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- 2. STOCK MARKET The stock market is the market in which shares of publicly held companies are issued and traded either through exchanges or over-the-counter markets.
- 3. SHARES The capital of a company is divided into shares. Each share forms a unit of ownership of a company and is offered for sale so as to raise capital for the company.
- 4. NSCCL NSCCL, The Organisation The National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd. (NSCCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NSE, was incorporated in August 1995.
- 5. NSDL National Securities Depository Limited
- 6. CDSL Central Depository Services Limited, is the second Indian central securities depository based in Mumbai.
- 7. MCX MCX ( Multi Commodity Exchange)Certified Commodity Professional (MCCP) Get acquainted with the commodity derivatives market.
- 8. NCDX National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) is an online multi commodity exchange.
- 9. STOP LOSS A stop loss order is an order placed with a broker to buy or sell once the stock reaches a certain price. A stop loss is designed to limit an investor's loss on a security position.
- 10. MTM MTM' (Mark to market) is a measure of the fair value of accounts that can change over time, such as assets and liabilities.
- 11. IPO An initial public offering (IPO) is the first time that the stock of a private company is offered to the public.
- 12. FPO 'Follow On Public Offer - FPO' A follow-on public offer (FPO) is an issuing of shares to investors by a public company that is already listed on an exchange.
- 13. NCDs Non-convertible debentures are simply regular debentures, cannot be converted into equity shares of the liable company.
- 14. ETF Exchange-traded fund (ETF) is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges and also ETF holds assets such as stocks, commodities, bonds and trades at Money control.
- 15. VaR Value at Risk (VaR) is a measure of the risk of investments. It estimates how much a set of investments might lose, given normal market conditions, in a set time period such as a day.
- 16. OTC OTC (Over-the-counter) Over-the-Counter Market Describing a security or trade that does not occur on an exchange.
- 17. FII Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) means an institution established or incorporated outside India which proposes to make investment in securities in India.
- 18. HNI High net worth individual (HNI) is a classification used by the financial services industry to denote an individual or family with high net worth.
- 19. PSUs What is PSU means for? In India, a government owned company and their subsidiarity companies is termed as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) like Air India Limited, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Coal India Limited, Food Corporation of India, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India Trade Promotion Limited, National Thermal Power Corporation, etc. PSU of India is used to refer to companies in which the government(either the federal Union Central Government or the many state or territorial governments, or both) own a majority (51 percent or more) of the company equity.
- 20. T+2 the half-day symposium will focus on the potential impact of the T+2 Industry Steering Committee's recently released white paper, "Shortening the Settlement Cycle: The Move to T+2.
- 21. HEDGING Etymology. Hedging is the practice of taking a position in one market to offset and balance against the risk adopted by assuming a position in a contrary or opposing market or investment