Dictionary definition: Nikkei index

Article: Nikkei index tumbles after US plunge
AP Worldstream;  December 2, 2008 ;     700 words ...Japan's Nikkei index tumbled more than 6 percent Tuesday ... Securities SMBC Co. Ltd., said the Nikkei index was under heavy selling pressure as ... over a prolonged global downturn, the Nikkei index plummeted on heavy selling of exporters ...

Article: Nikkei Index Plunges to 15-Week Closing Low in ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 21, 2000 ;     442 words ...The benchmark Nikkei index plunged to a 15-week closing low in Tokyo Friday, hit by a selling ... traders said. Issues to be removed from and to be included in the Nikkei index drew both bargain-hunting and profit-taking following their recent ...

Article: Nikkei index reaches 8,000 line
Xinhua News Agency;  May 6, 2003 ;     422 words ...Nikkei index reaches 8,000 line TOKYO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks jumped Tuesday, with the key Nikkei index topping the 8,000 line for the first time since April 9. The 225 ...

Article: Nikkei Index Stocks to Move Lower; Blue Chips May ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 99 and 8,249.98 this past week. On Friday, the Nikkei index hit a fresh 20-year closing low by ending at 7,816 ... Corporate pension fund-related selling may push the Nikkei index to lower levels," said Tsuyoshi Segawa, equity strategist ...

Article: Nikkei index nose-dives to 5-year low
Xinhua News Agency;  October 6, 2008 ;     253 words ...Nikkei index nose-dives to 5-year low TOKYO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks tumbled Monday with the key Nikkei index nose-diving by 4.25 percent to a new low in nearly five years amid ...

Article: Nikkei Index Closes Below 18,000 in Tokyo TOKYO, ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 28, 2000 ;     391 words ...The benchmark Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed below 18,000 Friday for the ... Tuesday next week. Uncertainty over the course on Wall Street made the Nikkei index move in a volatile manner, traders said. Banks were the biggest ...

Article: Nikkei index tops 17,000
Xinhua News Agency;  March 30, 2006 ;     273 words ...Nikkei index tops 17,000 TOKYO, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The benchmark Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose above 17,000 for the first time in ...