MarketsR Documentation

Daily Change in Dow Jones and Nikkei Stock Market Indices

Description

Daily changes in two stock market indices

Format

A dataset with 56 observations on the following 5 variables.

DJIAch Change in Dow Jones Industrial Average
Date Date: 06-Aug-09 to 02-Nov-09
Nik225ch Change in Nikkei 225 stock average
Up Indicator for positive Nikkei change
lagNik Previous day's Nikkei change

Details

This dataset contains data on daily changes from two stock markets over 56 days from 06-Aug-09 to 02-Nov-09. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is based in New York and the Nikkei 225 is a stock index in Japan.

Source

Dow Jones Industrial Average:
http://markets.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/quote/historical?
Month=11&Symbol=310%3A998313&Year=2009&Range=12&tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea
Historical Nikkei 225 index:
http://markets.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/quote/historical?
Month=11&Symbol=992%3A1900000035&Year=2009&Range=12&tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea