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About Nasdaq

What is Nasdaq?

The Nasdaq is the second-largest stock exchange in the world. Nasdaq, which is an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System, was established in 1971.
 
The US-based exchange is also the first-ever electronic stock market in the world. Back in the day, stock exchanges were physical trading floors, where prices were decided in face-to-face negotiations. Nasdaq changed the way stock exchanges functioned. It had no trading floors and let investors buy and sell stocks on a computerised systems.
More than 3,700 companies are listed including some of the largest technology firms in the world such as Apple, Microsoft, Google,
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Stock Market Highlights: Sensex ends 446 pts up; Nifty at 26,192; Financial, O&G shares gain

Stock Market Close Highlights, November 20: Broader markets settled mixed. Nifty SmallCap 100 ended 0.05 per cent lower, while Nifty MidCap 100 index ended 0.02 per cent higher.

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Updated On : 20 Nov 2025 | 3:36 PM IST

Stock Market close: Benchmarks snap 6-day gaining streak, Nifty at 25,910; Realty, IT top drag

Sensex Today | Stock Market close, November 18, 2025: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap index fell 0.59 per cent and the Nifty SmallCap index declined 1.05 per cent.

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Updated On : 18 Nov 2025 | 3:49 PM IST

S&P 500, Nasdaq gain after Amazon-OpenAI deal; Kenvue jumps after buyout

Loop Capital raised its price target for Nvidia stock by $100, which also helped gains

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Updated On : 03 Nov 2025 | 11:37 PM IST

S&P 500, Nasdaq could rise 15-20% over the next 12 months: Mark Matthews

He described the current market sentiment related to AI stocks as "crazy," amid the hype surrounding tech leaders such as Nvidia's Jensen Huang and OpenAI's Sam Altman

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2025 | 6:29 PM IST

Cognizant mulls primary share offering, secondary listing in India: CFO

Dalal further noted that "the process of a primary offering and a secondary listing in India by an overseas company is complex and involves multiple steps"

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Updated On : 30 Oct 2025 | 11:30 AM IST

A failing company's stock just surged over 1000% on Wall Street: Here's why

Beyond Meat's stock opened at around $0.6 on October 16 and surged to about $7.4 on October 22, marking a 1,067 per cent jump in five sessions

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Updated On : 23 Oct 2025 | 3:48 PM IST

Stock Market close: Sensex rises 398 pts, Nifty50 at 25,182; all sectors in green; SMIDs advance

Sensex Today | Stock Market close, October 9, 2025: In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices gained 0.97 per cent and 0.61 per cent, respectively.

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Updated On : 09 Oct 2025 | 3:46 PM IST

Wall St hits record high after Fed indicates more rate cuts; Intel soars

Intel jumped 29% and was set for its biggest one-day gain since October 1987 after Nvidia said it would invest $5 billion in the struggling US chipmaker. Peer Advanced Micro Devices slipped 3.1%

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Updated On : 18 Sep 2025 | 10:42 PM IST

S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs at start of Fed meeting week; Tesla gains

The electric vehicle maker jumped 5.8% to its highest level since late January after regulatory filings revealed Musk had acquired nearly $1 billion worth of Tesla's stock on Friday

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Updated On : 15 Sep 2025 | 8:04 PM IST

Stock Market Close: Sensex adds 356 pts, Nifty at 25,114; metal, financials shine; FMCG, PSBs drag

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, September 12, 2025: The Nifty Midcap100, and Smallcap100 indices were trading higher by 0.27 per cent, and 0.52 per cent, respectively

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Updated On : 12 Sep 2025 | 3:48 PM IST

Stock market close: Sensex adds 124 pts, Nifty at 25,005; oil & gas, bank shares gain; IT, auto dip

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, September 11, 2025: Among the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices settled with gains of 0.12 per cent and 0.03 per cent

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Updated On : 11 Sep 2025 | 3:50 PM IST

Wall Street gains as markets bet on Sep rate cut; Nasdaq hits record high

Investors are expecting multiple rate cuts this year after a troubling nonfarm payrolls report on Friday confirmed a weakening U.S. job market

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Updated On : 08 Sep 2025 | 11:30 PM IST

S&P 500, Nasdaq reach record highs after weak US jobs data; Broadcom surges

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 35.2 points, or 0.08%, at the open to 45,656.49

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Updated On : 05 Sep 2025 | 10:55 PM IST

Trump-backed bitcoin mining company begins trading on Nasdaq stock market

American Bitcoin's listing follows a completed merger with Gryphon Digital Mining. The company is backed by President Donald Trump's sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump

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Updated On : 03 Sep 2025 | 8:15 PM IST

Dow Jones scales record high on hopes of Fed rate cuts, trade deals

The Dow's gains have been propelled by a solid year-to-date performances from Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs, tech giant Microsoft and industrial equipment maker Caterpillar

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Updated On : 15 Aug 2025 | 11:49 PM IST

S&P 500, Nasdaq near record highs on hopes of Fed rate cut in September

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also said he thought an aggressive half-point cut was possible given recent weak employment numbers

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Updated On : 13 Aug 2025 | 11:20 PM IST

Wall St dips after report of Trump eyeing steep tariffs on EU goods

Industrial giant 3M fell about 5 per cent after the company said the impact of tariffs will mostly be felt in the second half of the year

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Updated On : 18 Jul 2025 | 11:42 PM IST

NSE ranks fourth on the global IPO offering league table in H1-2025

The top three spots as regards offerings were occupied by the Nasdaq Global Market, NYSE and the Nasdaq Global Select Market that offered to raise $28.95 billion in H1-CY25

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Updated On : 14 Jul 2025 | 10:42 PM IST

Asian shares up on Nvidia high, investors unfazed by Trump's tariff moves

US copper futures widened their premium to the London benchmark overnight after Trump announced plans to impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper

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Updated On : 10 Jul 2025 | 11:01 AM IST

ReNew Global's offer price raised to $8 apiece as valuation hits $3.2 bn

The offer price is USD 0.93 higher than their first offer made on December 10, 2024 - an increase of 13.2 per cent, the company said in a statement

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Updated On : 04 Jul 2025 | 7:31 PM IST