Nikkei Stock Average

Nikkei Stock Average - Nikkei Stock Average is applicable mainly to international equities. Priced-weighted average of two hundred twenty five stocks of first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange started on May 16, 1949. It is the Japanese equivalent of the United States Dow. A price-weighted average of the stock of two hundred twenty five large companies listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Nikkei Stock Average is the most extensively quoted average of Japanese equities. The Nikkei Stock Average, calls the Nikkei Index or simply the Nikkei, is a price-weighted index of two hundred twenty five blue chip stocks.