Nikkei 225 Index Performance 1914-2005, Historical, Historic Returns from Finfacts Ireland

The Nikkei 225 Index Performance

1914-2005

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, is the world's largest-selling business daily.

The Nikkei Stock Average is Japan's most widely watched index of stock market activity and has been calculated continuously since September 7, 1950. (Before that date, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) calculated the Tokyo Stock Exchange Adjusted Average Stock Price, so index-based measurement of the market actually goes back to May 16, 1949.)

The current calculation method, called the Dow Jones method, has been used since 1950. The 225 components of the Nikkei Stock Average are among the most actively traded issues on the first section of the TSE. The index reflects the ex-rights-adjusted average stock price.

On February 1, 2002, the Nikkei 225 fell below the Dow Jones Industrials Average for the first time since 1957. Click here for more information.

Date	High	Low	Close
12/31/1914	22.95	21.12	21.12
12/31/1915	32.10	22.08	32.10
12/31/1916	49.01	32.72	41.61
12/31/1917	51.93	40.20	41.40
12/31/1918	44.10	40.84	42.21
12/31/1919	56.09	39.89	53.63
12/31/1920	57.58	25.96	27.44
12/31/1921	31.77	28.88	28.88
12/31/1922	30.30	23.22	23.97
12/31/1923	27.36	22.83	22.83
12/31/1924	24.45	21.22	24.45
12/31/1925	27.96	24.54	27.96
12/31/1926	29.97	27.25	27.25
12/31/1927	29.00	24.82	25.82
12/31/1928	27.54	25.65	25.65
12/31/1929	26.69	21.32	21.32
12/31/1930	21.51	15.10	16.82
12/31/1931	17.89	15.00	16.28
12/31/1932	30.33	17.82	30.33
12/31/1933	34.25	28.84	34.12
12/31/1934	36.86	32.30	32.30
12/31/1935	33.76	30.88	33.76
12/31/1936	35.94	33.43	35.94
12/31/1937	40.50	34.85	37.33
12/31/1938	38.28	33.16	33.66
12/31/1939	44.96	34.98	44.96
12/31/1940	45.02	35.74	37.42
12/31/1941	42.44	35.67	42.44
12/31/1942	45.09	41.72	42.71
12/31/1943	43.87	42.11	42.11
12/31/1944	42.71	38.38	41.82
12/31/1945	41.98	39.54	40.53
12/31/1946	39.21	28.72	28.72
12/31/1947	42.98	29.26	39.31
12/31/1948	88.53	40.86	72.84
12/31/1949	176.52	109.91	109.91
12/31/1950	114.55	86.17	101.91
12/31/1951	166.06	115.43	166.06
12/31/1952	362.64	175.51	362.64
12/31/1953	456.43	307.05	377.95
12/31/1954	356.09	322.99	356.09
12/31/1955	425.69	345.89	425.69
12/31/1956	566.30	420.14	549.14
12/31/1957	595.46	471.53	474.55
12/31/1958	666.54	475.20	666.54
12/31/1959	976.93	664.69	874.88
12/31/1960	1356.71	869.34	1356.71
12/31/1961	1829.74	1258.00	1432.60
12/31/1962	1589.76	1216.04	1420.43
12/31/1963	1634.37	1200.64	1225.10
12/31/1964	1369.00	1202.69	1216.55
12/31/1965	1417.83	1020.49	1417.83
12/31/1966	1588.70	1364.30	1452.10
12/31/1967	1506.30	1250.10	1283.47
12/31/1968	1861.50	1266.30	1714.89
12/31/1969	2358.96	1733.64	2358.96
12/31/1970	2534.40	1929.60	1987.10
12/31/1971	2740.98	1981.70	2713.70
12/31/1972	5207.90	2712.30	5207.90
12/31/1973	5359.74	3958.60	4306.80
12/31/1974	4787.54	3355.10	3817.22
12/31/1975	4564.50	3627.00	4358.43
12/31/1976	4990.80	4403.00	4990.80
12/31/1977	5287.60	4597.30	4865.60
12/31/1978	6097.30	4867.90	6001.90
12/31/1979	6590.69	5925.90	6569.47
12/31/1980	7188.30	6475.90	7116.38
12/31/1981	8019.10	6956.50	7681.80
12/31/1982	8027.00	6849.80	8016.70
12/31/1983	9893.82	7803.20	9893.82
12/31/1984	11577.40	9703.40	11542.60
12/31/1985	13128.90	11545.16	13113.32
12/31/1986	18936.20	12881.50	18701.30
12/31/1987	26646.40	18544.00	21564.00
12/31/1988	30159.00	21217.00	30159.00
12/31/1989	38915.90	30183.80	38915.90
12/31/1990	38712.90	20221.90	23848.70
12/31/1991	27146.90	21456.80	22983.80
12/31/1992	23801.20	14309.40	16925.00
12/31/1993	21148.10	16078.70	17417.20
12/31/1994	21552.80	17369.70	19723.10
12/31/1995	20011.80	14485.40	19868.20
12/31/1996	22666.80	19161.70	19361.30
12/31/1997	20681.10	14775.20	15258.70
12/31/1998	17264.30	12879.97	13842.17
12/31/1999	18934.34	13232.74	18934.34
12/31/2000	20833.21	13423.21	13785.69
12/31/2001	14529.40	9504.41	10542.60
12/31/2002	11979.90	8303.39	8578.95
12/31/2003	11161.70	7607.88	10676.60
12/31/2004	12195.66	10299.43	11488.76
12/31/2005	16,445.56	10,770.58	16,111.43