Securities Market Benchmarks

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Global Research Division, Financial Engineering & Technology Research Center calculates and offers benchmark indices for Japanese and Global markets.
These indices are developed to reflect the movement of each market, and therefore can be used for performance measurement, as a portfolio universe, etc.
Concerning the use of our indexes, please kindly refer to "About The Index License" for the details.

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Announcement

[20190424]	Note) Please be informed that our office shall be closed for ten consecutive days from April 27, 2019 (Sat) to May 6, 2019 (Mon) in accordance with bank holidays in Japan. There will be delay in response to inquiries during this period. We will resume our business on May 7, 2019 (Tue). We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your understanding.

[20181001]	Outsourcing the index brand licensing procedure

Russell/Nomura Japan Index

Benchmark index for the Japanese stock market, classified by investment style

Russell/Nomura Fundamental Prime Index

A fundamental index designed to select constituents of the Russell/Nomura Total Market Index

Nomura Japan Equity High Dividend 70

An equal weight index which comprises Japanese 70 stocks with highly-estimated dividend yields.

Nomura Japan Equity High Dividend 70, Total Dividend Weighted

A total-dividend-weighted index which comprises Japanese 70 stocks with highly-estimated dividend yields.

NOMURA-BPI

Performance index of the Japanese bond market

Nomura Crude Oil Index

An index designed to track movements in crude oil prices

Factsheet

Available to following indexes;
Russell/Nomura Prime Index, Russell/Nomura Fundamental Prime Index,
Russell/Nomura Small Cap Index, Russell/Nomura Small Cap Core Index,
Nomura Japan Equity High Dividend 70,
Nomura Japan Equity High Dividend 70, Net Total Return US Dollar Hedged Index
and Nomura Japan Equity High Dividend 70, Total Dividend Weighted
   

Index Policies and Regulations

Policies with regard to NSC￿s indices
In Compliance with the Principles for Financial Benchmarks published by the International Organization of Securities Commissions

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