Nikkei 225

Nikkei 225 definition - finance
A price-weighted index of the 225 top Japanese companies (called the First Section) that are listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Nikkei Stock Average began on May 1949, with an average price of 176.21 with 225 companies in the index.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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