Equity or common stock is the original capital invested into a business by its promoters. It is divided into shares, which represent equal ownership.
When the needs of the business cannot be met by internal funds, additional funds are sought by diluting the promoter’s and other participants share holdings.
A Stock Market is a mechanism through which publically issued company shares and their derivatives can be traded . It allows corporate to raise funds through public issues.
A Stock Exchange is a regulated and defined corporate entity which allows the business of a stock market to be undertaken. Two main exchanges in India are the NSE and the BSE.
A Stock Index is a mathematical construction in which we seek to capture togther the movements of a group of stock prices. Eg. The Nifty, or the Sensex or the Bank Nifty are popular indices in India.
Market Capitalisation is defined as the product of the total number of shares outstanding of a company to the closing price of the recent most share(s) traded on the exchange.
An IPO is an initial offering to the general public, of existing or fresh shares of a company. It is one of the means of raising money by a corporate.
A Depository is an institution where shares, debentures, bonds, government securities etc. are stored in electronic form.
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