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Nikkei Europe now offers Nikkei index data to users via Markit, Nikkei Europe’s official 3rd Party Vendor. Markit can provide highly accurate equities data via its Index Management Services, providing the most accurate data on the Nikkei Index and on individual index constituents to produce accurate fair value calculations. Existing Markit users can elect to receive Nikkei Index data.
The data is delivered right to your desktop and contains the closing value of the Nikkei 225, 300 and 500 Indices as well as the closing values of the equities.
If you are an existing Markit user, please contact your Markit sales representative about Nikkei Products. If you would like to enquire more about Nikkei Index data, please contact a Nikkei representative. |
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For nearly 60 years, Nikkei has calculated the Nikkei 225, the most closely watch index of the Japanese stock markets. Calculated continuously since September 1950, the Nikkei 225 consists of the 225 most actively traded companies in the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The index follows the fortunes of the Japanese economy faithfully; charting the dizzying highs of the 1980s when the Index peaked at 38,915 on December 29th 1989. In 1993, Nikkei launched the Nikkei 300 Stock Index and then later on the Nikkei 500 and Nikkei All Share index.
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The Nikkei 225 Index uses the Dow Jones method of calculation, in contrast to the S&P 500 or the FTSE 100 which use the Market Capitalisation method. The Nikkei 225 is a simple average of the price of the most highly traded 225 stock in the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, spread over all industrial sectors to ensure an accurate representation of the Japanese economy as a whole. The Divisor to calculate the average is adjusted each time a change to the constituents occurs, for example a stock split, new listing or delisting. This maintains the continuity of the Index.
After a large amount of corporate change in the mid 1990s, Nikkei changed the rules governing deletion and addition of components to ensure that the index reflected the shift taking place in the Japanese economy at the time. Stocks that were no longer heavily traded were deleted and they made way for new companies in new industrial sectors such as IT and Biotechnology. When selecting new stock, Nikkei takes care to balance the different industrial sectors to ensure that the Index retains an accurate link to the Japanese economy.
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For current list of Nikkei 225 constituents, click here. |
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| Nikkei Europe produces a quarterly newsletter announcing changes in the Nikkei index as well as specific data on Japanese stocks and exclusive investor information. To sign-up for the newsletter, please complete the sign-up form here. |
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