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Japan 225 market insights

Pivot points are a technical indicator that traders use to predict upcoming areas of technical significance, such as support and resistance. They're calculated by averaging the high, low and closing prices of a previous period. That could be a day, a week or a month.

If a market is trading above its previous pivot point (known as P), it is seen as a bullish signal. If it is below, it is bearish.

Support and resistance levels are a core part of technical analysis, providing crucial insight into possible future price reversals.

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Japan 225 details

Japan 225 is our market for the Nikkei 225, the stock index that tracks the top 225 blue-chip companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It’s the country’s leading stock index, Japan’s equivalent of the Dow or the FTSE 100.

The Nikkei is price weighted, which means its price is influenced more by constituents with the largest share prices. Some of the companies with the greatest weight include Sony Corporation, Canon Inc, Nissan Motor Company and Honda Motor Company.

The index was created in 1950 to track the country’s reindustrialisation and growth following World War II.

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