*Research Scholar, Institute of Management Studies & Research, Kuvempu University
**Chairman & Dean, Institute of Management Studies Research, Kuvempu University
***Research Scholar, Institute of Management Studies, Kuvempu University
Online published on 26 June, 2013.
The Indian Stock market is one of the oldest stock market in Asia. Its history dates back nearly 200 years ago. The Indian stock market depends mainly on monsoon, global funds flowing into the qualities and the performance of the various companies. The Indian stock market is wholly determined by the two major stock exchanges-BSE and NSE. The stock market isvolatile in nature. Thestudy mainly engrosses to know the volatility of NSE. To meet the above objectives monthly opening and closing prices, yearly price changes have been collected from the period 2005 to 2011.