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NSE CNX IT Sector Index Information Technology (IT) industry has played a major role in the Indian economy during the last few years. A number of large, profitable Indian companies today belong to the IT sector and a great deal of investment interest is now focused on the IT sector. In order to have a good benchmark of the Indian IT sector, IISL developed the CNX IT sector index.
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Companies in this index are those that have more than 50% of their turnover from IT related activities like software development, hardware manufacture, vending, support and maintenance. The index is a market capitalisation weighted index with its base period being December 1995 and the base date and base value being January 1, 1996 and 1,000 respectively.
NSE CNX IT Sector Index CNX IT Index is an index comprised of the most liquid and large capitalization IT stocks, traded on the NSE, engaged in the business of software or hardware. CNX IT provides investors and market intermediaries with an appropriate benchmark that captures the performance of the IT segment of the market.
The index is a market capitalization weighted index with base date being 1st January 1996 and base index value being 1000. Companies selected in the index have to be IT stocks which should rank high in terms of market value represented by their market capitalization and liquidity.
Method of Computation The CNX IT Index is calculated using the market capitalisation weighted aggregate method.
Selection Criteria Market Capitalisation The influence of each company on the index is directly proportional to its
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The suggestions were to give pension benefits to mutual fund schemes, allowing AMCs to charge service tax from investors, additional tax benefits for investments in mutual funds. Now the Indian mutual funds industry is witnessing a rapid growth on the back of infrastructural development, increase in personal financial assets, and rise in foreign participation. The growing risk appetite, rising income, and increasing awareness, mutual funds in India are becoming a preferred investment option compared to other investment vehicles, like Fixed Deposits (FDs) and postal savings
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