To: HandsOn who wrote (4893 ) 1/3/1999 10:24:00 PM From: Islander Respond to of 90042
Here is a sobering history, for technical purposes, of the Nikkei 225: Sunday January 3, 8:07 pm Eastern Time TECHNICALS - Nikkei 225 index (Jan 4) TOKYO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The following are key technical indicators for the Nikkei 225 stock average, based on closing figures for December 30, 1998: 23,801.18 Closing high for 1992 (January 6) 22,750.70 Recent intra-day high (June 26, 1996) 22,666.80 Closing high for 1996 (June 26) 21,406.85 Close for fiscal 1995/96 (March 29) 20,681.07 Closing high for 1997 (June 16) 20,011.76 Closing high for 1995 (December 27) 19,161.71 Closing low for 1996 (December 24) 18,003.40 Close for fiscal 1996/97 (March 31) 17,887.71 Close at the end of September 1997 16,527.17 Close for fiscal 1997/98 (March 31) 15,091.57 200-day moving average 14,807.40 Upper end of gap (2) (low on December 10) 14,775.22 Closing low for 1997 (December 29) 14,729.95 Lower end of gap (2) (high on December 11) 14,417.84 25-day moving average 14,485.41 Closing low for 1995 (July 3) 14,382.06 Upper end of gap (3) (low on December 11) 14,349.18 Lower end of gap (3) (high on December 14) 14,309.41 Closing low for 1992 (August 18) 14,299.99 Parabolic (SAR) 14,295.90 Intra-day low for 1995 (July 3) 14,276.72 100-day moving average 14,194.40 Intra-day low for 1992 (August 19) 14,056.26 75-day moving average 13,913.55 High on December 30 13,842.17 Close on December 30 13,812.87 Low on December 30 13,780.56 Five-day moving average 13,406.39 Close at end of September, 1998 12,879.97 Closing low for 1998 (October 9) 12,787.90 Intra-day low for 1998 (October 9) Four-day RSI 56.98% Nine-day RSI 40.12% 14-day RSI 37.10% 25-day rise/fall ratio 81.3%