Nikkei
[nee-key]
- an index showing the average closing prices of 225 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- an American of Japanese descent.
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Origin of Nikkei
Borrowed into English from Japanese around 1980–85
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The main Nikkei index was off 2.1 percent, which is a pretty sharp drop.
The value of the yen is falling exactly as planned, and Japanese stocks on the Nikkei are doing very well.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped 4.3 percent, while Japan's Nikkei fell 3.7 percent.
Wild Ride on Wall StreetAugust 5, 2011
Recent posts include a look at the oil, housing and technology bubbles and the convergence of the Nikkei and the Dow.
The Nikkei index in Japan slumped 9.6 percent, down to its lowest level since May 2003.