Nikkei 225

A number made from 225 big Japanese company share prices, used to show how Japan's market is doing.

The fuller meaning

A price-weighted index of 225 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market and, with TOPIX, Japan's best-known index. A Nikkei 225 mini future is worth 100 yen per point, an example of sizing with contract multipliers.

Nikkei 225.

Related words

24/7 market · after-hours · Asian session · ask · base currency · bid · bid-ask spread · Bitcoin · BSE · business income