6. What is a stock market index?

[@achalkagwad1442]

Appreciate the effort in making such good content. One small feedback, when displaying the "Key TakeAways" the screen is clouded by the upcoming videos and a big Zerodha Varsity Logo, which obstructs the Key Takeaways. Can fix that in the next iteration.

[@dhanushprabhus2830]

Key takeaways from this chapter An index acts as a barometer of the whole economy. An index going up indicates that the market participants are optimistic. An index going down indicates that the market participants are pessimistic. There are two main indices in India - The BSE Sensex and NSE’s Nifty An index can be used for a variety of purposes - information, benchmarking, trading and hedging. Index trading is probably the most popular use of the index. India follows the free-float market capitalization method to construct the index. There are sector-specific indices which convey the sentiment of specific sectors.

[@lokeshborse4911]

Excellent explanation in whole series just one drawback is, key takeaways are not visible due to next chapter pop-up and Varsity logo appear in front of of text

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[@JosephGodwill9h]

Well as you know bigger risk, bigger results, but such impeccable high-value trades are often carried out by pros.

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[@debarthasaikia5561]

Please move the next video thumbnail near the corner keywords are not seen

[@dheerajkamath3305]

You can pause and then zoom

[@the_yugandharr]

@@dheerajkamath3305 not possible in PC

[@AsifShaikh-yp5ld]

@@the_yugandharr then watch it on phone 📱

[@JuexT04]

An glitch for Key takeaways (Only For phone users ) See video in Horizontal mode and then Click on the discription option You will see The key takeaways and logo and next video preference will be removed

[@arnabsarkar.Med.4213]

Go full-screen, tap the comment button in full screen, close the comments... Now you can see the key takeaways

[@shivamgoyal3888]

how can I see the weightage of all 50 stocks listed in nifty 50 ?

[@rishavjaiswal0]

Great content

[@natherhut]

Which would be the best trading platform?

[@Shambhux7]

zerodha

[@bhaktichannel890]

I WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SENSEX AND NIFTY50, THIEIR FUNCTIONS, WHAT ALL THEY OWN AND WHY WE USE THESE INDEX ONLY

[@Emingsel]

Very informative for a new player like me

[@SaGa7_7]

The lessons are not visible due to the logo

[@varsitybyzerodha]

Hey Sahil, noted. You can check the Key takeaways here too: zerodha.com/varsity/chapter/what-is-a-stock-market-index/

[@achalkagwad1442]

Please make all the modules in Zerodha Varsity as Downloadable PDFs. Some modules are available as downloadable PDFs, some aren't. Thanks.

[@varsitybyzerodha]

We're working on it, Achal.

[@vikramkumarsoni5283]

What is hedging?

[@sha.shankz]

crazy how in just an year nifty has gone up 3000 points thats a lot

[@32raghavhs91]

Mutual funds lesson is available in zerodha varsity please 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 tell

[@srijeetsaha6670]

Ya it is Check their playlist

[@adityabhati2455]

Understood

[@crazygymworld1331]

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[@HonestTalkOfPolitics]

Make video in Hindi please