<P> The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) is the leading stock exchange of India, located in Mumbai . The NSE was established in 1992 as the first demutualized electronic exchange in the country . NSE was the first exchange in the country to provide a modern, fully automated screen - based electronic trading system which offered easy trading facility to the investors spread across the length and breadth of the country . Vikram Limaye is Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of NSE . </P> <P> National Stock Exchange has a total market capitalization of more than US $1.41 trillion, making it the world's 12th - largest stock exchange as of March 2016 . NSE's flagship index, the NIFTY 50, the 50 stock index is used extensively by investors in India and around the world as a barometer of the Indian capital markets . However, only about 4% of the Indian economy / GDP is actually derived from the stock exchanges in India . </P> <P> NSE was set up by a group of leading Indian financial institutions at the behest of the government of India to bring transparency to the Indian capital market . Based on the recommendations laid out by the government committee, NSE has been established with a diversified shareholding comprising domestic and global investors . The key domestic investors include Life Insurance Corporation of India, State Bank of India, IFCI Limited IDFC Limited and Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited . And the key global investors are Gagil FDI Limited, GS Strategic Investments Limited, SAIF II SE Investments Mauritius Limited, Aranda Investments (Mauritius) Pte Limited and PI Opportunities Fund I . </P> <P> NSE offers trading, clearing and settlement services in equity, equity derivatives, debt and currency derivatives segments . It is the first exchange in India to introduce electronic trading facility thus connecting together the investor base of the entire country . NSE has 2500 VSATs and 3000 leased lines spread over more than 2000 cities across India . </P>

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