The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), is a Mumbai-based stock exchange. It is the largest stock exchange in India and the third largest in the world in terms of volume of transactions^[1]. NSE is mutually-owned by a set of leading financial institutions, banks, insurance companies and other financial intermediaries in India but its ownership and management operate as separate entities^[2]. As of 2006, the NSE VSAT terminals, 2799 in total, cover more than 1500 cities across India ^[3]. In July 2007, the NSE had a total market capitalization of 42,74,509 crore INR making it the second-largest stock market in South Asia in terms of market-capitalization^[4]. Image File history File links Nse_logo. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... VSAT is short for Very Small Aperture Terminal. ... Market capitalization, or market cap, is a measurement of corporate or economic size equal to the stock price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company. ... A crore is a unit in the Indian numbering system, still widely used in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. ... INR may stand for: International normalized ratio, a laboratory test of blood coagulation the currency code for the Indian Rupee the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences the US Department of States Bureau of Intelligence and Research This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ...

Origins

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The National Stock Exchange of India was promoted by leading Financial institutions at the behest of the Government of India, and was incorporated in November 1992 as a tax-paying company. In April 1993, it was recognized as a stock exchange under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. NSE commenced operations in the Wholesale Debt Market (WDM) segment in June 1994. The Capital Market (Equities) segment of the NSE commenced operations in November 1994, while operations in the Derivatives Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 420 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 420 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 192 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 192 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... A financial institution acts as an agent that provides financial services for its clients. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... For a non-technical overview of the subject, see Calculus. ...

Innovations

NSE has remained in the forefront of modernization of India's capital and financial markets, and its pioneering efforts include:

• Being the first national, anonymous, electronic limit order book (LOB) exchange to trade securities in India. Since the success of the NSE, existent market and new market structures have followed the "NSE" model.
• Setting up the first clearing corporation "National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd." in India. NSCCL was a landmark in providing novation on all spot equity market (and later, derivatives market) trades in India.
• Co-promoting and setting up of National Securities Depository Limited, first depository in India[4].
• Setting up of S&P CNX Nifty.
• NSE pioneered commencement of Internet Trading in February 2000, which led to the wide popularization of the NSE in the broker community.
• Being the first exchange that, in 1996, proposed exchange traded derivatives, particularly on an equity index, in India. After four years of policy and regulatory debate and formulation, the NSE was permitted to start trading equity derivatives three days after the BSE.
• Being the first exchange to trade ETFs (exchange traded funds) in India.
• NSE has also launched the NSE-CNBC-TV18 media centre in association with CNBC-TV18, a leading business news channel in India.

The S&P CNX Nifty (nicknamed Nifty 50 or simply Nifty) (Ticker NSE:^NSEI), is the leading index for large companies on the National Stock Exchange of India. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CNBC-TV18, Indias No. ...

Markets

Currently, NSE has the following major segments of the capital market:

• Equity
• Futures and Options
• Retail Debt Market
• Wholesale Debt Market

Indices

NSE also set up as index services firm known as India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL) and has launched several stock indices, including:

• S&P CNX Nifty
• CNX Nifty Junior
• CNX 100 (= S&P CNX Nifty + CNX Nifty Junior)
• S&P CNX 500 (= CNX 100 + 400 major players across 72 industries)
• CNX Midcap (introduced on 18 July 2005 replacing CNX Midcap 200)

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Certifications

NSE also conducts online examination and awards certification, under its programmes of NSE's Certification in Finanacial Markets (NCFM)[5]. Currently, certifications are available in 9 modules, covering different sectors of financial and capital markets. Branches of the NSE are located throughout India. vikas

See also: Bombay Stock Exchange

The Bombay Stock Exchange The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (Hindi:) (formerly, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai; popularly called The Bombay Stock Exchange, or BSE) is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. ...

See also

• List of South Asian stock exchanges
• Mahurat trading

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References

External links

• Official site
• http://www.nseindia.com/ official website
• http://www.theindianstocks.com/ free forum for discussion of the stock market
• http://www.vfmdirect.com/ for free technical analysis of Indian stock market
• http://www.traderji.com/ one of the oldest forums for all kind of discussion on stock market

• NSE India trading learning platform (khelostocks)

• Market Trading Times Trading Times for The Markets