finance.foundation / Markets / XNAS vs XNSE
Venue comparison · seed-0.6 · 2026-08-29
Nasdaq Stock Market (XNAS) vs National Stock Exchange of India (XNSE)
Nasdaq Stock Market and National Stock Exchange of India compared by ISO 10383 identity, operator, trading session, settlement cycle and covered listings.
| Field | Nasdaq Stock Market | National Stock Exchange of India |
|---|---|---|
| Operating MIC | XNAS | XNSE |
| Segment MICs | 7 | 1 |
| Country | United States | India |
| Operator | Nasdaq, Inc. | NSE |
| Operator LEI | 549300L8X1Q78ERXFD06 | 335800NLY5HYW9I7YE03 |
| Trading currency | USD | INR |
| Timezone | America/New_York | Asia/Kolkata |
| Session (local) | 09:30–16:00 | 09:15–15:30 |
| Lunch break | none | none |
| Settlement | T+1 | T+1 |
| Covered listings | 18 | 4 |
| Covered listed value ≈ | $21.8tn | $710bn |
| Benchmarks | Nasdaq Composite, Nasdaq-100 | NIFTY 50, NIFTY Next 50, NIFTY Bank |
Nasdaq Stock Market
Home of most large-cap technology listings; fully electronic since 1971.
National Stock Exchange of India
World's largest derivatives exchange by number of contracts traded.
"Covered listings" counts companies in the Finance Foundation dataset, not the venue's full listing count — the comparison is of our covered set, stated plainly. seed-0.6 · 2026-08-29.