Trends in Indian Stock Market Q2 2013
Money and Capital Markets
Current Trends in Indian Stock Markets
(April - June 2013)
Introduction
The Indian Equity market is divided in to two parts Primary market - where the share is first issued in the form of IPO (Initial Public Offering). After issuing the shares it is listed on one or more exchanges and the share is traded i.e. bought and sold - this is secondary market. When securities are offered exclusively to the existing shareholders of company, as opposed to the general public, it is known as rights issue.
Most of the trading in the Indian stock market takes place on its two stock exchanges: the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
The BSE has been in existence since 1875. The NSE, on the other hand, was founded in 1992 and started trading in 1994. However, both exchanges follow the same trading mechanism, trading hours, settlement process, etc
Equity spot markets follow a T+2 rolling settlement. This means that any trade taking place on Monday, gets settled by Wednesday. All trading on stock exchanges takes place between 9:55 am and 3:30 pm, Indian Standard Time (+ 5.5 hours GMT), Monday through Friday.
Delivery of shares must be made in dematerialized form, and each exchange has its own clearing house, which assumes all settlement risk, by serving as a central counterparty.
The two prominent Indian market indexes are Sensex and Nifty. Sensex is the oldest market index for equities; it includes shares of 30 firms listed on the BSE, which represent about 45% of the index's free-float market capitalization. It was created in 1986 and provides time series data from April 1979, onward.
Another index is the S&P CNX Nifty; it includes 50 shares listed on the NSE, which represent about 62% of its free-float market capitalization. It was created in 1996 and provides time series data from July 1990, onward.
Indian Stock Markets Trends – April 2013 to June 2013
The following document tries to identify
Current Trends in Indian Stock Markets
(April - June 2013)
Introduction
The Indian Equity market is divided in to two parts Primary market - where the share is first issued in the form of IPO (Initial Public Offering). After issuing the shares it is listed on one or more exchanges and the share is traded i.e. bought and sold - this is secondary market. When securities are offered exclusively to the existing shareholders of company, as opposed to the general public, it is known as rights issue.
Most of the trading in the Indian stock market takes place on its two stock exchanges: the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
The BSE has been in existence since 1875. The NSE, on the other hand, was founded in 1992 and started trading in 1994. However, both exchanges follow the same trading mechanism, trading hours, settlement process, etc
Equity spot markets follow a T+2 rolling settlement. This means that any trade taking place on Monday, gets settled by Wednesday. All trading on stock exchanges takes place between 9:55 am and 3:30 pm, Indian Standard Time (+ 5.5 hours GMT), Monday through Friday.
Delivery of shares must be made in dematerialized form, and each exchange has its own clearing house, which assumes all settlement risk, by serving as a central counterparty.
The two prominent Indian market indexes are Sensex and Nifty. Sensex is the oldest market index for equities; it includes shares of 30 firms listed on the BSE, which represent about 45% of the index's free-float market capitalization. It was created in 1986 and provides time series data from April 1979, onward.
Another index is the S&P CNX Nifty; it includes 50 shares listed on the NSE, which represent about 62% of its free-float market capitalization. It was created in 1996 and provides time series data from July 1990, onward.
Indian Stock Markets Trends – April 2013 to June 2013
The following document tries to identify