Market structure & regulation
What is NSE (National Stock Exchange)?
Also called: National Stock Exchange of India
Hinglish mein padhein: NSE kya hai?
The National Stock Exchange of India, based in Mumbai, is India's largest stock exchange by trading volume and home of the Nifty 50 index.
NSE started trading in 1994 and introduced fully electronic, screen-based trading across India. It runs the cash market, futures and options, currency and debt segments.
Its flagship index is the Nifty 50. Most stocks are listed on both NSE and BSE, and prices on the two exchanges stay very close because traders arbitrage any gap.
Related terms
- BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)BSE, founded in 1875 in Mumbai, is Asia's oldest stock exchange. Its benchmark index is the Sensex.
- Nifty 50The Nifty 50 is NSE's flagship index of 50 large companies across sectors, weighted by free-float market capitalisation.
- SEBISEBI is India's securities market regulator. It writes the rules for exchanges, brokers, mutual funds, advisers and listed companies.
- Stock marketThe stock market is where shares of listed companies are bought and sold, mainly on the NSE and BSE in India.