Indian Capital and stock Market

Indian Capital & stock Market

•  Capital Market/ Securities Market

o Primary capital market

o Secondary capital market

•  Money Market

•  Debt Market

 Capital Market in India

Government Securities Market

This is also known as the Gilt-edged market. This refers to the market for government and semi- government securities backed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Industrial Securities Market

This is a market for industrial securities i.e. market for shares and debentures of the existing and new corporate firms. Buying and selling of such instruments take place in this market. This market is further classified into two types such as the New Issues Market (Primary) and the Old (Existing) Issues Market (secondary). In primary market fresh capital is raised by companies by issuing new shares, bonds, units of mutual funds and debentures. However in the secondary market already existing i.e old shares and debentures are traded. This trading takes place through the registered stock exchanges. In India we have three prominent stock exchanges. They are the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Over The Counter Exchange of India (OTCEI).

Development Financial Institutions (DFIs) : This is yet another important segment of Indian capital market. This comprises various financial institutions. These can be special purpose institutions like IFCI, ICICI, SFCs, IDBI, IIBI, UTI, etc. These financial institutions provide long term finance for those purposes for which they are set up.

Financial Intermediaries

The fourth important segment of the Indian capital market is the financial intermediaries. This comprises various merchant banking institutions, mutual funds, leasing finance companies, venture capital companies and other financial institutions.