Nikkei Stock Average

Nikkei stock average

Applies mainly to international equities. Price-weighted average of 225 stocks of the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange started on May 16, 1949. Japanese equivalent of the US Dow.

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Nikkei Stock Average

A price-weighted average of the stock of 225 large companies listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Nikkei Stock Average is the most widely quoted average of Japanese equities. Formerly called Nikkei-Dow Jones Average.

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Nikkei Stock Average. The Nikkei Stock Average, sometimes call the Nikkei Index or simply the Nikkei, is a price-weighted index of 225 blue chip stocks traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei, which was introduced in 1950, is frequently described as the Japanese equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).