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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).
In the 1980s, the direction of stock prices in Japan was largely determined by the asset market, particularly land prices, in Japan. [18] Looking at the monthly performance of Nikkei 225 in 1984, the index largely moved within 9900–11,600 range. [12] As land prices in Tokyo began to rise in 1985, the stock market also moved higher.
Japan Inc.’s solid third-quarter corporate earnings have prompted Bank of America equity strategists to upgrade their 2024 year-end forecasts for the Nikkei 225 to 41,000 from 38,500.
Japan’s stock market has finally set a new record high for the first time since 1989 when an asset-price bubble popped, ... The Nikkei gained 28% in 2023, making it the best performer in Asia ...
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index surged Thursday past the record it set in 1989 before its financial bubble burst, ushering in an era of faltering growth. After the peak, as banks wrote off ...
The crash started overnight in Asia as Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 6%, although the most widely watched Asian market, Japan's Nikkei 225, only fell 2% on the day.The losses spread to the European markets, where London's FTSE 100 Index fell 98.90 points, or just about 2%, to 4,871.30.
The Nikkei 225 index of leading stocks in Tokyo lost a staggering 4,451 points, its biggest drop in history. The index closed more than 12% down, taking its losses since early July to 25% and ...
The stock market is not the economy—just look at what’s happening in Japan. Japan’s equity markets broke a record on Thursday, when the Nikkei 225 closed at 39,098.68.