Nikkei 225 is an index which belongs to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) calculates the index daily since 1950. The calculation of Nikkei 225 index began on ...

It is a price-weighted index. Some of the top companies on the Nikkei include the likes of Sony, Canon, Nissan and Toyota. The stocks that make the list are reviewed in April and October each year.

TOKYO -- Nikkei will replace six constituents of the Nikkei 500 Stock Average on April 1, the company said Wednesday. The reshuffle will add Japanese chip design house Socionext, industrial gas ...

The Nikkei index, which is calculated based on the average of 225 major companies, is heavily influenced by movements of such stocks, whose price per share is high. On Feb. 13, Tokyo Electron ...

Japan's Nikkei share average slumped on Friday in a brutal end to a volatile week as investors worried about the economic ...