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Nifty Stock Index The Nifty is India's premier stock index. The Nifty stock index is provided by the National Stock Exchange in India, and includes the fifty largest (in terms of liquidity and capitalisation) companies that are traded on the National Stock Exchange. The Nifty is calculated in real time from 9:55 AM to 3:30 PM Indian Time, using the prices of the fifty individual stocks from the National Stock Exchange. Performance Over the past ten years, the Nifty stock index has reached a low of 854 (September 2001) and a high of 6312 (November 2010). ![]() The Nifty stock index has an average daily turnover of INR10 billion (approximately €144 million), and the Nifty futures market has an average daily volume of 3 million contracts. Derivatives The Nifty futures and options markets are the main Nifty stock index derivatives, and these are traded on the NEAT electronic exchange from 9:55 AM to 3:30 PM Indian Time. The Nifty futures market is the most actively traded Nifty stock index derivative, and is one of the preferred markets of Indian and Asian professional traders. Contract Specifications The contract specifications for the Nifty futures market are as follows:
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![]() Constituents As of March 2011, the Nifty stock index includes the following fifty companies: ACC Ambuja Cements Axis Bank Bajaj Auto Bharat Heavy Electricals Bharat Petroleum Bharti Airtel Cairn India Cipla DLF GAIL Dr. Reddy's Laboratories HCL Technologies HDFC Bank Hero Honda Motors Hindalco Industries Hindustan Unilever Housing Development Finance I T C ICICI Bank Infosys Technologies Infrastructure Dev. Finance Jaiprakash Jindal Steel & Power Kotak Mahindra Bank Larsen & Toubro Mahindra & Mahindra Maruti Suzuki India NTPC Oil & Natural Gas Power Grid of India Punjab National Bank Ranbaxy Laboratories Reliance Capital Reliance Communications Reliance Industries Reliance Infrastructure Reliance Power Sesa Goa Siemens State Bank of India Steel Authority of India Sterlite Industries Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Suzlon Energy Tata Consultancy Services Tata Motors Tata Power Tata Steel Wipro |
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