The Nikkei index rose 0.75% at the beginning of trading in Tokyo

The Nikkei average rose in early trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday.

The Nikkei rose 0.75 percent to 26,156.62 points, while the broader Topix index rose 0.55 percent to 1845.98

 points.

The Nikkei 225, also called the "Nikkei Index," is a Japanese stock market index that is based on the market capitalization of the 225 most traded companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a stock index denominated in yen. Its value has been calculated daily by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) newspaper since the inception of the index in 1950. The Nikkei 225 was launched on September 7, 1950, and its value was calculated backwards to May 16, 1949. The Nikkei 225 futures contract commenced on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX). ) in 1986 and then began trading in the United States when it first appeared on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) in 1990. The Nikkei is the most traded index when referring to Japanese stocks, followed by Topix, which seeks to track all companies listed on the first section of the stock exchange. Tokyo, numbering 669 companies.