Stock Market refers to a market place where investors cab buy and sell stocks. The price at which each buying and selling transaction takes i determined by the market forces. Here market forces are demand and supply for a particular stock.
In earlier times, stock brokers assembles at a stock exchange to purchase and sale stock or in one word to make transactions. But now stock market became paperless. Almost all transaction are done electronically.
Presently there are total 23 stock exchange in India.
- Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
- National Stock Exchange (NSE)
- Ahmedabad Stock Exchange
- Bangalore Stock Exchange
- Bhubaneshwar Stock Exchange
- Calcutta Stock Exchange
- Cochin Stock Exchange
- Coimbatore Stock Exchange
- Delhi Stock Exchange
- Guwahati Stock Exchange
- Hyderabad Stock Exchange
- Jaipur Stock Exchange
- Ludhiana Stock Exchange
- Madhyapradesh Stock Exchange
- Madras Stock Exchange
- Magadh Stock Exchange
- Mangalore Stock Exchange
- Meerut Stock Exchange
- OTC Exchange of India
- Pune Stock Exchange
- Saurashtra Stock Exchange
- Uttar Pradesh Stock Exchange
- Vadodara Stock Exchange
Important Points
- Oldest Stock Exchange in India – Bombay Stock Exchange
- Largest Stock Exchange in India – National Stock Exchange
- Regulatory Authority of Stock Market – SEBI
- Youngest stock exchange in India – Coimbatore Stock Exchange