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A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks (also called shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities listed on a public stock exchange as well as stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies that are sold to investors ...
It contains top 500 listed companies on the NSE. The NIFTY 500 index represents about 96.1% of free float market capitalization and about 96.5% of the total turnover on the National Stock Exchange . [2] NIFTY 500 companies are disaggregated into 72 industry indices. [3] Industry weights in the index reflect industry weights in the market.
Nifty 50 is an important stock market index comprising the 50 largest publicly traded companies on the NSE in India. [44] On 3 May 2012, the National Stock exchange launched derivative contracts (futures and options) on FTSE 100, the widely tracked index of the UK equity stock market.
A demat account is an Indian term for a dematerialized account that holds financial securities (equity or debt) digitally for traded shares in the share market.In India, demat accounts are maintained by two depository organizations: the National Securities Depository Limited and the Central Depository Services Limited.
The market share of NSDL in value of demat assets is more than 89%. NSDL demat accountholders are present in more than 99% of pin codes in India and 189 countries across the globe. [ citation needed ] It contributes to majority of the settlement in the Indian securities markets and has more than 89% share in the total value of assets held in ...
It has a market cap of $3.3 trillion. India Commodity Exchange ICEX short for Indian Commodity Exchange Limited, is a leading commodity derivatives exchange in India. Established in 2009, ICEX facilitates trading in a variety of commodities, including metals, energy, and agricultural products.
The main perpetrator of the scam was a stock and money market broker Harshad Mehta. It was a systematic stock scam using fake bank receipts and stamp paper that caused the Indian stock market to crash. The scam exposed the inherent loopholes of the Indian financial systems and resulted in a completely reformed system of stock transactions ...
A bull market is a market condition in which prices are rising. [7] [8] This is the opposite of a bear market in which prices are declining. In the case of the stock market, a bull market occurs when major stock indices such as the S&P 500 and the Dow rise at least 20% and continue to rise. [9] [10] A bull market can last for months or even years.