EWJV - Nikkei 500 runs to record high as Japanese economy shows improvement

Japan's Cabinet Office reports that the early preliminary reading for the Leading Economic Index for September was 86.9 to match consensus expectations. The broad measure of economic activity rose from a mark of 83.8 in August and 78.4 in July.The positive economic news helped push the Nikkei 500 to a record today in Tokyo as it finally topped the closing high from December of 1989. The broad-based Nikkei 500 is considered a better measure of overall economic activity in Japan than the oft-quoted Nikkei 225.ETFs: [[EWJ]], [[DXJ]], [[DFJ]], [[DBJP]], [[JOF]], [[JPNL]], [[DXJS]], [[HEWJ]], [[JEQ]], [[SCJ]], [[EWV]], [[EZJ]], [[JPXN]], [[JPN]], [[BBJP]], [[FLJP]], [[GSJY]], [[EWJV]], [[FJP]], [[HJPX]], [[EWJE]], [[FLJH]], [[ZJPN]], [[IHREF]]

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Nikkei 500 runs to record high as Japanese economy shows improvement