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National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)

The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) is a high-tech, public limited company, established in 1992 – and is one of the largest stock exchange in the world. The NSE is the front-runner in all financial markets operations in India, while promoting and developing the growth in Indian niche investment and capital markets.

NSE represents a vital financial messaging system that delivers order information, trade information and single order entry across the entire market of India. It is the most preferred stock exchange among participants due to its transparency, ease of use, speed and reliability. NSE offers a diversified range of products, services and venues for trading in both equity and debt segments, with market depth and liquidity.

NSE's flagship trading platform, the NSE Trading System (NSE-TS) is a fully automated trading platform, providing seamless connectivity from the point of entry to trade execution. The NSE Futures and Options provides traders, investors and market makers with the experience of global level futures and options trading in securities, commodities and indices. The NSE also offers the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) – a single platform for trading in a diverse range of commodities.

Overall, the NSE has been a beacon to the stock market culture of India. The NSE constantly strives to provide an efficient, reliable and secure market to support the growth and development of Indian financial market. It has also been instrumental in training over 1.2 million investors and over 200,000 new traders, while improving financial literacy and education.

The NSE is a globally acclaimed stock exchange institution and has been awarded with the prestigious ‘Market Leadership in Asia’ award in 2016 by Frost & Sullivan, the leading growth partnership company. NSE also works towards promoting investor protection and provides alternative investment avenues for risk diversification.

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