<Ul> <Li> Finance and loan companies </Li> <Li> Insurance companies </Li> <Li> Mutual funds </Li> <Li> Commodity traders </Li> </Ul> <Li> Finance and loan companies </Li> <P> Financial markets are markets in which securities, commodities, and fungible items are traded at prices representing supply and demand . The term "market" typically means the institution of aggregate exchanges of possible buyers and sellers of such items . </P> <P> The primary market (or initial market) generally refers to new issues of stocks, bonds, or other financial instruments . The primary market is divided in two segment, the money market and the capital market . </P>

Indian financial system – components of the financial system and their relative size