As the Evolution of stock market in India begun, considerable turmoil has been caused by events that occurred on a global level. Some of them are the Asian financial crisis that cropped up in the late 1990s, the Dot Com bubble of 2000, the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, the European Debt Crisis occurring in 2011 and the Chinese slowdown which has been continual since the last few years.

However, the Indian stock markets have stood the trail of time in spite of these major waves of turbulence and they are striving to reach their historic highs. The participation was limited during the initial years of the Indian stock market. The total number of companies that offered services related to investments in the stock market was few and they were consolidated at the hands of some brokers. The scenario has improved significantly since the Global Financial Crisis that happened in 2008 and things have eventually changed and standardized the Indian Stock Market. The stock markets of the country have also witnessed a rapid expansion after the COVID Mayhem.

Along with the traditional way of buying and holding the stocks, many new instruments are available now for investing and trading in the stock markets. An example of this is the rapid rise in the derivative instruments on stocks, indices, ETFs, Currency, etc.. that has opened the doors for several participants such as speculators and hedgers.