Japan Exchange’s Stock Falls 40% for Worst Performer: Chart
epa05167449 A security officer stands guard at the main entrance of the Tokyo Stock Exchange during an afternoon trade session in Tokyo, Japan, 18 February 2016. Tokyo's 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was up 360.44 points, or 2.28 per cent to close at 16,196.80. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
Photographer: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/EPAJapan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is having a year to forget, with its stock falling about 40 percent and trailing the almost 7 percent gain of the BI Global Security & Commodity Exchanges Valuation Peer Group. Japan’s benchmark Topix index is down close to 20 percent this year, while average daily share turnover has declined more than 7 percent. The stock’s plunge is the biggest among all listed exchange companies, ahead of Euronext NV’s 30 percent drop.