Nikkei 225

N225Japan

66,364.20▲+0.77%over 1 month

Japan's best-known index, price-weighted like the Dow, which gives high-priced shares outsized influence.

Price history

Last close 2026-09-25

Return by period

1M▲+0.77%

3M▼-8.29%

6M▲+23.47%

1Y▲+45.04%

5Y▲+130.66%

Risk

Trailing year

Annualised volatility29.1%

Largest drawdown-15.1%

Period high72,366.34

Period low44,550.85

Position in range

Trailing year

78%

of the way from the year’s low to its high.

44,550.8572,366.34

Historical context

243 sessions

Volatility18.9%
5th percentile of the last 223 readings — unusually low. Annualised from the last twenty sessions, then ranked against the same calculation on every twenty-session window of the past year.
Latest session+1.30%
57th percentile of the last 242 readings — typical. Ranked on size and not direction, so an unusually large fall reads as unusual rather than as a low return.
Five sessions+4.54%
83rd percentile of the last 238 readings — high. Ranked among every five-session change of the past year, direction included.
Twenty sessions+0.77%
36th percentile of the last 223 readings — below typical. Ranked among every twenty-session change of the past year, direction included.

A percentile is the share of the past year’s readings at or below the current one. The multi-session rows keep direction, so a high rank there means a strong rise; volatility and the latest session are ranked on size alone, so a high rank means a large move either way. All of it describes how ordinary today is by this instrument’s own standards, which is a statement about the record and not about what happens next.

Reported context

Written by sonar-pro

The Nikkei 225 closed at 66,364.20 on 25 September, up 1.30%, extending its winning streak to five sessions as oil prices retreated and global bond-market selling eased. Reports attributed recent gains partly to a catch-up rally in technology and artificial-intelligence shares after a holiday closure, while a weaker yen supported exporters. Rising bond yields, Bank of Japan rate-policy expectations and possible yen intervention remained reported market concerns.

Sources

Generated from the figures on this page and published reporting. It describes what has been reported and is not advice, a recommendation, or a forecast. Written 26 Sept, 23:02 UTC.

Reported context

Writing

Published reporting on this move is being gathered now, and the explanation for it will replace this line as soon as the model has finished writing. Published reporting on this move is being gathered now, and the explanation for it will replace this line as soon as the model has finished writing. Published reporting on this move is being gathered now, and the explanation for it will replace this line as soon as the model has finished writing. Published reporting on this move is being gathered now, and the explanation for it will replace this line as soon as the model has finished writing.

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What these figures mean

Written by gpt-5.4-mini

The 45.0% trailing-year return means the price ended the year much higher than it started. The 29.1% annualised volatility means the price has tended to move around a lot over the year, while the -15.1% largest peak-to-trough fall means that at one point it dropped 15.1% from a previous high before recovering. With a period low of 44,550.85 and a period high of 72,366.34, the current price being 78% of the way from the low to the high means it is much nearer the high than the low.

A plain-English restatement of the calculated figures shown above, with no external information used. Written 26 Sept, 23:02 UTC.

What these figures mean

Writing

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Figures are calculated from closing prices and exclude dividends, coupons and the cost of rolling futures contracts. Volatility is annualised using 252 trading days. Past movement describes what happened and implies nothing about what happens next.