Nikkei 225
Nikkei 225 — Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market)
Benchmark index tracking 225 companies listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market).
About the Nikkei 225
Nikkei 225 is the benchmark stock index of Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market), tracking 225 companies. It is price-weighted: each stock's weight depends on its share price, not the size of the company.
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Weightings are not published precisely by Nikkei Inc. — approximate ranking by weight, for educational purposes. Note: the index is weighted by share PRICE (like the Dow Jones), not by market capitalization. Official composition on indexes.nikkei.co.jp.
What is the Nikkei 225?
The Nikkei 225 tracks 225 large companies listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, selected and reviewed twice a year (April and October). Unlike most major world indices, it is weighted by share PRICE rather than market capitalization — a method similar to the US Dow Jones.
How do I invest in the Nikkei 225?
Foreign investors most often access it through ETFs (offered notably by iShares or Xtrackers) or Nikkei futures. The index isn't directly accessible by buying individual shares from abroad without a Japanese brokerage account or a specialized intermediary.
Which sectors dominate the Nikkei 225?
Price-weighting mechanically favors high-priced technology and semiconductor stocks (Tokyo Electron, Advantest, Fast Retailing), which carry far more weight than industrial giants like Toyota or Sony despite their larger market capitalization. This quirk amplifies volatility tied to artificial intelligence and semiconductor cycles.
What are the risks and limitations of the Nikkei 225?
Price-weighting rather than market-cap weighting is a double-edged quirk: a simple stock split can shrink a company's weight in the index without changing anything about its actual value, which makes international comparisons tricky. The index also remains closely tied to Bank of Japan monetary policy and the yen's level: a weak yen boosts Japanese exporters and mechanically lifts the index, so a reversal of that trend can weigh heavily on it.
How has the Nikkei 225 performed during past crises?
The Nikkei holds an unmatched record of resilience — in reverse: after peaking at 38,957 points on December 29, 1989 at the height of Japan's speculative bubble, it took more than 34 years to reclaim that level, plunging to around 7,055 points in March 2009 along the way. This "lost decade" (in reality more than three decades) remains the most extreme example among major world indices of a market taking decades to recover from a bubble, far beyond the few years of recovery seen after 2008 or 2020 on Western indices.
Price and chart data fetched live from Yahoo Finance via an unofficial public proxy: it may be delayed, temporarily unavailable or inaccurate. Composition and weightings are provided for educational purposes and are not a substitute for an official source. Nothing on this page constitutes investment advice.