Japan's main stock market index, the JP225, rose to 49553 points on December 2, 2025, gaining 0.51% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has declined 3.78%, though it remains 26.25% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Japan. Japan Stock Market Index (JP225) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

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Financial News Events Dataset - Comprehensive Description

Overview

This synthetic dataset contains 3,024 records of financial news headlines centered around major market events from February 2025 to August 2025. The dataset captures real-time market dynamics, sentiment analysis, and trading patterns across global financial markets, making it ideal for financial analysis, sentiment modeling, and market prediction tasks.

Dataset Specifications

• Total Records: 3,024 rows
• Total Features: 12 columns
• Date Range: February 1, 2025 - August 14, 2025
• File Formats: CSV, JSON, XLSX
• Data Quality: ~5% null values strategically distributed for realistic data cleaning scenarios

Column Descriptions

Key Features & Statistics

Market Events Coverage (20 Categories)

• Stock Market Crashes & Rallies
• Interest Rate Changes & Central Bank Meetings
• Corporate Earnings Reports & IPO Launches
• Government Policy Announcements
• Trade Tariffs & Geopolitical Events
• Cryptocurrency Regulations
• Supply Chain Disruptions
• Economic Data Releases

Global Market Indices (18 Major Indices)

• US Markets: S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq Composite, Russell 2000
• Indian Markets: NSE Nifty, BSE Sensex
• European Markets: FTSE 100, DAX, Euro Stoxx 50, CAC 40
• Asian Markets: Nikkei 225, Hang Seng, Shanghai Composite, KOSPI
• Others: TSX, ASX 200, IBOVESPA, S&P/TSX Composite

News Sources (18 Reputable Publications)

Major financial news outlets including Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Economic Times, Forbes, and specialized financial publications.

Sector Distribution (18 Business Sectors)

Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Energy, Consumer Goods, Utilities, Industrials, Materials, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Automotive, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Aerospace & Defense, Agriculture, Transportation, Media & Entertainment, Construction.

Data Quality & Preprocessing Notes

• Realistic Null Distribution: Approximately 5% null values in key columns (Headline, Sentiment, Index_Change_Percent, News_Url) to simulate real-world data collection challenges
• Balanced Sentiment Distribution: Mix of positive, neutral, and negative sentiment classifications
• Diverse Market Conditions: Index changes ranging from -5% to +5% reflecting various market scenarios
• Volume Variability: Trading volumes span 1M to 500M to represent different market liquidity conditions

Potential Use Cases

📈 Financial Analysis

• Market sentiment analysis and trend prediction
• Correlation studies between news events and market movements
• Trading volume pattern analysis

🤖 Machine Learning Applications

• Sentiment classification model training
• Market movement prediction algorithms
• News headline generation models
• Event-driven trading strategy development

📊 Data Visualization Projects

• Interactive market sentiment dashboards
• Time-series analysis of market events
• Geographic distribution of financial news impact
• Sector-wise performance visualization

🔍 Research Applications

• Academic research on market efficiency
• News impact analysis on different sectors
• Cross-market correlation studies
• Event study methodologies

Technical Specifications

• Memory Usage: Approximately 1.5MB across all formats
• **Proces...

These data accompany the publication "Trends, Reversion, and Critical Phenomena in Financial Markets".

They contain daily data from Jan 1992 to Dec 2019 on 24 financial markets, namely

• 6 equity indices: S&P 500, TSE 60, DAX 30, FTSE 100, Nikkei 225, Hang Seng
• 6 Interest rates for government bonds: US 10-year, Canada 10-year, Germany 10-year, UK 10-year, Japan 10-year, Australia 3-year
• 6 FX rates: CAD/USD, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, JPY/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD
• 6 Commodities: Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Gold, Copper, Soybeans, Live Cattle

The data are provided in 13 columns:

• Column 1: date
• Column 2: market
• Column 3: daily log return of futures on that market, normalized to have mean 0 and standard deviation 1 over the 28-year time period
• Columns 4-13: trend strengths in that market over 10 different time horizons of (2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024) business days.

The trend strengths are defined in the accompanying paper. They are cut off at plus/minus 2.5. The daily log returns were computed from daily futures prices, rolled 5 days prior to first notice, which were taken from Bloomberg. The following mean returns and volatilites were used to normalize the daily log returns in column 3:

Market Mean St. Dev.

S&P 500 2.217% 1.100% TSE 60 2.416% 1.067% DAX 30 1.199% 1.366% FTSE 100 1.053% 1.103% Nikkei 225 -0.483% 1.486% Hang Seng 0.768% 1.674% US 10-year 3.734% 0.366% Can. 10-year 3.637% 0.376% Ger. 10-year 4.141% 0.337% UK 10-year 2.983% 0.419% Jap. 10-year 4.453% 0.249% Aus. 3-year 3.029% 0.074% CAD/USD 0.048% 0.479% EUR/USD -0.222% 0.619% GBP/USD 0.316% 0.597% JPY/USD -0.761% 0.667% AUD/USD 0.851% 0.725% NZD/USD 1.563% 0.724% Crude Oil 0.093% 2.243% Natural Gas -2.649% 2.985% Gold 0.580% 0.987% Copper 0.936% 1.586% Soybeans 0.631% 1.360% Live Cattle 0.483% 0.894%

The yield on Japan 30 Year Bond Yield rose to 3.40% on December 2, 2025, marking a 0.01 percentage points increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has edged up by 0.36 points and is 1.11 points higher than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Japan 30 Year Bond Yield - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.