Nikkei

[nee-key]

noun

1. an index showing the average closing prices of 225 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

2. an American of Japanese descent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nikkei¹

Borrowed into English from Japanese around 1980–85

Example Sentences

Japan’s Nikkei closed 0.5% lower as electronics and auto stocks weighed on the index.

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Japan’s Nikkei ended 1.0% lower while China’s Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.9%.

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Japan’s Nikkei 225 has risen more than 11% over the past month and closed at a record high of 48580 points on Thursday.

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The Nikkei Stock Average rose 4.8%, while the yield on two-year Japanese government bonds, which is especially sensitive to monetary policy changes, fell to 0.895%.

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Overseas, Japan’s Nikkei surged to a record after the country elected Sanae Takaichi, who favors expansionist economic policies, as the new head of the Liberal Democratic Party.

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