Groups and categories in NSE/BSE
Indian stock-market companies classified into different groups, NSE/BSE stocks can be broadly grouped by market capitalisation, sector, and exchange category. 1. By market capitalisation Large Cap: Reliance Industries, TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys Mid Cap: Trent, Federal Bank, Tube Investments Small Cap: Many smaller listed companies with lower market value. 2. By sector 🏦 Banking & Finance – HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI 💻 IT – TCS, Infosys, Wipro 🚗 Automobile – Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, M&M 🏭 Industrials – L&T, Siemens, ABB 💊 Pharma – Sun Pharma, Dr. Reddy's, Cipla 🛒 FMCG – HUL, ITC, Nestlé India ⚡ Energy – Reliance, NTPC, Power Grid 🏗️ Infrastructure – L&T, NCC, IRB 📱 Telecom – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea 3. BSE/NSE trading groups On BSE, shares are also classified into categories such as A, B, T, XT, Z and others, based on factors such as trading/liquidity and compliance. One important point first: BSE and NSE do not use exactly the same “A/B/T/Z” group...