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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