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What is Nasdaq?

Nasdaq

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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Latest Updates on Nasdaq

China's Nasdaq-style index of tech stocks is on a tear in 2023

The tech-heavy Star 50 Index has rallied 19% this year, beating the 5.8% advance in the benchmark CSI 300 Index and the 7.2% rise in the broader Shanghai Composite Index

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Updated On : 07 Apr 2023 | 10:45 PM IST

ReNew repays more than $1 billion to offshore bondholders in FY23

The company in a public statement said that over the past financial year, it had refinanced $525 million in the domestic markets ahead of the March 2024 maturity

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Updated On : 29 Mar 2023 | 12:00 AM IST

CPPIB exploring buying out ReNew Energy shareholders, making firm pvt

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is exploring buying the shares of ReNew Energy Global Plc that it doesn't already own and taking the Nasdaq-listed firm private

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Updated On : 24 Mar 2023 | 9:45 PM IST

Trading in First Republic, Signature Bank halted after SVB collapse

Wall Street mixed as investors weigh possible rate hike pause, bank contagion risks

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Updated On : 13 Mar 2023 | 9:07 PM IST

Co-founder Krishnasamy exits Freshworks, led SaaS firm's tech operations

The executive left at least six months ago; decision was announced at a company town hall meeting

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Updated On : 08 Mar 2023 | 7:11 PM IST

RIL, First Solar, Shirdi Sai bid for 15.5 Gw end-to-end solar manufacturing

Under phase-2 of PLI guidelines, of the total corpus of Rs 19,000 crore, the highest tranche of Rs 12,000 crore has been allotted to the manufacture of polysilicon wafer cells modules

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2023 | 11:19 PM IST

MakeMyTrip reports highest ever gross booking, operating profit in Q3

Nasdaq-listed firm says demand for travel and tourism improved during the quarter on peak seasonality. Gross booking grew 64% YoY in constant currency terms to $1.74 billion

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Updated On : 31 Jan 2023 | 6:46 PM IST

Cognizant announces new services agreement worth $1 bn with CoreLogic

Nasdaq-listed IT company Cognizant announced a new 10-year services agreement valued at about $1 billion with CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2023 | 10:03 PM IST

Wall Street rises as chipmakers lead tech shares higher; Nasdaq up 1%

Six of the 11 major S&P 500 sector indexes were up in early trading, with a 1.3% rise in tech stocks making them the biggest gainers

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Updated On : 23 Jan 2023 | 9:49 PM IST

Sun Pharma to acquire US-based Concert Pharmaceuticals for $576 million

Deal size could expand to $827 mn if additional milestone-based payments are made

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Updated On : 19 Jan 2023 | 10:09 PM IST

Nasdaq-listed ODP Corporation selects HCLTech as primary IT partner

HCLTech will be ODP's IT partner for end-to-end IT operations and enterprise-wide digital transformation

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Updated On : 07 Jan 2023 | 2:11 PM IST

A growth glitch for Freshworks amid stalling economy, class action suit

Despite bumps on the route, insiders believe that the company is still aiming for the sky

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Updated On : 06 Jan 2023 | 10:06 PM IST

US equity futures falter, a rare December negative for S&P500

As bellwether stocks, Nike and Fedex promise healthy estimates; Micron dampens holiday spirit

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Updated On : 22 Dec 2022 | 11:43 PM IST

Motilal Oswal AMC to accept fresh investments in international schemes

The AMC had suspended fresh subscriptions to these schemes in Jan after the MF industry came close to breaching global investment limit

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Updated On : 22 Nov 2022 | 9:02 PM IST

Sensex leaps 1,181 pts, Nifty holds 18350 amid global rally; HDFC duo up 6%

CLOSING BELL: Barring minor downtick in the Nifty Auto, FMCG, and PSU Bank indices, all other sectoral indices advanced on the bourses. The Nifty IT index led from the front with around 4% surge

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Updated On : 11 Nov 2022 | 3:52 PM IST

Stocks to watch: SBI, DRL, Britannia, Coal India, Divi's Lab, Paytm, ABFRL

Stocks to watch today: Coal India, Divi's Lab will report the July-September quarter (Q2FY23) results on Monday, November 7; SBI's net profit climbed 73.9 per cent YoY to Rs 13,265 crore in Q2FY23

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Updated On : 07 Nov 2022 | 7:53 AM IST

Sensex rises 203 pts, Nifty ends near 17,800; Maruti zooms 5%, RIL 3%

Stock market wrap: Reliance alone contributed 231 points to the 30-share benchmark. Maruti, M&M and NTPC were the other major gainers. The Metal and IT sector witnessed selling pressure.

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Updated On : 28 Oct 2022 | 4:07 PM IST

Nasdaq leads Wall Street higher as investors brace for megacap earnings

Shares of Microsoft and Google-owner Alphabet were up 0.6% and 1.2% respectively, while Apple and Amazon.com also rose ahead of reporting quarterly earnings this week

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Updated On : 25 Oct 2022 | 9:01 PM IST

Wall Street jumps as solid BofA results spark rally; Dow up 600 pts

Bank of America posts better-than-expected Q3 results; Goldman Sachs up on report of major business overhaul S&P surges 2.85%, Nasdaq 3.37%

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Updated On : 17 Oct 2022 | 8:19 PM IST

Nasdaq falls as US export controls on China weigh on chip stocks

US bond market shut for Columbus Day holiday; S&P 500 tech sector leads declines

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Updated On : 10 Oct 2022 | 8:29 PM IST