Japan's Nikkei index gained almost four percent while shares in South Korea leapt over 4.5 percent as investor confidence returned to the markets driven on by a strong U.S. market recovery.

The8.9 magnitude earthquake struck toward the end of the Asian trading session, sending Japan's Nikkei index sharply lower, which caused a sell-off in global stock markets.

八点九级强震发生时正值亚洲股市交易接近尾声，随着灾情传来日经指数一路暴跌，而后又波及全球股市。

In Japan, the Nikkei 225-stock index average hit fresh highs, jumping almost 5 percent for the day.

在日本，日经225指数（Nikkei225-Stock Index）达到历史新高，当天上升了将近5%。

Tokyo's Nikkei Index dropped 881 points, more than 9.5 percent, finishing Friday at 8276.

东京日经指数下跌881点，跌幅超过9.5%，以8276点作收。

The Nikkei 225 index halved from its peak above 36,000.

日经225指数从超过36000点的最高点跌去了一半。

The result showed that the average annual return of the portfolio is 13.61%, also higher than NIKKEI 225 index which stands for the average level of Japanese stock market, whose average annual return is 3.97%.

研究结果显示，投资组合的年平均收益率为13.61%，远高于代表日本股票市场普遍水平的日经225指数，其年平均收益率为3.97%。

Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed down 6.8 per cent while the US's S& P 500 index was down 3.2 per cent by midday.

日本日经225指数（Nikkei225index）以下跌6.8%收盘，美国标准普尔500指数（S&P500index）至午间下跌3.2%。

The leading Nikkei index ended the day 10.55% lower. It had already fallen by 7% on the previous day.

导致当天日经指数以狂降10.55%结束，前一天的日经指数已经跌了7%。

Both Tokyo's Nikkei 225 Index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng were up about three percent.

东京日经指数和香港恒生指数分别上涨大约百分之3。

Fears of a wider-ranging debt default affecting other banks drove Japan's Nikkei index down two percent.

由于担心不偿还债务的行为影响到其他银行，日经指数下降了2个百分点。

Between September 1985, when the G7 met at the Plaza Hotel, and December 1990, when the Nikkei Index peaked out, both the yen and the mark rose roughly 40 per cent against the dollar.

从1985年9月G7在广场饭店开会到1990年12月日经指数见顶期间，日元和马克对美元分别升值了40%左右。

Japan's Nikkei index gained 1.6 percent and Britain's FTSE 100 swelled by 2.1 percent.

日本日经指数上升1.6%，英国FTSE100（伦敦时报100指数）上涨2.1%。

The Nikkei 225 index in Japan ed for the eighth straight trading day to close at 9944.

在日本，日经225指数连续第八天上升，以9944收盘。

The news sent stock prices soaring on Japan's key Nikkei index, which gained two-and-one-quarter percent by the closing bell.

这一消息使得日本股市的日经指数大幅上涨，收盘时涨幅为2.25%。

In the past five years, Honda shares have returned 27% to holders, lagging well behind the Nikkei 225 Index, which returned 82%.

在过去五年，本田股票的回报率已回升至27%，但仍远低于日经225指数82%的回报率。

On this basis, we analyze the event that the appreciation of yen caused the rose of the Nikkei index.

在此基础上，主要是对日元升值引发日经指数上涨的事件进行了剖析。

Japan's Nikkei stock index sank almost five percent, to its lowest point in more than three years.

日本的日经指数几乎下跌了百分之5，降至3年多来的最低点。

Tokyo traders returned to their desks after a public holiday on Monday and helped push the Nikkei 225 index to the largest one-day jump in its 59-year history.

度过周一的公众假日后，东京的交易员昨日回到办公桌前，帮助日经225指数创下其59年历史上的最大单日涨幅。

Japanese stock market's Nikkei index today shed 295.9 or 2.8% to close at 10, 202.36.

日本股市的日经指数今天下挫二百九十五点九或百分之二点八，以一0二0二点三六作收。

That has driven price/ earnings ratios for the Nikkei 225 index to their lowest levels in nearly 40 years.

这使得日经225指数（Nikkei225）市盈率降至近40年来的最低水平。

Tokyo's Nikkei index lost two percent, and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng fell nearly three percent.

但是，东京日经指数下跌了百分之二，香港恒生指数也下挫百分之三。