• In a Repo contract, one party sells a specific security to another party with an agreement to buy it back on a specified future date at a specified price.

• A bull refers to a buyer in stock exchange who buys stocks in anticipation of selling them later at a higher price.

• Call Option is a contract to buy a certain number of shares at stated price within a specified period of time.

• Bombay Stock Exchange is the first stock exchange in India.

• As on April 2014, there are 21 stock exchanges in India.

• Created in 1971, the Nasdaq is the world’s first electronic stock market. It is now the benchmark index for U.S. technology stocks.

• Infosys Technologies became the first Indian company to be listed on the US NASDAQ in March 1999.

• New York Stock Exchange is the largest stock exchange in the world.

• India’s National Stock Exchange was formed in the year 1992.

• 30 stocks are listed in BSE sensex of Bombay Stock Exchange.

• 50 stocks are listed in Nifty Sensex of National Stock Exchange.

• More than 5000 companies are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange.

• Currency Derivative trading was on August 29, 2008 at National Stock Exchange.

• Sensex in India was started in the year 1986.

• Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the first stock exchange in the world.

• Masala bonds are Indian rupee denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets. These will be offered and settled in US dollars to raise Indian rupees from international investors for infrastructure development in India.