Friday 8 July 2011

India's National Stock Exchange

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) is the largest electronic stock exchange in India in terms of daily turnover and number of trades, for both equities and derivatives trading. NSE operates a nation-wide, electronic market, offering trading in various financial instruments. NSE started its operations in June 1994, in the Wholesale Debt Market segment.

Every business needs capital for its progress and profitability. In recent years the accumulation of business capital through shares and derivatives has been in focus. Shares of different companies can be traded along with different commodities and forex at specified market places. These trades are best known as stock market or stock exchanges around the globe. There are different stock exchange entities in India out of which more prominent are the NSE (National Stock Exchange) and the BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange).

The Exchange has around 1,271 trading members who are connected to the Exchange through advanced communication technology. NSE’s trading facility is available in over 1500 cities across India, through more than 250,000 trading terminals. It ranks fourth in the world in terms of number of transactions and third in terms of number of contracts in index futures, stock futures and index options.

NSE today accounts for nearly 70% of the total trading value of all stock exchanges in India in equities. Derivatives trading commenced in India in June 2000. Currently, NSE provides trading in futures and options on indices and 190 single stocks. NSE has established itself as the market leader in this segment in the country with more than 98% market share. The Currency Derivatives Segment was launched in 28 August 2008, with trading in contracts on US Dollar – Indian Rupee.

There are several online stock brokerage firms such as livesharetips.com that provide investors stock trading tips including news on NSE sensex, market indexes, mutual funds & much more. These Indian stock market tips are provided by stock market experts after carefully analyzing & studying the market trend. The Stock Tips are devised on the basic of their past experience, technical analysis & the existing market trend. Some of the share trading sites offers these tips in every hour share trading through emails, phone calls & SMS. They track the data on broader indices including BSE sensex & NSE nifty to that investors could get a clear picture of Indian stock

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