Stock Exchange
What is the Stock Exchange?
The stock exchange in India serves as a market where financial instruments like stocks, bonds and commodities are traded.
It is a platform where buyers and sellers come together to trade financial tools during specific hours of any business day while adhering to SEBI’s well-defined guidelines. However, only those companies who are listed in a stock exchange are allowed to trade in it.
Stocks which are not listed on a reputed stock exchange can still be traded in an ‘Over The Counter Market’. But such shares would not be held high in esteem in the stock exchange market.
How does it work?
Mostly, a stock exchange in India works independently as no ‘market makers’ or ‘specialists’ are present in them.
The entire process of trading in stock exchange in India is order-driven and is conducted over an electronic limit order book.
In such a set-up, orders are automatically matched with the help of the trading computer. It functions to match investors’ market orders with the most suitable limit orders.
The major benefit of such an order-driven market is that it facilitates transparency in transactions by displaying all market orders publicly.
Brokers play a vital role in the trading system of the stock exchange market, as all orders are placed through them.
Both institutional investors and retail customers can avail the benefits associated with direct market access or DMA. By using the trading terminals provided by stock exchange market brokers, investors can place their orders directly into the trading system.
Benefits of listing with Stock Exchange
Listing with a stock exchange extends special privileges to company securities. For instance, only listed company shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
Being listed on a reputed stock exchange is deemed beneficial for companies, investors and the public in general and they tend to benefit in these following ways –
- Increased Value
Only stocks listed with a reputable stock exchange are considered to be higher in value. Companies can cash in on their market reputation in the stock exchange market by increasing their number of shareholders. Issuing shares in the market for shareholders to acquire is a potent way of increasing shareholder base and base, which in turn increases their credibility.
- Accessing capital
One of the most effective ways of availing cheap capital for a company is by issuing company shares in the stock exchange market for shareholders to acquire. Listed companies can generate comparatively more capital through share issuance owing to their repute in a stock exchange market and use it to keep their company afloat and its operations running.
- Collateral value
Almost all lenders accept listed securities as collateral and extend credit facilities against them. A listed company is more likely to avail a faster approval for their credit request; as they are deemed more credible in the stock exchange market.
- Liquidity
Listing helps shareholder avail the advantage of liquidity better than other counterparts and offers them ready marketability. It allows shareholders to estimate the value of investment owned by them.
Additionally, it permits share transactions with a company and helps them to even out the associated risks. It also helps shareholders to improve their earnings from even the slightest increase in overall organisational value.
- Fair price
The quoted price also tends to represent the real value of a particular security in a stock exchange in India.
The fact that the prices of listed securities are set as per the forces of demand and supply and are disclosed publicly, investors are assured to acquire them at a fair price.
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