B. Com. Sem.-VI
Frequently Used Stock Market Terminology
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1. Advice: Written information or news.
2. Bear covering (Bear buying, Short covering): The purchasing of shares by the bears.
3. Benchmark: Mark cut in share prices for use in measuring comparative level.
4. Blue chip: Shares of leading and good financial standing company.
5. Bourse: A French word for the stock exchange.
6. Brisk buying: Fast and heavy buying of shares
7. Bull liquidation (Long liquidation, Bull unloading): The selling away of the shares by the bulls.
8. Corporate news: News from the Joint-stock companies (Commercial sections)
9. Correction: Fall in market after a sudden rise.
10. Dalal Street: A popular name of the Bombay Stock Exchange.
11. Demat Account: This refers to dematerialised account in which the shares and securities are deposited in electronic form.
12. Disinvestment selling: Selling of shares by the investors.
13. Equities: Ordinary shares.
14. Ex-dividend: Without dividend
15. Face value: Base value
16. Featureless market: Dull trading in the market
17. Fluctuations: Changes in the shares prices.
18. Gray Market: Unofficial trading done outside the stock exchange.
19. Institutional buying: Purchase of shares by financial institutions like LIC and TUI
20. Intra-day: During the day.
21. Limelight: Shares in demand because of their price increase
22. Nifty: NSE Index based on 50 shares.
23. Nose diving: Sharp falling of prices.
24. Pivotal: Shares of leading companies.
25. Points: Rupees.
26. Premium: The amount of price of the share exceeding its face value.
27. Primary Market: The market in which a new or an existing company issues shares to raise the capital.
28. Profit taking (Profit booking): Selling of shares by investors to get profits.
29. Punters: Speculators (A person who speculates)
30. Rally: Increase in the prices of shares after a period of decline.
31. Secondary Market: The market in which the shareholder transfers his shares to another person who wants to buy them.
32. Selling pressure: Shares offered for sale and constant selling of shares.
33. Sensex: Sensitive Index
34. Sentiment: Trend (tone)
35. Speculation: Buying or selling of shares with a risk of loss and hope for profit through changes in their market value.
Abbreviations in Common Use
36. ASE- Ahmedabad Stock Exchange
37. BSE- Bombay Stock Exchange
38. CRR- Cash Reserve Ratio
39. DIIs- Domestic Institutional Investors
40. EPS- Earning Per Share
41. FIIs- Foreign Institutional Investors
42. FMCG- Fast Moving Consumer Goods
43. FPO- Follow-on Public Offer
44. GDP- Gross Domestic Products
45. IIP- Index of Industrial Production
46. IPO- Initial Public Offer
47. NBFC- Non Banking Finance Companies
48. NSE- National Stock Exchange
49. PSU- Public Sector Undertaking
50. SEBI- Securities and Exchange Board of India
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General Terminology of Stock Market Reports.
Ahmedabad: Manek Chowk or City Stock Exchange.
Mumbai: Dalal Street.
Calcutta: Lyons range.
New York: Wall Street.
London: Throgmorton street
(1) Account day:- The day on which the actual delivery of the securities and the payment are settled.
(2) Advance:- Price rise.
(3) Advices:- Information received from other markets.
(4)All in :- When the prices of securities go down.
(5)All out:- When the prices of securities go up.
(6)At par:- It is equivalent to the issue price of a share.
(7)Above par:- It means the price of share is higher than its issue price.(8)Badla transaction:- Carrying forward of one transaction in the next one.
(9)Backwardation:- Payment for late delivery of shares made by the seller to the buyer.
(10) Bear :- Bear operator who sells shares in the market expecting that the prices will fall more end will purchase back the shares at a price lower than his selling price.
(11) Bear covering:- It is also known as short covering. when a bear operator is forced to purchase shares at a price higher that his selling price, it is called bear covering.
(12) Bearish trend:- When the prices are on the decline. It is said to have a bearish trend.
(13) Bull:- An operator in the market .he buys shares expecting a rise in the prices.
(14) Bull liquidation (or) Bull unloading:- When the prices go down and bulls sell their shares even at a loss it suggests selling of shares by bulls.
(15) Bullish trend :- When the prices of shares go up, it is said to have a bullish trend .
(16) Boom :- When prices of shares go up.
(17) Buoyant:- An upward trend in the market.
(18) Bolstered: - Supported. (19) Below par:- When the prices of the shares is lower than its face value .(20) Blue chips or Pivotal:- Shares of important companies .
(21)B-1 Group:- Cash list, non-specified shares ,cash shares, shares sold and bought on cash basis only ,it is also known as non standard shares.
(22)Counter:-A particular shares, shares.
(23)Colourless:- Dull trading .It shows a downward trend.
(24) Corporate news:- News regarding the performance of a company which also affects the market trend.
(25) Cum-dividend:- With dividend . (26) Depressed mood:- When the prices continue two declined, it shows a downward trend.
(27) Disinvestment selling:- When investors start selling their shares in the market.
(28) Divergent trend or mixed pattern:- It shows a rise in the prices of some shares on the one hand and a declined in the prices of other shares.
(29) Equities:- Ordinary shares of different companies.
(30) Erratic:- It shows irregular fluctuations in the prices of shares.(31) Face value:- The price of a share or bond printed on the certificate (32) Forward section:- A category of shares in which speculation can be done without either actual buying or selling of shares.
(33)FIIS:- Foreign investment institutions.
(34)Gilt-Edged:- All government securities are supposed to be the most reliable. So they are called gilt edged securities.
(35)Hawala difference:- Difference of amount after the adjustment of transaction entered into by the operators.
(36) Higher price Band:- The highest prices in a single day’s turnover fixed by the authorities of BSE. The prices are not allowed to go higher than the fixed one.
(37) Holders:- A person’s possession is called holdings and that person is called holders.
(38) Institutional investors:- Financial institutions which invest in shares such as LIC or UTI.
(39) IT counters:- shares of information technology.
(40) Industrials: - This refers to the shares of industrial concern.
(41) Interim:- It means part payment of dividend.
(42) Kerb Dealing:- It means dealing out side the stock market.
(43) Kerb Rate:- Unofficial prices of shares outside the stock market. (44)Lime Light:- Shares which are in demand.
(45) Liquidation:- Heavy selling of shares.
(46) Loqer circuit Filter:- The lowest price level fixed by the BSE so the prices are not allowed to go lower than the fixed one.
(47)Nominal value:- Face value
(48) Par :- Face value. #Points :- Unit of value in rupees.
(49) Profit taking or Profit realizing :- When bulls start selling shares with a view to making profits.
(50) Rally:- When prices begin to recover after a period of declined. (51)Rig :- To keep up the prices artificially to make a profit.
(52) Sensex :- An average rise or fall in the prices of shares of a particular group.
(53) A-1 Group:- Specified group, standard shares, listed shares.
(54) Tendency:- Trend, sentiment , tone.
(55) Unabated:- Uncontrolled, Unchecked.
(56) Undertone:- It denotes the future tendency.
(57) Underwriter:- A person or a firm who takes responsibility to sell the shares.
(58) Upcountry advices :- News or informations received from the other share market.
(59) SEBI :- Securities exchange board of India which controls the activities of all the stock exchanges of India.
(60) FERA:- Foreign exchange regulation act. Companies governed under this provision.
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Words indicating Bullish Trend
Spurt , zoom, soar, rally, buoyant, firm, lime light , short covering, revive, buying support, Boom, bolstered, gain, cheerful, forge ahead, perk up, harden, lookup, recovery, shoot up, stimulating effect
Bearish Trend:
Sag, dip, plummet, slump, easy, depress, declined, humble, lost, nosedive, setback, jittery, drift, react, gloomy, slack, slumped, recede, panicky, listless, featureless, dwindled, dampened,
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