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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a Japanese stock-market index composed of 225 actively traded, large cap stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange weighted by share price. This index is often referred to as the Nikkei 225.
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Examples
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The Nikkei is down over 6% over night on increased worries about the extent of the global recession/depression.
Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008
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I forgot that the Nikkei is closed this Monday for "health-sports day".
Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008
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By then, Tokyo’s main Nikkei stock index had lost almost three-quarters of its value.
Apollo's Daughter :: February 21st, 2009 apollosdtr 2009
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By then, Tokyo’s main Nikkei stock index had lost almost three-quarters of its value.
Apollo's Daughter :: Recession Discussion apollosdtr 2009
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Yamaha’s shares tumbled on the news, losing more than 8% and helping to push Tokyo’s main Nikkei 225 index lower.
Yamaha in Hot Water Over Helicopter Sales to China | Impact Lab 2007
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During August the Nikkei was the worst performer among major Asian indexes, losing 7.5%.
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Interestingly, a newspaper article was written about us in the Nikkei, which is the Japanese equivalent of The Wall Street Journal.
Chicken Soup for The Soul: Extraordinary Teens Jack Canfield 2009
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You don't need to be a genius to work out that it will be Tokyo's Nikkei, which is the 225, which is down 43.8 percent.
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Interestingly, a newspaper article was written about us in the Nikkei, which is the Japanese equivalent of The Wall Street Journal.
Chicken Soup for The Soul: Extraordinary Teens Jack Canfield 2009
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That's lots better than owning the Nikkei, which is down about 50 percent since 1990 even after including reinvested dividends.
Reality Bites 2008
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