Markets

Stocks, currencies, bonds and commodities across Asia’s exchanges.

Photo illustration: the Tokyo Stock Exchange's market centre in black and white, its tones streaked by pixel sorting, with a blue network of points and lines.

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The Nikkei, the CSI 300 and the rest: how Asia’s stock indices are built

An index is a basket. Some hold 30 companies, some hold 300 — and that changes what a day’s move means.

By Clara Weiss ·

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