The Nikkei 225 Stock Average is Japan's most widely quoted index, tracking 225 large companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's prime market. As a price-weighted index, it is conceptually similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is a key indicator of Asian and global equity sentiment.
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225 Japanese companies selected from the TSE Prime Market: Toyota, Sony, SoftBank, Keyence, Fast Retailing, Tokyo Electron, and Nintendo.
Regular session: 09:00–11:30 and 12:30–15:00 JST (Mon–Fri). Nikkei 225 futures trade on Osaka Exchange and CME.
First calculated on 7 September 1950 (backdated to 1949). Price-weighted. Components reviewed annually by Nikkei Inc. Not market-cap weighted.