in the wake of a raid by prosecutors on internet company livedoor. The Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended trading 20 minutes before the close on January 18 due to the trade volume threatening to exceed the exchange's computer ...
It was the first chance for traders in Tokyo to react to Friday’s report showing U.S. employers slowed their hiring last month by much more than economists expected. ... Japan’s Nikkei 225 ...
Stock market indices may be categorized by their index weight methodology, or the rules on how stocks are allocated in the index, independent of its stock coverage. For example, the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Equal Weight each cover the same group of stocks, but the S&P 500 is weighted by market capitalization, while the S&P 500 Equal Weight places equal weight on each constituent.