The Nikkei average is the most watched index of Asia n stocks. It has been calculated daily by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper since 1971 . It is a price-weighted average (the unit is Yen ), and the components are reviewed once a year.
The Nikkei average hit its all-time high on December 29 , 1989 when it reached an intra-day high of 38,957.44 before closing at 38,915.87.
Another major index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange is the Topix .
As of April 2006, the Nikkei 225 consists of the following companies: (Japanese securities identification code in parentheses)
- Advantest Corp. ()
- Aeon Co., Ltd. ()
- Ajinomoto Co., Inc. ()
- All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. ()
- Alps Electric Co., Ltd. ()
- Asahi Breweries, Ltd. ()
- Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. ()
- Asahi Kasei Corp. ()
- Astellas Pharma Inc. ()
- Bank Of Yokohama, Ltd. ()
- Bridgestone Corp. ()
- Canon Inc. ()
- Casio Computer Co., Ltd. ()
- Chiba Bank, Ltd. ()
- Chiyoda Corp. ()
- Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. ()
- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ()
- Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. ()
- Clarion Co., Ltd. ()
- Comsys Holdings Corp. ()
- Credit Saison Co., Ltd. ()
- CSK Holdings Corp. ()
- Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ()
- Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. ()
- Daikin Industries, Ltd. ()
- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. ()
- Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. ()
- Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ()
- Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. ()
- Denso Corp. ()
- Dentsu Inc. ()
- Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. ()
- East Japan Railway Company ()
- Ebara Corp. ()
- Eisai Co., Ltd. ()
- Fanuc Ltd. ()
- Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. ()
- Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd. ()
- Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. ()
- Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. ()
- Fujikura Ltd. ()
- Fujitsu Ltd. ()
- Furukawa Co., Ltd. ()
- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. ()
- GS Yuasa Battery Ltd. ()
- Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd. ()
- Hino Motors, Ltd. ()
- Hitachi, Ltd. ()
- Hitachi Zosen Corp. ()
- Hokuetsu Paper Mills, Ltd. ()
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ()
- INPEX Holdings Inc. ()
- Isetan Co., Ltd. ()
- Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd ()
- Isuzu Motors Ltd. ()
- Itochu Corp. ()
- Japan Airlines Corp. ()
- Japan Steel Works, Ltd. ()
- Japan Tobacco Inc. ()
- JFE Holdings, Inc. ()
- JGC Corp. ()
- JTEKT Corp. ()
- Kajima Corp. ()
- Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. ()
- Kao Corp. ()
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. ()
- Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ()
- KDDI Corp. ()
- Keio Corp. ()
- Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ()
- Kikkoman Corp. ()
- Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. ()
- Kobe Steel, Ltd. ()
- Komatsu Ltd. ()
- Konami Corp. ()
- Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. ()
- Kubota Corp. ()
- Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd. ()
- Kuraray Co., Ltd. ()
- Kyocera Corp. ()
- Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. ()
- Marubeni Corp. ()
- Marui Co., Ltd. ()
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ()
- Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. ()
- Mazda Motor Corp. ()
- Meidensha Corp. ()
- Meiji Dairies Corp. ()
- Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. ()
- Millea Holdings, Inc. ()
- Minebea Co., Ltd. ()
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. ()
- Mitsubishi Corp. ()
- Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. ()
- Mitsubishi Electric Corp. ()
- Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. ()
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. ()
- Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. ()
- Mitsubishi Materials Corp. ()
- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. ()
- Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. ()
- Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. ()
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ()
- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. ()
- Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. ()
- Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd ()
- Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. ()
- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. ()
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. ()
- Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. ()
- Mitsukoshi, Ltd. ()
- Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. ()
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. ()
- Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. ()
- NEC Corporation ()
- NGK Insulators, Ltd. ()
- Nichirei Corp. ()
- Nikko Cordial Corp. ()
- Nikon Corp. ()
- Nippon Express Co., Ltd. ()
- Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd. ()
- Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. ()
- Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd ()
- Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. ()
- Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc. ()
- Nippon Oil Corp. ()
- Nippon Paper Group, Inc. ()
- Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. ()
- Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. ()
- Nippon Steel Corp. ()
- Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. ()
- Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corp. ()
- Nippon Yusen K.K. ()
- Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. ()
- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ()
- Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd. ()
- Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. ()
- Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. ()
- Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. ()
- Nomura Holdings, Inc. ()
- NSK Ltd. ()
- NTN Corp. ()
- NTT Data Corp. ()
- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. ()
- Obayashi Corp. ()
- Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ()
- Oji Paper Co., Ltd. ()
- Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. ()
- Okuma Holdings, Inc. ()
- Olympus Corp. ()
- Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. ()
- Pioneer Corporation ()
- Resona Holdings, Inc. ()
- Ricoh Co., Ltd. ()
- Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. ()
- Sapporo Holdings Ltd. ()
- Secom Co., Ltd. ()
- Sekisui House, Ltd. ()
- Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. ()
- Sharp Corp. ()
- Shimizu Corp. ()
- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. ()
- Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. ()
- Shinsei Bank, Ltd. ()
- Shionogi & Co., Ltd. ()
- Shiseido Co., Ltd. ()
- Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. ()
- Showa Denko K.K. ()
- Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. ()
- Sky Perfect Communications Inc. ()
- Softbank Corp. ()
- Sojitz Corp. ()
- Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. ()
- Sony Corp. ()
- Sumitomo Corp. ()
- Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. ()
- Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. ()
- Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. ()
- Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. ()
- Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. ()
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. ()
- Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. ()
- Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. ()
- Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. ()
- Suzuki Motor Corp. ()
- T&D Holdings, Inc. ()
- Taiheiyo Cement Corp. ()
- Taisei Corp. ()
- Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. ()
- Takara Holdings Inc. ()
- Takashimaya Co., Ltd. ()
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. ()
- TDK Corp. ()
- Teijin Ltd. ()
- Terumo Corp. ()
- Toagosei Co., Ltd. ()
- Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. ()
- Toei Corp. ()
- Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. ()
- Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. ()
- Tokyo Dome Corp. ()
- Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. ()
- Tokyo Electron Ltd. ()
- Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ()
- Tokyu Corp. ()
- Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. ()
- Topy Industries Ltd. ()
- Toray Industries, Inc. ()
- Toshiba Corp. ()
- Tosoh Corp. ()
- Toto Ltd. ()
- Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. ()
- Toyobo Co., Ltd. ()
- Toyota Motor Corp. ()
- Toyota Tsusho Corp. ()
- Trend Micro Inc. ()
- Ube Industries, Ltd. ()
- UFJ Nicos Co., Ltd. ()
- Unitika Ltd. ()
- West Japan Railway Company ()
- Yahoo Japan Corp. ()
- Yamaha Corp. ()
- Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. ()
- Yokogawa Electric Corp. ()
- Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. ()
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