INDIAN EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES
This report examines the Indian equity markets, their structure, constituents and metrics over time. There are approximately 4,000 actively traded companies in India, offering a sizeable group of businesses for superior stock selection.
India has a deeply rooted equity culture dating to the period of British rule. The Bombay Stock exchange (BSE), founded in 1875, is Asia’s oldest public bourse. In addition to the BSE investors can trade through the National stock exchange (NSE). There are approximately 18 other stock exchanges in existence but with little traded market volume. At present 1,652 companies are listed on the NSE and nearly all of these are listed on the BSE as well. An additional feature of the Indian equity markets is that there is a single stock futures market with 208 companies traded on 30/60/90 day contracts. These future contracts assist the price discovery process and are a vehicle for short selling.
This report examines the Indian equity markets, their structure, constituents and metrics over time. There are approximately 4,000 actively traded companies in India, offering a sizeable group of businesses for superior stock selection.
India has a deeply rooted equity culture dating to the period of British rule. The Bombay Stock exchange (BSE), founded in 1875, is Asia’s oldest public bourse. In addition to the BSE investors can trade through the National stock exchange (NSE). There are approximately 18 other stock exchanges in existence but with little traded market volume. At present 1,652 companies are listed on the NSE and nearly all of these are listed on the BSE as well. An additional feature of the Indian equity markets is that there is a single stock futures market with 208 companies traded on 30/60/90 day contracts. These future contracts assist the price discovery process and are a vehicle for short selling.