INDUSTRY PROFILE:

HISTORY OF THE STOCK BROKING INDUSTRY

Indian Stock Markets are one of the oldest in Asia. Its history dates back to nearly 200 years ago. In 1887, they formally established in Bombay, the "Native Share and Stock Brokers' Association" (which is alternatively known as "The Stock Exchange"). In 1895, the Stock Exchange acquired a premise in the same street and it was inaugurated in 1899. Thus, the Stock Exchange at Bombay was consolidated. Thus in the same way, gradually with the passage of time number of exchanges were increased and at currently it reached to the figure of 24 stock exchanges. This was followed by the formation of associations /exchanges in Ahmadabad (1894), Calcutta (1908), and Madras (1937). In order to check such aberrations and promote a more orderly development of the stock market, the central government introduced a legislation called the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. Under this legislation, it is mandatory on the part of stock exchanges to seek government recognition. As of January 2002 there were 23 stock exchanges recognized by the central Government. They are located at Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Baroda, Bhubaneswar, Calcutta, Chennai,(the Madras stock Exchanges ), Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Mangalore, Mumbai(the National Stock Exchange or NSE), Mumbai (The Stock Exchange), popularly called the Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai (OTCExchange of India), Mumbai (The Inter-connected Stock Exchange of India), Patna, Pune, and Rajkot. Of course, the principle bourses are the National Stock Exchange and The Bombay Stock Exchange, accounting for the bulk of the business done on the Indian stock market.

BSE (BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE)

The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, popularly known as "BSE" was established in 1875 as "The Native Share and Stock Brokers Association". It is the oldest one in Asia, even older than the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which was established in 1878. It is the first Stock Exchange in the Country to have obtained permanent recognition in 1956 from the Govt. of India under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956.

A Governing Board having 20 directors is the apex body, which decides the policies and regulates the affairs of the Exchange. The Governing Board consists of 9 elected directors, who are from the broking comm Unity (one third of them retire ever year by rotation), three SEBI nominees, six public representatives and an Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer and a Chief Operating Officer.

NSE (NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE)

NSE was incorporated in 1992 and was given recognition as a stock exchange in April 1993. It started operations in June 1994, with trading on the Wholesale Debt Market Segment. Subsequently it launched the Capital Market Segment in November 1994 as a trading platform for equities and the Futures and Options Segment in June 2000 for various derivative instruments.

MCX (MULTI COMMODITY EXCHANGE)

MULTI COMMODITY EXCHANGE of India limited is a new order exchange with a mandate for setting up a nationwide, online multi-commodity market place, offering unlimited growth opportunities to commodities market participants. As a true neutral market, MCX has taken several initiatives for users in a new generation commodities futures market in the process, become the countrys premier exchange. MCX, an independent and a de-mutualized exchange since inception, is all set up to introduce a state of the art, online digital exchange for commodities futures trading in the country and has accordingly initiated several steps to translate this vision into reality.

NCDEX (NATIONAL COMMODITIES AND DERIVATIVES EXCHANGE)

NCDEX started working on 15th December, 2003. This exchange provides facilities to their trading and clearing member at different 130 centers for contract. In commodity market the main participants are speculators, hedgers and arbitrageurs.

Facilities Provided By NCDEX

NCDEX has developed facility for checking of commodity and also provides a wear house facility By collaborating with industrial partners, industrial companies, news agencies, banks and developers of kiosk network NCDEX is able to provide current rates and contracts rate. To prepare guidelines related to special products of securitization NCDEX works with bank. To avail farmers from risk of fluctuation in prices NCDEX provides special services for agricultural. NCDEX is working with tax officer to make clear different types of sales and service taxes. NCDEX is providing attractive products like weather derivatives

STOCK MARKET BASIC

What are corporations?
Companies are started by individuals or may be a small circle of people. They pool their money or obtain loans, raising funds to launch the business. A choice is made to organize the business as a sole proprietorship where one-person or a married couple owns everything, or as a partnership with others who may wish to invest money. Later they may choose to "incorporate". As a Corporation, the owners are not personally responsible or liable for any debts of the company if the company doesn't succeed. Corporations issue official-looking sheets of paper that represent ownership of the company. These are called stock certificates, and each certificate represents a set number of shares. The total number of shares will vary from one company to another, as each makes its own choice about how many pieces of ownership to divide the corporation into. One corporation may have only 2,500 shares, while another, such as IBM or the Ford Motor Company, may issue over a billion Shares. Companies sell stock (pieces of ownership) to raise money and provide funding for the expansion and growth of the business. The business founders give up part of their ownership in exchange for this needed cash. The expectation is that even though the owners have surrendered a portion of the company to the Public, their remaining share of stock will become increasingly valuable as the business grows. Corporations are not allowed to sell shares of stock on the open Stock market without the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This transition from a privately held corporation to a publicly traded one is Called going public, and this first sale of stock to the public is called an initial public offering, or IPO.

 Why do people invest in the stock market?

When you buy stock in a corporation, you own part of that company. This gives you a vote at annual shareholder meetings, and a right to a share of future profits. When a company pays out profits to the shareholder, the money received is called a "Dividend". The corporation's board of directors choose when to declare a dividend and how much to pay. Most older and larger companies pay a regular dividend, most newer and smaller companies do not.

The average investor buys stock hoping that the stock's price will rise, so the shares can be sold at a profit. This will happen if more investors want to buy stock in a company than wish to sell. The potential of a small dividend check is of little concern. What is usually responsible for increased interest in a company's stock is the prospect of the company's sales and profits going up. A company who is a leader in a hot industry will usually see its share price rise dramatically. Investors take the risk of the price falling because they hope to make more money in the market than they can with safe investments such as bank CD's or government bonds.

What is a stock market index?

In the stock market world, you need a way to compare the movement of the market, up and down, from day to day, and from year to year. An index is just a benchmark or yardstick expressed as a number that makes it possible to do this comparison. For e.g. S&P CNX Nifty is the index of NSE and SENSEX is the index of BSE. The price per share, like the market cap, has nothing to do with how big a company is.

The Securities Market consists of two segments, viz. Primary market and Secondary market. Primary market is the place where issuers create and issue equity, debt or hybrid instruments for subscription by the public; the Secondary market enables the holders of securities to trade them. Secondary market essentially comprises of stock exchanges, which provide platform for purchase and sale of securities by investors. In India, apart from the Regional Stock

Exchanges established in different centers, there are exchanges like the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Over the Counter Exchange of India (OTCEI), who provide nationwide trading facilities with terminals all over the country. The trading platform of stock exchanges is accessible only through brokers and trading of securities is confined only to stock exchanges.

Corporate Securities:
The no of stock exchanges increased from 11 in 1990 to 23 now. All

the exchanges are fully computerized and offer 100% on-line trading. 9644 companies were available for trading on stock exchanges at the end of March 2002. The trading platform of the stock exchanges was accessible to 9687 members from over 400 cities on the same date. Derivatives Market: Derivatives trading commenced in India in June 2000. The total exchange traded derivatives witnessed a volume of Rs. 442,343 crore during 2002-03 as against Rs. 4018 crore during the preceding year. While NSE accounted for about 99.5% of total turnover, BSE accounted for about 0.5% in 2002-03. The market witnessed higher volumes from June 2001 with introduction of index options, and still higher volumes with introduction of stock options in July 2001. There was a spurt in volumes in November 2001 when stock futures were introduced. It is believed that India is the largest market in the world for stock futures.

Supply and Demand

A stock's price movement up and down until the end of the trading day is

strictly a result of supply and demand. The SUPPLY is the number of shares offered for sale at anyone one moment. The DEMAND is the number of shares investors wish to buy at exactly that same time. What a share of a company is worth on anyone day or at any one minute, is determined by all investors voting with their money. If investors want a stock and are willing to pay more, the price will go up. If investors are selling a stock and there aren't enough buyers, the price will go down Period.

Secondary Market Intermediaries

Stock brokers, sub-brokers, portfolio managers, custodians, share transfer

agents constitute the important intermediaries in the Secondary Market. No stockbrokers or sub-brokers shall buy, sell or deal in securities unless he holds a certificate of registration granted by SEBI under the Regulations made by SEBI ion relation to them. The Central Government has notified SEBI (Stock Brokers & Sub-Brokers) Rules, 1992 in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of SEBI Act, 1992. These rules came into effect on 20th August, 1992.

 Trading Through Brokers / Traditional Method of Share Trading:Trading in the stock exchange can be conducted only through member broker in securities that are listed on the respective exchange. Investor intending to buy/sell securities in the exchange has to do so only through a SEBI registered broker/sub-broker. This is very popular concept in India for Share Trading before the facilities like on line trading introduce. Both the exchange have switched over from the open outcry trading system to fully automated computerized mode of trading knows as Bolt and Neat. In this system, the broker trade with each other through the computer network. Buyers and sellers place their orders specifying the limits for quality and price. Those that are not matched remain on the screen and is opened for future matching during the day / settlement. After the advent of computerized trading the speed of trading has increased multi-fold and a fuller view of the market is available to the investors. To start dealing with broker you have to fill a form with the broker. After fill all the formalities the firm gives you a User Id no like a bank a/c no. through which you can enter in the transaction with broker. Broker will gives all the which one investor needed.

What is stock Broker?

A stock broker is one who invests other peoples money until its all gone. -Woody Allen, American Film Maker

A stock broker is a person or a firm that trades on its clients behalf, you tell them what you want to invest in and they will issue the buy or sell order. Some stock brokers also give out financial advice that you a charged for. It wasnt too long ago and investing was very expensive because you had to go through a full service broker which would give you advice on what to do and would charge you a hefty fee for it. There are three different types of stock brokers.

1. Full Service Broker - A full-service broker can provide a bunch of services such as investment research advice, tax planning and retirement planning. 2. Discount Broker A discount broker lets you buy and sell stocks at a low rate but doesnt provide any investment advice.

3. Direct-Access Broker- A direct access broker lets you trade directly with the electronic communication networks (ECNs) so you can trade faster. Active traders such as day traders tend to use Direct Access Brokers