As per the latest global ranking compiled by the
World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the National Stock Exchange of
India (NSE) has become the world’s largest bourse in terms of the
number of trades in equity segment for the first six months of 2012. A total
of 7, 35,474 trades took place in the equity segment of NSE in the
January-June 2012, making it the world’s largest exchange on this
parameter. NSE was followed by NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX at the second
and the third positions. While NYSE Euronext recorded a total of 734,154
trades and Nasdaq with 711,779 trades in their respective equity segments
during the same period.
Experts said that the recent position of NSE
acquired by the bourse to growing investor base, use of latest technology and
new products have helped NSE reach top positions globally. NSE's platform is
connected to two lakh trading terminals in more than 2000 towns and cities
across the country.
NSE is the 2nd largest exchange worldwide after
Korea Exchange for index options. The Korea Exchange and NSE were followed by
Eurex as the 3rd largest exchange worldwide in terms of total number of index
options traded during the first 6 months of 2012.
Another major Indian bourse, BSE recorded a
total of 1, 87,824 trades during this period in its equity segment. The
total number of listed companies is much larger in case of the BSE, the
exchange lags behind NSE significantly in terms of volume and value of trades.
The latest data shows that investors from
tier-three cities contributed more than 45 % of total cash market retail
turnover in the financial year 2011- 12. The tier-three cities account for more
than half of the total retail investor base on NSE platform.
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