Stock Exchange

• Meaning of Stock Exchange:- A stock exchange is a marketplace and medium on which investors can trade their financial securities. The stock exchange provides a venue for connecting stock buyers and sellers. It also acts as a platform through which the companies list their shares for the first time to the general public. Thereafter, a stock exchange is essential to the capital market because it offers a regulated and structured setting for investors to trade assets. Liquidity, pricing transparency, and effective price discovery are some of the advantages of the stock exchange. It acts in regulation with the SEBI rules.
• National Stock Exchange (NSE):- The largest financial market in India is the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). The exchange was the first in India to offer present-day, fully automated electronic trading. The NSE Headquarters are located in Mumbai, Maharastra.  It performs the role of a stock exchange by offering financial services such as facilitating trade, and exchange listings. It supports electronic trading and therefore contributes to the overall development of the financial sector. The index of NSE is Nifty. The NIFTY 50 is a 50-stock, diverse index that covers 13 economic sectors. It is often utilized to benchmark funds and compare investment performance to the market. The NSE also offers sectoral indices that concentrate on particular market segments.
• Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE):-  With its founding in 1875, the Bombay Stock Market (BSE) is the oldest stock market in Asia. The BSE is important to India's financial markets and has contributed immensely to the growth of the nation's capital markets and business industry. A regulated market for the trading and settlement of securities, the BSE is an intermediary in facilitating deals between buyers and sellers. The exchange carries out its financial activities through an electronic trading platform. It is among the top stock exchanges in the world in terms of the number of listed businesses with more than 5,500 firms listed on the stock exchange. The benchmark index of 30 of India's largest and most liquid public firms is calculated by the S&P BSE Sensex index, also referred to as the Sensex or Sensex Index. It is used for evaluating the Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) overall performance. In India, investors and analysts pay close attention to the index since it indicates the stock market. The Indian stock market's performance and direction are largely determined by the Sensex index.
• Top 3 Global indices:- 

1. Index S&P 500 - One of the most popular stock market indices in the world is the S&P 500. It displays the performance of 500 significant companies that are listed on the American stock markets.
2. (DJIA) Dow Jones Industrial Average-  Another well-known global index that monitors the stock performance of 30 significant American corporations is the DJIA. It is frequently used as a gauge for the United States stock market.
3. Index Nasdaq Composite - More than 3,000 stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock market are included in the Nasdaq Composite index. It is renowned for emphasizing technology and businesses with strong development prospects.