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Nikkei 225 Index. The Nikkei 225, or the Nikkei Stock Average (Japanese: 日経平均株価, Hepburn: Nikkei heikin kabuka), more commonly called the Nikkei or the Nikkei index [1] [2] (/ ˈ n ɪ k eɪ, ˈ n iː-, n ɪ ˈ k eɪ /), is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
Japan's Nikkei share average shed 0.91% at the open and was down 0.82% by the end of the morning session at 28,984.56. The losses erased most of the gains made the previous day, when the Nikkei ...
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumped 4.8% on worries the country’s incoming prime minister will support higher interest rates and other policies that investors see as less market-friendly. Shigeru ...
The recent drops in price have cooled a bit of the criticism that stocks had grown too expensive, but they won’t look cheap unless either prices fall further or profits jump higher.
Japan's Nikkei share average edged lower on Thursday, with investors focused on the outlook for individual stocks as earnings season hits full swing. The Nikkei was down 0.19% at 27,379.40 by the ...
As lending costs increased drastically, coupled with a major slowdown in land prices in Tokyo, the stock market began to fall sharply in early 1990. The Nikkei 225 slid from an opening of 38,921 (January 4, 1990) to a yearly low of 21,902 (December 5, 1990), [12] which resulted in a loss of more than 43% within a year. Stock prices had ...
The Nikkei did it After trouncing markets across the world with its eye-popping start to 2013, the world's third-leading economy has seen its top stock index fall dramatically over the past few weeks.
In stock markets abroad, Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 0.5% and topped the 40,000 level for the first time. Elsewhere in Asia, the spotlight this week is on China’s National People’s Congress ...