A stock exchange is a market where the shares of a public company can be bought and sold by investors. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) are the two largest stock exchanges in India.
Bombay Stock Exchange, established in 1875, is among the oldest stock exchanges in the world. It is also the oldest stock exchange in Asia and is located on Dalal Street in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and its market cap stood at a massive Rs 255.003 trillion (US$3.4 trillion) as of Sep 2021, making it the ninth-largest stock exchange in the world.
The National Stock Exchange was established in 1992 by leading banks and financial institutions such as insurance companies. It is also the first-ever electronic dematerialized stock exchange in India. NSE is based out of Mumbai, and its market cap as of August 2021 was $3.4 billion.