| Abbreviation |
Full Form |
| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ADRs |
American Depository Receipts |
| ADs |
Authorised Dealers |
| AI |
Auction Inquiry |
| AIFIs |
All India Financial Institutions |
| AIR |
Assumed Interest Rate |
| AL |
Activity Log |
| ALBM |
Automated Lending and Borrowing Mechanism |
| ALBRS |
Automated Lending and Borrowing under Rolling Settlement |
| AMC |
Asset Management Company |
| AMFI |
Association of Mutual Funds in India |
| AON |
All or None |
| APR |
Annual Percentage Rate |
| ARM |
Adjustable Rate Mortgage |
| ASBA |
Applications Supported by Blocked Amount |
| ASC |
Accounting Standards Committee |
| AT |
Algorithmic Trading |
| ATM |
At-The-Money |
| ATSs |
Alternative Trading System |
| B2B |
Business-to-Business |
| BIFR |
Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlement |
| BLESS |
Borrowing and Lending Securities Scheme |
| BM |
Branch Manager |
| BMC |
Base Minimum Capital |
| BOVL |
Branch Order Value Limit |
| BSE |
Bombay Stock Exchange |
| BTST |
Buy Today Sell Tomorrow |
| CADT |
Client Allocation Details |
| CAGR |
Compound Annual Growth Rate |
| CAO |
Chief Accounting Officer |
| CAPEX |
Capital Expenditures |
| CB |
Cum-Bonus |
| CBDT |
Central Board of Direct Taxes |
| CC |
Clearing Corporation |
| CCIL |
Clearing Corporation of India Limited |
| CD |
Cum-Dividend |
| CDs |
Certificate of Deposits |
| CDS |
Currency Derivatives Segment |
| CDSL |
Central Depository Services (India) Limited |
| CFA |
Chartered Financial Analyst |
| CFM |
Certified Financial Manager/Carry Forward Margin |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
| CFRS |
Carry Forward under Rolling Settlement |
| CH |
Clearing House |
| CI |
Cum-Interest |
| CIA |
Certified Internal Auditor |
| CIMC |
Collective Investment Management Company |
| CISA |
Certified Information Systems Auditor |
| CISs |
Collective Investment Schemes |
| CIVs |
Collective Investment Vehicles |
| CLF |
Collateralized Lending Facility |
| CLI |
Client |
| CM |
Clearing Member |
| CM |
Capital Market |
| CM Segment |
Capital Market Segment of NSE |
| CMA |
Certified Management Accountant |
| CMC |
Clearing Member |
| CMIE |
Center for Monitoring Indian Economy |
| CMO |
Chief Marketing Officer |
| Co. |
Company |
| COB |
Close of Business |
| COO |
Chief Operating Officer |
| COSI |
Committee on Settlement Issues |
| COTI |
Committee of Trade Issues |
| CP |
Custodial Participant |
| CPA |
Certified Public Accountant |
| CPP |
Certified Payroll Professional |
| CPs |
Commercial Papers |
| CR |
Cum-Rights |
| CRAs |
Credit Rating Agencies |
| CRISIL |
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited |
| CRR |
Cash Reserve Ratio |
| CSD |
Collateral Security Deposit |
| CSE |
Calcutta Stock Exchange |
| CSO |
Chief Security Officer |
| CTCL |
Computer to Computer Link |
| CTO |
Chief Technology Officer |
| DCA |
Department of Company Affairs |
| DDBs |
Deep Discount Bonds |
| DEA |
Department of Economic Affairs |
| DFDS |
Demat Final Delivery Statement |
| DFIs |
Development Financial Institutions |
| DFRS |
Demat Final Receipt Statement |
| DMA |
Direct Market Access |
| DNS |
Deferred Net Settlement |
| DPG |
Dominant Promoter Group |
| DPs |
Depository Participants |
| DQ |
Disclosed Quantity |
| DRR |
Debenture Redemption Reserve |
| DSCE |
Debt Securities Convertible into Equity |
| DVP |
Delivery versus Payment |
| ECB |
Euro Commercial Borrowings |
| ECBs |
External Commercial Borrowings |
| ECNS |
Electronic Communication Networks |
| EDGAR |
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval |
| EDIFAR |
Electronic Data Information Filing and Retrieval |
| EFT |
Electronic Fund Transfer |
| ELSS |
Equity Linked Saving Schemes |
| EPI |
Early Pay-In |
| EPS |
Earning Per Share |
| ETFs |
Exchange Traded Funds |
| F&O |
Futures and Options |
| FCCBs |
Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds |
| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDIC |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| FDRs |
Foreign Deposit Receipts |
| FDs |
Fixed Deposits |
| FI |
Financial Institution |
| FIBV |
International World Federation of Stock Exchanges |
| FIIs |
Foreign Institutional Investors |
| FIMMDA |
Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association |
| FIPB |
Foreign Investment Promotion Board |
| FIs |
Financial Institutions |
| FOREX |
Foreign Exchange |
| FPO |
Follow-on Public Offer |
| FRAs |
Forward Rate Agreements |
| FRB |
Federal Reserve Board |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| FVCIs |
Foreign Venture Capital Investors |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GDRs |
Global Deposit Receipts |
| GDS |
Gross Domestic Savings |
| GNP |
Gross National Product |
| GOI |
Government of India |
| G-Sec |
Government Securities |
| HUF |
Hindu Undivided Family |
| i-BEX |
ICICI Securities Bond Index |
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICAI |
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
| ICDR |
Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements |
| ICICI |
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited. |
| ICSE |
Inter-Connected Stock Exchange of India Limited |
| IDBI |
Industrial Development Bank of India |
| IEPF |
Investor Education and Protection Fund |
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
| IFSD |
Interest Free Security Deposit |
| IIM |
Indian Institute of Management |
| IISL |
India Index Services and Products Limited |
| INST |
Institutional |
| IOC |
Immediate or Cancel |
| IOSCO |
International Organization of Securities Commission |
| IPF |
Investor Protection Fund |
| IPO |
Initial Public Offer |
| IRA |
Individual Retirement Account |
| IRDA |
Insurance Regulatory and Devevlopment Authority |
| IRS |
Interest Rate Swap |
| ISC |
Investor Service Cell |
| ISIN |
International Securities Identification Number |
| ISSA |
International Securities Services Association |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITM |
In-The-Money |
| KYC |
Know Your Client |
| LAF |
Liquidity Adjustment Facility |
| LIC |
Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited |
| LLC |
Limited Liability Company |
| LOI |
Letter Of Intent |
| LTP |
Last Trade Price |
| MAC |
Membership Approval Committee |
| MBP |
Market by Price |
| MCA |
Member Constituent Agreement |
| MCA |
Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| MFs |
Mutual Funds |
| MFSS |
Mutual Fund Service System |
| MI |
Market Inquiry |
| MIBID |
Mumbai Inter-bank Bid Rate |
| MIBOR |
Mumbai Inter-bank Offer Rate |
| MM |
Market Movement |
| MMKT |
Money Market |
| MMMF |
Money Market Mutual Fund |
| MNCs |
Multi National Companies |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRC |
Membership Recommendation Committee |
| MTD |
Month-to-Date |
| MTM |
Mark-To-Market |
| MW |
Market Watch |
| NASDAQ |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
| NAV |
Net Asset Value |
| NBFCs |
Non-Banking Financial Companies |
| NCAER |
National Council for Applied Economic Research |
| NCDs |
Non-convertible Debentures |
| NCFM |
NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets |
| NCIT |
Non Custodian Institutional Trade |
| NCLT |
National Company Law Tribunal |
| NCND |
Non-Circumvent and Non-Disclosure |
| ND |
No Delivery |
| NDA |
Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| NDS |
Negotiated Dealing System |
| NEAT |
National Stock Exchange Automated Trading |
| NGOs |
Non Government Organizations |
| NIBIS |
NSE’s Internet-Based Information System |
| NIC |
National Informatics Centre |
| NISM |
National Institute of Securities Market |
| NOC |
No Objection Certificate |
| NPAs |
Non Performing Assets |
| NRIs |
Non Resident Indians |
| NSCCL |
National Securities Clearing Corporation of India Limited |
| NSDL |
National Securities Depository Limited |
| NSE |
National Stock Exchange |
| NT |
Negotiated Trade |
| NYSE |
New York Stock Exchange |
| O |
Odd Lot market |
| OCBs |
Overseas Corporate Bodies |
| OCXL |
Order Cancellation |
| OECLOB |
Open Electronic Consolidated Limit Order Book |
| OIS |
Overnight Index Swaps |
| OM |
Order Modification |
| OO |
Outstanding Orders |
| ORS |
Order Routing System |
| OS |
Order Status |
| OTC |
Over the Counter |
| OTCEI |
Over the Counter Exchange of India Limited |
| OTM |
Out-of the-Money |
| P&L |
Profit and Loss |
| P/E Ratio |
Price Earning Ratio |
| PAN |
Permanent Account Number |
| PCM |
Professional Clearing Member |
| PDAI |
Primary Dealers Association of India |
| PDO |
Public Debt Office |
| PDs |
Primary Dealers |
| PFRDA |
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Fund |
| PRI |
Principal Return Index |
| PRISM |
Parallel Risk Management System |
| PRO |
Proprietary |
| PSP |
Profit Sharing Plan |
| PSUs |
Public Sector Undertakings |
| PT |
Previous Trades |
| PV |
Present Value |
| QIBs |
Qualified Institutional Buyers |
| QTD |
Quarter-to-Date |
| RBI |
Reserve Bank of India |
| RDD |
Risk Disclosure Document |
| RDM |
Retail Debt Market |
| REIT |
Real Estate Investment Trust |
| ROA |
Return on Assets |
| ROCE |
Return On Capital Employed |
| RETDEBT |
Retail Debt |
| ROCs |
Registrar of Companies |
| ROE |
Return on Equity |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
| ROIC |
Return on Invested Capital |
| RONA |
Return on Net Assets |
| ROS |
Return on Sales |
| RTGS |
Real time Gross Settlement |
| S&P |
Standard and Poor’s |
| SAT |
Securities Appellate Tribunal |
| SBTS |
Screen Based Trading System |
| SC(R)A |
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 |
| SC(R)R |
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 |
| SCMRD |
Society for Capital Market Research and Development |
| SDs |
Satellite Dealers |
| SEBI |
Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SEC |
Securities Exchange Commission |
| SGF |
Settlement Guarantee Fund |
| SGL |
Subsidiary General Ledger |
| SGX-DT |
The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited |
| SIPC |
Securities Investor Protection Corporation |
| SIV |
Structured Investment Vehicle |
| SL |
Stop Loss |
| SLBS |
Securities Lending and Borrowing Scheme |
| SLR |
Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| SPAN |
Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risks |
| SPV |
Special Purpose Vehicle |
| SQ |
Settlement Guarantee Fund |
| SQ |
Snap Quote |
| SROs |
Self Regulatory Organizations |
| SSS |
Securities Settlement System |
| STBT |
Sell Today Buy Tomorrow |
| STP |
Straight Through Processing |
| STRIPS |
Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities |
| STT |
Securities Transaction Tax |
| SURCON |
Surveillance and Control |
| SUS 99 |
Special Unit Scheme 99 |
| T+2 |
Second day from the trading day |
| T-Bills |
Treasury Bills |
| TDS |
Tax Deducted at Source |
| TFT |
Trade for Trade |
| TFTS |
Trade for Trade Surveillance |
| TM |
Trading Member |
| TRI |
Total Return Index |
| TSA |
Tax-Sheltered Annuity |
| TSR |
Total Shareholder Return |
| UCC |
Unique Client Code |
| UDR |
Unique Documentary Requirement |
| UOVL |
User Order Value Limit |
| UTI |
Unit Trust of India |
| VaR |
Value at Risk |
| VCFs |
Venture Capital Funds |
| VCUs |
Venture Capital Undertakings |
| VIX |
Volatility Index |
| VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
| WC |
Working capital |
| WDM |
Wholesale Debt Market Segment of NSE |
| XBC |
Ex-Bonus |
| XD |
EX-Dividend |
| XI |
Ex-Interest |
| XR |
Ex-Rights |
| YTD |
Year-to-Date |
| YTM |
Yield to Maturity |
| ZCYC |
Zero Coupon Yield Curve |
