About JAPAN

The Nikkei Stock Average, also known as the Nikkei 225, is the world's leading index of Japanese stocks. It has been more than 70 years since the beginning of its calculation, which represents the history of Japan's economy after WWII. Because of the index's prominence, many financial products linked to the Nikkei 225 have been developed and are traded around the world, and the index has been widely used as a leading indicator of Japanese stock market movement. The Nikkei 225 is a price-weighted equity index that includes 225 stocks from the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first section.