Officials estimate that some20m migrant workers have lost their jobs as labour-intensive industries, churning out cheap products for export, put up their shutters.

Japan's Nikkei stock index erased early losses to end up 0.7 per cent on hopes of fresh Chinese stimulus.

受中国出台新刺激措施的希望鼓舞，日本的日经股指（Nikkei stock index）昨日止跌转涨，收盘上升0.7%。

The Nikkei index of Japanese stocks ended up 2.1% on the day, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index gained 0.5%.

日经（Nikkei）指数上周四收盘时上涨2.1%，香港恒生指数也上扬了0.5%。

In Asia, Japan's Nikkei index lost nearly 5 percent of value as commodities followed oil prices lower.

在亚洲，中国出口暴跌影响到就业。在欧洲，英国零售额急剧下降。一波又一波的经济坏消息接踵而来，促使全球股市大幅走低。在亚洲，由于大宗商品价格紧随油价下跌，日本日经指数损失了将近5%。

Japan's Nikkei Index rose for the third straight day following gains overnight on Wall Street and a week of fluctuation amid global worries about a possible U.S. recession.

华尔街股市星期四晚间开始回升后，日本日经指数连续第三天上扬。

In Tokyo, the Nikkei index gained 100 points, or more than one percent, but Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped almost five percent ( 835 points).

在东京，日经指数上涨100点，涨幅超过百分之一。但是，香港恒生指数下跌近百分之五，跌了835点。

Japan's Nikkei Index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng both closed more than two percent higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point.

美国联邦储备委员会宣布把基准利率降低0.75个百分点之后，日本的日经指数和香港的恒生指数在星期二收盘时的涨幅都超过了2%。

offset by weather and the derivative of the Nikkei Index.

再加上天气的影响还有日经指数的导数值

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.

日本的日经指数上涨近4个百分点，韩国股市上涨4.5个百分点。美国股市强劲反弹也提振了亚洲投资人对市场的信心。

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。