The Size Of Stock Market And The Volume On Which Trade Is Being Done Everyday in Power Sector

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INTRODUCTION

A Share market/stock markets is an open market for fiscal operations such as trading of a firm's share and derivatives at a fixed cost. These securities are further listed on a stock exchange. A Share market does not offer any corporeal service and is not a separately owned business entity.
It was in 1875 that the Indian Share Market first started functioning. The first share trading association in India was known as the Native Share and Stock Broker's Association, only to become the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) later on. This trading association started off its operations with around 318 members.

MAIN COMPONENTS OF INDIAN SHARE MARKET
This report deals with the size of stock market in India, the volumes in which the trade is being done. After price, volume is one of the most commonly quoted data points related to the stock market. Reflecting the overall activity in a stock or market, volume is the business of the market itself: the buying and selling of shares. As such, volume is an important indicator for traders in analyzing market activity and planning strategy.
Volume is a measure of market liquidity based on the number of shares that are traded over a given period. Volume data is recorded for individual stocks, their related options chains, and for indices as a whole. Normal volume for each of these exists as a range, with spikes or dips significantly higher or lower being regarded as in important indicator. Volume is usually lowest around holidays and shortened trading sessions.
On most stock charts, volume is displayed horizontally as a histogram beneath price data. Large, commonly traded blue chip names typically trade in the tens of millions of shares per day; indices can easily several billion shares changing hands in a single session. Smaller, illiquid stocks frequently only measure in the tens of thousands or less. On most trading platforms, and on the floor of exchanges, daily volume is simply represented by the corresponding digits as shown above.


OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE
The Indian Brokerage Industry consists of companies that primarily act as agents for the
buying and selling of securities (e.g. stocks, shares, and similar financial instruments) on
a commission or transaction fee basis.
The Indian broking industry is one of the oldest trading industries that has been around even before the establishment of the BSE in 1875. Despite passing through a number of changes in the post liberalisation period, the industry has found its way towards sustainable growth. Brokerage firms are the business entities that deal with stock trading. India, with an increasing capital market and a growing number of investors, has a number of brokerage firms. In Indian retail brokerage industry, the brokerage firms primarily work as agents for buying and selling of securities like shares, stocks and other financial instruments and earn commission for each of the transactions. There are plenty of brokerage firms in India. Let's have a look at the top 10 brokerage firms in India.

Before talking anything about top brokerage firms in India, let's have a glance at the Indian retail brokerage market, which is going through a wonderful phase with high growth rate. The total trading volume of the Indian brokerage companies stood at US$ 1239.1 billion in the year 2004, which increased to US$ 1492.1 billion in 2005. It is further expected to reach US$ 6535.7 billion by the year 2015.