- The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) is a stock exchange located in the financial capital of Mumbai, India. It was established in the mid 1990s as a demutualised electronic exchange and provides a modern, fully automated screen-based trading system, with over two lakh trading terminals, through which investors in every nook and corner of Indiacan trade.
- NSE has played a critical role in reforming the Indian securities market and in bringing unparalleled transparency, efficiency and market integrity.
- It offers trading, clearing and settlement services in equity, debt and equity derivatives and is India’s largest exchange, globally in cash market trades, in currency trading and index options.
- It has diversified shareholding. There are many domestic and global institutions and companies that hold stake in the exchange. domestic investors include LIC, GIC, State Bank of India and IDFC Ltd. Foreign investors include MS Strategic (Mauritius) Limited, Citigroup Strategic Holdings Mauritius Limited, Tiger Global Five Holdings and Norwest Venture Partners X FII-Mauritius