Organisation - Stock Exchange in India, Interdisciplinary issues in Indian

most trading in the Indian stock market
occurs through its two exchanges the
Bombay Stock Exchange and the National
Stock Exchange the BSC has been in
existence since 1875
but the NSC was founded in 1992 and
started trading in 1994 both follow the
same rules and mechanisms and both lists
most of India's major firms trading
takes place between 9:55 a.m. and 3:30
p.m. Monday through Friday Indian
Standard Time trades are settled two
business days after their main trading
at the exchanges takes place through an
open electronic limit order book in
which the computer matches orders the
processes order driven meaning the best
limit orders are automatically matched
with market orders so buyers and sellers
remain anonymous all orders take place
through brokers Sensex and the S&P CNX
Nifty are India's two main market
indexes Sensex the oldest for equities
includes 30 firms listed on the BSC that
represent about 45% of the indexes
freefloat market capitalization the
Nifty has 50 shares listed on the NSC
representing about 62% of its free flow
of market capitalisation the Securities
and Exchange Board of India regulates
the country stock market India started
allowing outside investments in the
1990s for investments are either foreign
direct investments or foreign portfolio
investments FDI is allow investors to
participate in the company's day-to-day
operations SP eyes do not India's
government determines FDI limits and is
set different ceilings over the years
foreign investors must register as a
foreign institutional investor or as a
sub account for one of the FI eyes they
can invest directly into any stock
listed on the exchange
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