INITIATION

When a company goes public, it shares its ownership with a number of investors. They become shareholders. When they sell their shares to somebody, then the shares move from primary market to the secondary market called stock market, Stocks are stored in electronic form in NSDL and CSDL. Stock exchanges are controlled by SEBI(Securities and Exchange Board of India).
There are two stock exchanges in India called Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) and National Stock Exchange(NSE). Their indices are called Sensex and Nifty respectively. Stocks can be bought for two purposes; Investment and Trading. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. A stock’s real value is not determined by its FaceValue, Dividend, Bonus or Split.Only a company’s good performance and its endurance can raise its share value.