Abbreviations related to the share market

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Abbreviations related to the share market

We have to know all the financial terms before going to invest in the Share Market. Today, we are sharing some abbreviations related to this Share Market or Stock Market. It will also be beneficial to understand the Fundamental Analysis of a company. 

Abbreviations related to the share market

1. Stock Exchanges & Indexes:

BSE – Bombay Stock Exchange

NSE – National Stock Exchange

NYSE – New York Stock Exchange

NASDAQ – National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

DJIA – Dow Jones Industrial Average

FTSE – Financial Times Stock Exchange (UK)

DAX – Deutscher Aktienindex (Germany)

SENSEX – Sensitive Index (BSE benchmark index)

NIFTY – National Stock Exchange Fifty Index

SGX – Singapore Exchange

ASX – Australian Securities Exchange

2. Trading & Investment Terms:

IPO – Initial Public Offering

FPO – Follow-on Public Offering

OFS – Offer For Sale

FII – Foreign Institutional Investor

DII – Domestic Institutional Investor

ETF – Exchange-Traded Fund

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

MF – Mutual Fund

NAV – Net Asset Value

EPS – Earnings Per Share

PE Ratio – Price-to-Earnings Ratio

PB Ratio – Price-to-Book Ratio

CAGR – Compound Annual Growth Rate

ROI – Return on Investment

ROE – Return on Equity

ROA – Return on Assets

PBT – Profit Before Tax

PAT – Profit After Tax

3. Orders & Trading Mechanisms:

BTST – Buy Today, Sell Tomorrow

STBT – Sell Today, Buy Tomorrow

CNC – Cash and Carry (delivery-based trading)

MIS – Margin Intraday Square-off

SL – Stop Loss

SL-M – Stop Loss Market Order

LTP – Last Traded Price

CMP – Current Market Price

UC – Upper Circuit

LC – Lower Circuit

MTF – Margin Trading Facility

4. Regulatory & Compliance Bodies:

SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India

RBI – Reserve Bank of India

NSDL – National Securities Depository Limited

CDSL – Central Depository Services Limited

FEMA – Foreign Exchange Management Act

FATCA – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

5. Corporate Actions:

DRHP – Draft Red Herring Prospectus

RHP – Red Herring Prospectus

QIP – Qualified Institutional Placement

ADR – American Depository Receipt

GDR – Global Depository Receipt

OFS – Offer For Sale

Buyback – Company buying its own shares

Bonus Issue – Free additional shares issued to shareholders

Rights Issue – Offer to existing shareholders to buy more shares

6. Derivatives & Futures

F&O – Futures and Options

CE – Call Option (European style)

PE – Put Option (European style)

ITM – In The Money

OTM – Out of The Money

ATM – At The Money

Lot Size – Minimum quantity for trading in derivatives

Expiry – Last trading day for a derivative contract



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