NSE joins global exchanges for financial literacy

NSE Tuesday joined 88 other global exchanges to observe world investor week 2019 through a special initiative dubbed as 'Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy'.

The initiative is aimed at raising awareness about the importance of investor education and protection and highlight various initiatives of securities regulators in these two critical areas.

As part of this initiative, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rang the closing bell on Tuesday to mark the beginning of the World Investor Week 2019, the bourse said in a statement.

Under the initiative, the NSE will organise more than 200 on ground investor awareness programmes across the country, majorly in Tier-II and Tier-III cities. These programmes would be conducted in collaboration with markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

"Ringing of the closing bell marks the celebration of third annual edition of World Investor Week 2019. Investor education program is an initiative by the NSE to strengthen the on-ground engagement with communities across the country. The growing interest and the entry of small-town investors into equity markets is reflective of robust investor education initiatives," NSE MD and CEO Vikram Limaye said.

"We at the NSE are committed to develop the market ecosystem and will continue to organise such programs for the benefit of the investors," he added.