What Is National Stock Exchange (NSE)?
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What is National Stock Exchange (NSE)?

National Stock Exchange (NSE) is the largest stock exchange in India according to daily turnover and number of trades. It was incorporated in 1992 in Mumbai and started stock trading operations in November 1994. NSE offers trading in stocks, futures & options, currency futures & options and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

S&P CNX Nifty is a free float market capitalization weighted index which represents 23 sectors of Indian economy with 50 stocks. It is also popularly known as Nifty and is considered along with Sensex, as the barometer of the Indian stock market.

S&P CNX Nifty 50 comprises of stocks like ACC, Ambuja Cements, Axis Bank, Bajaj Auto, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Bharti Airtel, Cairn India, Cipla, DLF, Dr Reddy’s Labs, GAIL India, HCL Technologies, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), HDFC Bank, Hero Honda Motors, Hindalco Industries, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), ITC, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), Jaiprakash Associates, Jindal Steel & Power, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, NTPC, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Power Grid Corporation of India, Punjab National Bank, Ranbaxy Labs, Reliance Capital, Reliance Communications, Reliance Industries, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power, Sesa Goa, Siemens, State Bank of India, Steel Authority of India Ltd, Sterlite Industries, Sun Pharmaceutical, Suzlon Energy, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Steel and Wipro.

National Stock Exchange also has an online testing and certification programme for financial markets under NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM).

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