What is NIFTY? – Meaning and Definition of NIFTY

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NIFTY is an Index computed from performance of  top stocks from different sectors listed on NSE (National stock exchange). NIFTY consists of 50 companies from 24 different sectors. NIFTY stands for National Stock Exchange’s Fifty.   The companies which form index of  NIFTY may vary from time to time based on many factors considered by NSE.  NIFTY is for NSE similarly  SENSEX is for BSE

Some mutual funds use NIFTY index as a benchmark meaning the mutual funds’ performance is compared against the performance of NIFTY. On NSE there are futures and options available for trading with NIFTY as underlying index.

India Index Services and Products Ltd. (IISL) owns NIFTY. IISL is a joint venture of NSE and CRISIL. CRISIL is a subsidiary of Standard and Poor (S&P). And so NIFTY is also called as S&P CNX NIFTY.

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    Mugdha August 3, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    Thanks for the information Nice Blog.

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    share tips August 3, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    Really Nice Peace of information about NSE Nifty index.

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    John M Thomas September 4, 2010 at 10:23 am

    Brief and clear explanation

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    John M Thomas September 5, 2010 at 7:05 pm

    trading and clearing explanation is confusing .can u pls explain it in a simple way

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    harsha November 20, 2010 at 12:14 pm

    very simple.. Nice…

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    Gaurav November 23, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    I grateful you

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    jagdeep March 2, 2011 at 5:15 am

    very nice and in simple words..

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    abhishek March 7, 2011 at 3:39 am

    enhance the material about it………………….
    infact the information provided is usefull but it can be more interesting and more knowlegeable………
    anway nice

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    Ajith kumar March 8, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    very clear information. Yhanks

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    rajeev chauhan March 8, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    i want to know your trading & demat a/c openning charges,annual mantinance charges or brokeres charges. please tell me.
    thanks sir

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    Sathish Emmadi March 8, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    Hi Rajeev,

    In the email I sent you some time back, I was just asking you to post your trading experience you might already have.

    As mentioned,
    We are not a trading/brokerage company. We just provide details about demat accounts. Please refer to different demat account articles before you decide.

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    Sathish Emmadi March 8, 2011 at 6:24 pm

    Hi Ajit, Thanks. Keep reading the articles.

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    Sathish Emmadi March 8, 2011 at 6:27 pm

    Hi Abhisekh,

    There are many articles on NIFTY quotes, NIFTY futures, NIFTY options, future trading tips, Index funds based on NIFTY and many others. May I request you to search in the box given at the top of the page ,read the articles and provide your feedback.

    If you feel some topic about NIFTY is not covered, please feel free to post here. Thanks for visiting the site.

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    sankar May 17, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    This information is useful to us.

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    Sathish Emmadi May 17, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    Hi Sankar,
    Good to know that you liked it. Keep visiting the site.

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    MARY June 3, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    THANKS A LOT DEAR !!!!!

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    sneha shree June 8, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    nice information…………. thanks alot!!!!!!!!!

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    Sathish Emmadi June 8, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Thanks Sneha, keep visiting the site and provide your feedback!

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    manjunath June 11, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    what nifty…?

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    Sathish Emmadi June 11, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    Hi Manjunath,

    May I know what are you trying to ask about Nifty?

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    Mohammed July 18, 2011 at 8:33 am

    V. nice clear information

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    harry July 27, 2011 at 7:56 am

    hi,
    for long term share how many days we can hold our share, wats the avg percentage 2 sell the same share.

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    muralidharan.c July 30, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    there is nse stocks price charts for every stocks in nse site .but what about the online charts for AVERAGE TRADED PRICE not available.is there any site which provides this

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    Sathish Emmadi July 31, 2011 at 3:18 am

    Hi Muralidharan,

    On the new NSE site you see VWAP ( which is Volume Weighted Average Price) on the quote page of a stock. Is this the one you were looking for?

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    muralidharan.c August 2, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    thanks for replying,but what i mean is the chart for the ATP like the one for price chart for a stock.

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    pran bops August 12, 2011 at 8:11 am

    would like to know–can one buy nifty-as we buy scrips –with demat account

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    Sathish Emmadi August 15, 2011 at 8:50 am

    Hi Pran,

    Yes, you can buy NIFTY ETFs just like a stock. The performance of this ETF tracks NIFTY index. Please visit the below link for more details.

    http://lastbull.com/list-of-inidan-etfs-on-nse/

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    praveen August 17, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    plz give me information why nifty has only 50 share ……….

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    karthik August 18, 2011 at 6:45 am

    Hi satishji,
    Plz provide us the details of call options and put options and how it works, with simple example.

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    Sathish Emmadi August 18, 2011 at 2:16 pm
    ANKITA .M. CHAUHAN August 18, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    nicly explaINED

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    Arun.A October 24, 2011 at 7:33 am

    Simple and Clear Information

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    kashish October 29, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    hi…….
    i am thankful to you all 4 providing information and specially i request you to give more information about nifty i.e. definition, history, results, list, etc………..
    do it as soon as possible…………….
    thanking u
    with regards
    your learner
    kashish singhal

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    smita pawar November 28, 2011 at 6:19 am

    I am new to the share world.cAN U HELP ME OUT WITH INFORMATION?

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    Stocks Tips Intraday November 29, 2011 at 6:21 am

    nice information brother ! keep it up .

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    amit kumar December 30, 2011 at 11:08 am

    thanks u, for giving the information for sensex & nifty

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    Sathish Emmadi January 1, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    Hi Amit,

    Keep visiting the site and provide your feedback.

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    gaurav negi January 2, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    Sir
    I want Do trading
    pls. let me know about the market Game

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    Sathish Emmadi January 2, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    There are a lot of posts on lastbull.com, Start going through them slowly.

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    viral garachh January 4, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    thank u very much…. got clear idea regarding Nifty and sensex…….

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    Rohini Mukhopadhyay January 25, 2012 at 10:10 am

    Hi,

    Wanted to know what does NIFTY actually indicate? There is ample material on how it is calculated. But is it an average price, or something else?

    Rohini

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