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STOCK EXCHANGES IN INDIA There are 23 stock exchanges in India. Bombay stock exchange. National stock exchange.
Ahmedabad stock exchange. Banglore stock exchange. Bhubaneshwar stock exchange. Calcutta stock exchange. Cochin stock
exchange. Coimbatore stock exchange. Delhi stock exchange. Guwahati stock exchange. Hyderabad stock exchange.


Ñaipur stock exchange. Ludhiana stock exchange. Madhya pradesh stock exchange. Madras stock exchange. Magadh stock
exchange. Manglore stock exchange. Meerut stock exchange, OTC exchange of India. Pune stock exchange. Saurashtra kutch
stock exchange. Uttar pradesh stock exchange. Vadodara stock exchange.


Out of 23 stock exchanges in India Bombay stock exchange and National stock exchange are the most important one. Because
most of the top companies are listed in BSE and NSE.

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BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE Location- Mumbai, India. Founded- 1875. Owner- Bombay stock exchange Ltd. CEO- Madhu
kannan. Number of listing companies- 4700. Market capital- US $ 1.1 trillion(aug 2009) Indexes- BSE Sensex.

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FEATURES OF BSE It is the oldest stock exchange in Asia and has the greatest number of listed companies in the world with
4700 listed as of august- 2007. It is located at Dalal street, Mumbai, India. On Dec-31 2007, the equity market capitalization of
the companies listed on the BSE was US $1.79 trillion making the largest stock exchanges in south Asia and 12 largest in the
world. The BSE Sensex, also called ³BSE 30´ is widely used marketing index in India and Asia.


BSE is the first stock exchange in the country which obtained permanent recognition( in 1956) from the Govt. of India under the
securities contract act 1956. BSE provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, debt instruments and
derivatives. BSE has always been at par with the internationals standards. The system and processes are designed to safeguard
market integrity and enhance transparency in operations. BSE is the first exchange in India and second in the World to obtain an
ISO 9001-2000 certification. BSE has become the first national level stock exchange to launch its website in Gujrati and Hindi to
reach out to a larger number of investors.

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HOURS OF OPERATION Beginning of the day session- 8:00-9:00. Login session- 9:00-9:30. Trading session- 9:55-15:30.
Position transfer session- 15:30-15:50 Closing session- 15:50-16:05 Option exercise session- 16:05-16:35 Margin session- 16:35-
16:50 Query session- 16:50-17:35 End of day session- 17:35. BSE normal trading sessions are on all days of the weeks except
Saturday and Sunday and also on holidays declared by the exchange in advance.

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BSE also has a wide range of services to empower investors and facilitate smooth transactions INVESTORS SERVICES: BSE
was the first exchange in the country to provide an amount of Rs. 1 million towards the investors protection fund. It is the amount
higher than that of any exchange in the country. BSE has launched a nation wide investers awareness program ³ safe investing in
the stock market´ under which 264 programs were held in more than 200 cities.

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BSE ON-LINE TADING: It facilitates on-line screen based trading in securities. BOLT is currently operating 25000 trader work
stations located across over 359 cities in India. BSE WEBX.com: in Feb-2001, BSE introduced the world¶s first centralized
exchange based internet trading system BSE WEBX.com. This initiative enables investors anywhere in the world to trade on the
BSE platform. BSE TRAINING INSTITUTE: BTI imparts capital market training and certification, in collaboration with reputed
management institutes and universities. It offers over 40 courses on various aspects of capital market and financial sectors.

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MAÑOR FLUCTUATIONS IN SENSEX 13000, OCT-30,2006: Crossed the magical figure of 13000. 14000, Dec-5, 2006:
Crossed the 14000 mark to touch 14038 point. 15000, july-6,2007: crossed the magical figure of 15000. 16000, sep-2007: yet
achieved another milestone and crossed 16000 points within minutes after trading began. 17000, sep-26,2007: yet achieved
another height during early morning trade and crossed 17000 points. 18000, oct-9,2007: crossed 18000 points and its only taken 8
days to cross.

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19000,Oct-15,2007;cross the 19000 mark and gained the last thousand points in just four trading days. 20000,Oct-
29,2007;crossed 20000 mark and gained thousand point in only ten trading days. 21000,Ñan-8,2008;it crossed 21000 mark in
intra-day trading after 19 trading session. 15200,Ñun-13,2008;the sensex closed below 15200 mark. Indian market suffer with
major downfall from january 21,2008. 14220,Ñun-25,2008; 12822,Ñuly-2,2008;the sensex hit on intra-day low of 12,822.
11801,Oct-6,2008.


10527,Oct-10,2008. 14284,May-18,2009;after the result of 15th Indian general election sensex gained 2100.79 points from the
previous close of 12173,these creates a new history in indian market in the opening trade itself Sensex gained 15% from the
previous day close.

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NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE LOCATION - Mumbai,India. LISTED COMPANIES ± 1016 TRADING MEMBERS ± 726
OWNER ± Owned by the group of leading financial institutions. INDEXES - NIFTY

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FEATURES OF NSE NSE is owned by the group of leading financial institutions such as Indian Bank or Life Insurance
Corporation of India. NSE in the totality de-mutualised exchange, the ownership as well as the management does not have right
to trade on exchange. Only qualified traders can be involved in the securities trading.

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NSE is one of the few exchanges in the world trading all types of securities on the single platform. NSE of India Ltd. Provides its
clients with a single,fully electronic trading platform that is operated through a V-SAT network. NSE uses the satellite
communication system that connects traders from 345 Indian cities. The advance technologies enable up to 6 million traders to be
operated daily on the NSE trading platform.

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MAÑOR COMPANIES UNDER NSE Bharat Forge Maruti Suzuki Mercator Lines On Mobile Oriental Bank of Commerce R
System Salora International Strides Arcolab

 

SENSEX The sensex is an index. The Sensex is an indicator of all the major companies of the BSE. If the sensex goes up,it
means that the prices of the stocks of most of the major companies on BSE have gone up. If the sensex goes down this tells you
that the stock price of most of the major stocks on the BSE have gone down.

 

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NIFTY NIFTY is a composite of the top 50 stocks listed on the NSE, representing 24 different sectors of the company. It is a
simplified tool that helps investors and ordinary people alike, to understand what is happening in the stock market and by
extension, the company. If the NIFTY index performs well, it is signal that companies in India are performing well and
consequently that the country is doing well. NIFTY is the flagship index of NSE, the third largest stock exchange in the world in
terms of member of transaction.
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