The Nikkei 225 (日経 225) is the main thing Market index of the Bourse of Tōkyō. The term Nikkei is the abbreviation of “Nihon Keizai Shinbun”, the name of the economic daily newspaper which publishes this index. It is composed of 225 companies.

Nikkei was created the May 16th 1949 (year of base 100). Nikkei 225 is calculated by an arithmetic Mean values which composes it, without weighting by the Market cap of the titles which compose it.

This index was to nearly 40.000 points at the end 1989 and to 15.000 in 1992, following the explosion of the financial bubble. Between 2000 and 2003, it accentuated its fall to low reach one twenty years. With the favor of the back in favor of the Nipponese economy after one decade a long stagnation, the index took again ground, enclosing fine 2005 with more than 16.000 points, following the second half-years 2004 and 2005 who were the particularly marked stock exchange theater of rallys.

Components of Nikkei 225

By sector

In October 2006, Nikkei was composed of the 225 following groups: (Between brackets the Japanese code of identification of each title)

Food

  • Ajinomoto Co., Inc. ()
  • Asahi Breweries, Ltd. ()
  • Japan Tobacco Inc. ()
  • Kikkoman Corp. ()
  • Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. ()
  • Meiji Dairies Corp. ()
  • Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. ()
  • Nichirei Corp. ()
  • Japanese Packers Meatus, Inc. ()
  • The Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd. ()
  • Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. ()
  • Sapporo Ltd Holdings. ()
  • Takara Holdings Inc. ()

Textile & Clothing

  • Artur Almaz Co., Ltd. ()
  • Mitsubishi Ray Co., Ltd. ()
  • Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. ()
  • Teijin Ltd. ()
  • Toray Industries, Inc. ()
  • Toyobo Co., Ltd. ()
  • Unitika, Ltd. ()

Paper paper and Pulp

  • Hokuetsu Paper Millets, Ltd. ()
  • Mitsubishi Paper Ltd Millets. ()
  • Japanese Paper Group, Inc. ()
  • Oji Paper Co., Ltd. ()

Chemicals

  • Asahi Kasei Corp. ()
  • Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K ()
  • Fujifilm Corp Holdings. ()
  • Kao Corp. ()
  • Mitsubishi Chemical Corp Holdings. ()
  • Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. ()
  • Japanese Kayaku Co., Ltd. ()
  • Japanese Soda Co., Ltd. ()
  • Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. ()
  • Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. ()
  • Shiseido Co., Ltd. ()
  • Showa Denko K.K ()
  • Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. ()
  • Toagosei Co., Ltd. ()
  • Tosoh Corp. ()
  • Ube Industries, Ltd. ()

Drugs

  • Astellas Pharma Inc. ()
  • Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ()
  • Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. ()
  • Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. ()
  • Eisai Co., Ltd. ()
  • Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. ()
  • Shionogi & Co., Ltd. ()
  • Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. ()

Oil and Coal

  • Japanese Mining Holdings, Inc. ()
  • Japanese Oil Corp. ()
  • Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K ()

Tires and Rubber

  • Bridgestone Corp. ()
  • The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. ()

Glass and Ceramics

  • Asahi Knell Co., Ltd. ()
  • NGK Insulators, Ltd. ()
  • Japanese Sheet Knell Co., Ltd. ()
  • Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. ()
  • Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. ()
  • Taiheiyo Corp Cement. ()
  • Tokay Carbon Co., Ltd. ()
  • Ltd Louse. ()

Steels

  • JFE Holdings, Inc. ()
  • Kobe Steel, Ltd. ()
  • Japanese Steel Corp. ()
  • Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. ()

Non-ferrous metals

  • Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. ()
  • Fujikura Ltd. ()
  • Furukawa Co., Ltd. ()
  • The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. ()
  • Mitsubishi Materials Corp. ()
  • Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. ()
  • Japanese Light Metal Co., Ltd ()
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. ()
  • Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. ()
  • Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. ()
  • Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. ()

Heavy industry

  • Chiyoda Corp. ()
  • Daikin Industries, Ltd. ()
  • Ebara Corp. ()
  • Hitachi Zosen Corp. ()
  • Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd ()
  • The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. ()
  • JTEKT Corp. ()
  • Komatsu Ltd. ()
  • Kubota Corp. ()
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. ()
  • NSK Ltd. ()
  • NTN Corp. ()
  • Okuma Holdings, Inc. ()
  • Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. ()

Electric and Electronic industry

  • Advantest Corp. ()
  • Alps Electric Co., Ltd. ()
  • Canon Inc. ()
  • Casio Computer Co., Ltd. ()
  • Clarion Co., Ltd. ()
  • Denso Corp. ()
  • Fanuc Ltd. ()
  • Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd. ()
  • Fujitsu Ltd. ()
  • GS Yuasa Battery Ltd. ()
  • Hitachi, Ltd. ()
  • Kyocera Corp. ()
  • Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ()
  • Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. ()
  • Meidensha Corp. ()
  • Minebea Co., Ltd. ()
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corp. ()
  • Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. ()
  • NEC Corporation ()
  • Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. ()
  • Pioneer Corporation ()
  • Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. ()
  • Sharp Corp. ()
  • Sony Corp. ()
  • Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. ()
  • TDK Corp. ()
  • Tokyo Ltd Electron. ()
  • Toshiba Corp. ()
  • Yokogawa Electric Corp. ()

Naval construction

Car

  • Fuji Heavy Ltd Industries. ()
  • Hino Motors, Ltd. ()
  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ()
  • Isuzu Motors Ltd. ()
  • Mazda Motor Corp. ()
  • Mitsubishi Motors Corp. ()
  • Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ()
  • Suzuki Motor Corp. ()
  • Toyota Motor Corp. ()

Other Equiprement de Transport

  • Topy Industries, Ltd. ()

Precision instruments

  • Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. ()
  • Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. ()
  • Nikon Corp. ()
  • Olympus Corp. ()
  • Ricoh Co., Ltd. ()
  • Terumo Corp. ()

Other Productions

  • Japanese Dai Printing Co., Ltd. ()
  • Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. ()
  • Yamaha Corp. ()

Fish

  • Japanese Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. ()

Mining

  • Inpex Holdings Inc. ()

Construction

  • Comsys Corp Holdings. ()
  • Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. ()
  • JGC Corp. ()
  • Kajima Corp. ()
  • Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd. ()
  • Obayashi Corp. ()
  • Sekisui House, Ltd. ()
  • Shimizu Corp. ()
  • Taisei Corp. ()

Trade

  • Itochu Corp. ()
  • Marubeni Corp. ()
  • Mitsubishi Corp. ()
  • Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ()
  • Sojitz Corp. ()
  • Sumitomo Corp. ()
  • Toyota Tsusho Corp. ()

Distribution

  • Aeon Co., Ltd. ()
  • Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. ()
  • Isetan Co., Ltd. ()
  • Marui Co., Ltd. ()
  • Mitsukoshi, Ltd. ()
  • Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. ()
  • Takashimaya Co., Ltd. ()

Bank

  • The Bank off Yokohama, Ltd. ()
  • The Chiba Bank, Ltd. ()
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. ()
  • Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. ()
  • Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. ()
  • Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. ()
  • Resounded Holdings, Inc. ()
  • Shinsei Bank, Ltd. ()
  • The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. ()
  • The Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. ()
  • Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. ()

Management of Financial credits

  • Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ()
  • Cordial Nikko Corp. ()
  • Nomura Holdings, Inc. ()
  • Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. ()

Insurance

  • Millea Holdings, Inc. ()
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. ()
  • Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. ()
  • T&D Holdings, Inc. ()

Other Finance departments

  • Credit Season Co., Ltd. ()
  • UFJ Nicos Co., Ltd. ()

Real estate

  • Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd. ()
  • Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. ()
  • Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd ()
  • Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. ()
  • Tokyu Corp Land. ()

Train/Drunk

  • East Japan Railway Company ()
  • Keio Corp. ()
  • Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ()
  • Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ()
  • Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. ()
  • Tokyu Corp. ()
  • West Japan Railway Company ()

Other Surface transports

  • Japanese Express train Co., Ltd. ()
  • Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. ()

Maritime transport

  • Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ()
  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. ()
  • Japanese Yusen K.K ()

Air transport

  • All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. ()
  • Japan Airlines Corp. ()

Storage

  • Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. ()

Communications

  • KDDI Corp. ()
  • Japanese Telegraph and Telephone Corp. ()
  • NTT Data Corp. ()
  • NTT DoCoMo, Inc. ()
  • Softbank Corp. ()

Electricity

  • Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. ()
  • The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. ()
  • The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. ()

Gas

  • Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. ()
  • Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ()

Services

  • CSK Corp Holdings. ()
  • Dentsu Inc. ()
  • Konami Corp. ()
  • Secom Co., Ltd. ()
  • Sky Perfect Communications Inc. ()
  • Tokyo Corp Dome. ()
  • Toho Co., Ltd. ()
  • Trend Micro Inc. ()
  • Yahoo Japan Corp. ()


Alphabetically

Companies entering the composition of Nikkei 225 in August 2005

ABC

DEMOLISH

  • Japanese Dai Printing Co., Ltd.
  • Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Daikin Industries, Ltd.
  • Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
  • Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
  • Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Denso Corporation
  • Dentsu
  • Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.
  • East Japan Railway Company
  • Ebara Corporation
  • Eisai Co., Ltd.
  • Fanuc Ltd.
  • Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
  • Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
  • Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
  • Fujikura Ltd.
  • Fujitsu Limited
  • Furukawa Co., Ltd.
  • The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

G-H-I

  • Hazama Corporation
  • Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd.
  • Hino Motors, Ltd.
  • Hitachi, Ltd.
  • Hitachi Zosen Corporation
  • Hokuetsu Paper Millets, Ltd.
  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Isetan Co., Ltd.
  • Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
  • Isuzu Motors Limited
  • Itochu Corporation
  • Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.

J-K-L

  • Japan Airlines System Corporation
  • The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
  • Japan Tobacco Inc.
  • JFE Holdings, Inc.
  • JGC
  • Kajima Corporation
  • The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated
  • Kao Corporation
  • Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
  • Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
  • KDDI Corporation
  • Keio Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
  • Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
  • Kikkoman Corporation
  • Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
  • Kobe Steel, Ltd.
  • Komatsu Ltd.
  • Konami
  • Konica Corporation
  • Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
  • Kubota Corporation
  • Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd.
  • Kuraray Co., Ltd.
  • Kyocera Corporation
  • Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.

M-N-O

  • Marubeni Corporation
  • Marui Co., Ltd.
  • Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
  • Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
  • Mazda Motor Corporation
  • Meidensha Corporation
  • Meiji Dairies Corporation
  • Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
  • Millea Holdings
  • Minebea Co., Ltd.
  • Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Estate Company, Limited
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
  • Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Paper Millets Limited
  • Mitsubishi Ray Company, Limited
  • Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc.
  • Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
  • 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.
  • Mizuho Asset Trust & Banking Co.
  • Morinaga & Co., Ltd.
  • NEC Corporation
  • NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
  • Nichirei Corporation
  • Cordial Nikko Corporation
  • Nikon Corporation
  • Japanese Express train Co., Ltd.
  • Japanese Flour Millets Co., Ltd.
  • Japanese Kayaku Co., Ltd.
  • Japanese Light Metal Company, Ltd.
  • Japanese Meatus Packers
  • Japanese Mining Holdings, Inc.
  • Japanese Oil Corporation
  • Japanese Sheet Knell Company, Limited
  • Japanese Shinpan Co., Ltd.
  • Japanese Soda Co., Ltd.
  • Japanese Steel Corporation
  • Japanese Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.
  • Japanese Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
  • Japanese Unipac Holding
  • Japanese Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
  • Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd.
  • Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
  • Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
  • Nissho Iwai Corporation
  • Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.
  • Nomura Holdings, Inc.
  • NSK Ltd.
  • NTN Corporation
  • NTT DATED Corporation
  • NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
  • Obayashi Corporation
  • Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
  • Oji Paper Co., Ltd.
  • Oki Electric Industry Company, Limited
  • Okuma Corporation
  • Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
  • Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

P-Q-R-S

T-U-V

  • Taiheiyo Cement Corporation
  • Taisei Corporation
  • Takara Holdings Inc.
  • Takashimaya Company, Limited
  • Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
  • TDK Corporation
  • Teijin Limited
  • Teikoku Oil Co., Ltd.
  • Terumo Corporation
  • Toagosei Co., Ltd.
  • Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.
  • Toei Co., Ltd.
  • Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.
  • Tokay Carbon Co., Ltd.
  • Tokyo Dome Corporation
  • The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
  • Tokyo Electron Limited
  • Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
  • Tokyu Corporation
  • TOMEN Corporation
  • Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
  • TOPY Industries, Limited
  • Toray Industries, Inc.
  • Toshiba Corporation
  • Tosoh Corporation
  • LOUSE LTD.
  • Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
  • Toyobo Co., Ltd.
  • Toyota Motor Corporation
  • Trend Micro Incorporated
  • Ube Industries, Ltd.
  • UFJ Holdings, Inc.
  • Unitika Ltd.

W-X-Y-Z

External bonds

  • Official site
  • Constituent of Nikkei
  • Followed by Nikkei in real-time

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