Ans. Stock market indices are indicators used to measure the performance of a specific group of stocks or an entire market segment.
Ans. Nifty or National Stock Exchange Fifty is an index that represents the performance of top 50 companies listed on NSE. Sensex or Sensitive Index represents the performance of the top 30 companies listed on BSE.
Ans. You can trade in indices through ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds), index funds, cash, and index futures and options.
Ans. The top 3 indices of India are Nifty 50 (National Stock Exchange - NSE), Sensex (Bombay Stock Exchange - BSE), and Nifty Bank.
Ans. The main benchmark indices of India are Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex.
