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10 Interesting Facts you may not know about Indian Stock Markets
Uploaded by : DreamGains Financials, Posted on : 26 Jun 2015
- There are 12 stock exchanges in India. Out of which only 7 are permanent and rest 5 require their license to be renewed timely. 13 other exchanges have already been granted exit by SEBI. Can you recall any names apart from NSE and BSE?
- The record low Sensex has ever touched is 113.28 points in December, 1979 and after 35 years; it touched the record high at 30024.74 in March, 2015.
- Do you know U.S markets (S&P500 & Dow Jones Industrial Average) and UK’s FTESE100 contracts can be traded in NSE? It was for the first time, S&P500 were listed on any exchange outside U.S.A
- BSE is one of world’s top exchanges in terms of listed members. It has more than 5,000 companies on the list.
- Did you that on Nov, 2014 India became one of top 10 markets in the world by market capitalization? India market capitalization is approx. $1.6 trillion & it is ahead of Switzerland & Australia markets based on Market Cap.
- Only 2% of Indian household savings are being directed to Equity markets, Indians are so risk-averse!
- Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) are the strongest driving force in Indian markets. Among Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), LIC leads the way.
- The NSE has the second largest volumes in the derivatives market. It ranks second in Index Options, and third when it comes to the Stock Index Futures.
- The total F&O traded value on 30th April, 2015 stood at Rs 6.27 lakh crore, registering a jump of nearly 8 per cent over its earlier high of Rs 5.81 lakh crore recorded on February 26, 2015.
- While in Equities segment, record number of trades was done on 16-05-2014 and it was 1.18 Crore
