List of Abbreviations

Acronyms Full forms

AMEX American Stock Exchange

ATS Alternative Trading System

BSE Bombay Stock Exchange now known as BSE Limited

BSE StAR MF BSE Stat Mutual Fund

BTI BSE Training Institute

CDSL Central Depository Services (India) Limited

CM Capital Marker

CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange

CMIE Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy

CNBC TV 18 Consumer News & Business Channel

CNX CRISIL NSE Indices

CRISIL Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited

CRR Cash Reserve Ratio

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

CV Co-efficient of Variance

d.f. Degree of Freedom

DFHI Discount and Finance House of India

DotEx Intl.
Dotex International Limited
Ltd.

ESM Emerging Stock Markets

ETF Exchange traded funds

F&O Futures and Options

FDI Foreign Direct Investment

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 FII Foreign Institutional Investment

FIs Financial Institutions

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GIC General Insurance Corporation

GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

GNP Gross National Product

GOI Government Of India

ICAI Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

ICCL Indian Clearing Corporation Limited

ICDM Indian Corporate Debt Market

ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

ICSE Inter-Connected Stock Exchange

IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India

IFCI Industrial Finance Corporation of India

IISL India Index Services and Products Limited

IL & FS Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited

IPF Investor's Protection Fund

IPO Initial Public Offering

ISE International Securities Exchange

ISO International Organization for Standardization

LIC Life Insurance Corporation

LOB Limit Order Book

MSMEDA Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act

MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

MX - Montreal Exchange

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NADEX North American Derivatives Exchange

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation

NASDAQ
System

Natex National Index

NCCL National Commodity Clearing Limited

NCCMP NSE Certified Capital Market Professional

NCDEX National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited

NCFM NSE's Certification in Financial Markets

NEAT National Exchange for Automated Trading

NIC National Industrial Credit

NIFM National Institute of Financial Management

Nifty NSE Fifty

NIM New Issue Market

NOW NSE On Web

NSCCL National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd

NSDL National Securities Depository Limited

NSE National Stock Exchange

NSEIL National Stock Exchange of India Limited

NSETECH NSE Infotech Services Limited

NYSE New York Stock Exchange

OTCEI Over the Counter Exchange of India

PAT Profit After Tax

PBDITA Profit Before Depreciation, Interest, Tax and Amortisation

PBDTA Profit Before Depreciation, Tax and Amortisation

PBIT Profit Before Interest Tax

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PBT Profit Before Tax

PXIL Power Exchange India Limited

RBI Reserve Bank of India

S&P Standard and Poor

S.D. Standard Deviation

S.E. Standard Error

SBI State Bank of India

SCRA Securities Contracts Regulation Act

SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India

Sensex Sensitive Index

SEOs Seasoned Equity Offerings

SGX Singapore Exchange

SIP Systematic Investment Plan

SKSE Saurashtra Kuchh Stock Exchange

SLBM Securities Lending & Borrowing Market

SMEs Small and medium enterprises

TAP Trading Access Point

tcal Calculated Value of t

ttv Table Value of t

USD United State Dollar

USE United Stock Exchange

UTI Unit Trust of India

VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal

WDM Wholesale Debt Market

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