February 18, 2020 (Tuesday) Nikkei 225 Commentary

Nikkei Stock Average from Wikipedia

The Nikkei Stock Average (日経平均株価, Nippon heikin kabuka; English: Nikkei stock average) is one of Japan's representative stock market indices.

It is also simply called the Nikkei or Nikkei 225 (にっけいにひゃくにじゅうご, Nippon-ichi-ni-ju-go).

Currently, it targets 225 stocks out of about 2,000 listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Along with the TOPIX, it is widely used as a Japanese stock price index.

As the most well-known stock index, it has been used not only as a private economic indicator but also as part of Japan's government economic statistics.