The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) came up as the world’s largest bourse in terms of the number of trades it made in equity segment for the first 6 months of 2012.
The ranking is done by World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
As per WFE, NSE made a total of 7,35,474 trades in the equity segment during January-June 2012, making it the world’s largest exchange on this scale.
Rankings on the basis of No. of Trade in equity segment:
1. NSE India
2. NYSE Euronext
3. Nasdaq OMX
Ranking in terms of Index Options Traded
1. Korea Exchange
2. NSE India
3. Eurex
Factors helped NSE:
Expanding investor base
Latest technology
New products
Facts:
· Tier-three cities investors contributed more than 45 % of total cash market retail turnover in the financial year 2011- 12.
· Tier-three cities contribute more than half of the total retail investor base on NSE.