Nikkei
The Nikkei 225 (日経平均株価 Nikkei heikin kabuka, 日経225), more commonly named the Nikkei, the Nikkei index, or the Nikkei Stock Average is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
It is a price-weighted index comprised of Japan's top 225 blue-chip companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei is equivalent to the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index in the U.S. In fact, from 1975 to 1985, it was called the Nikkei Dow Jones Stock Average.
- 838 Market News Asian shares gain, supported by S&P 500 record close
- 424 Market News Asian shares higher despite downbeat data from China
- 348 Market News Asian shares retreat Tuesday, as Fed meeting looms
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Currency
Swiss franc dips vs dollar and euro after SNB
22 April 2015 #Nikkei, Swiss Franc
- 409 Events Main events market players discuss Wednesday
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Currency
Dollar dips vs yen; Aussie rises
22 April 2015 #forex news, Nikkei
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Market News
Hong Kong stocks drop to four-month trough on China
20 April 2015 #Nikkei, Shanghai Composite
- 402 Market News Asian shares rise Thursday; dollar declines on downbeat
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Market News
Downbeat China data puts pressure on Aussie and Europe
13 April 2015 #forex news, metals
- 435 Market News Japan stocks touch 15-year high amid speculation of
- 352 Market News Asian shares close higher following cues from Wall
- 494 Market News Asian shares end higher following holiday trade
- 360 Market News China shares higher on data indicating factory activity
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Market News
China shares at 7-year highs on stimulus hopes
30 March 2015 #Nikkei, Shanghai Composite
- 421 Market News Asian markets mostly in red; Crude oil higher
- 296 Market News Asian shares mixed at close, following weak cues from
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Asian stocks mostly lower, as Fed uncertainty, China
25 March 2015 #Nikkei, Wall Street
- 381 Market News Asian markets higher on Wall Street; Japan in negative
- 314 Market News Asian shares rose with investors highly expecting