Japan -- MARKET FACT SHEET -- They have 2 trading sessions each day.
<how orderly... an hour and a half off for lunch :-)>
Trading Hours: 9-11 a.m. and 12:30-3 p.m.
Time Difference: 14 hours ahead of EST
Primary Market: Tokyo Stock Exchange
Web site: tse.or.jp
Monetary Unit: Yen
Primary Industries: Automobiles, electronics, textiles, steel and financial services.
Ten Largest Capitalized Companies: As of December 31, 2001
Company Market Cap
(US$ 000)
Toyota Motor Corp. 87,218
Sony Corp. 38,918
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. 38,695
NTT DoCoMo Inc. 38,574
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. 38,112
Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. 30,383
Tokyo Electric Power Co. 28,660
Canon Inc. 27,381
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. 25,320
Nomura Holdings Inc. 25,040
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 24,060 |
