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The stock market is witnessing heightened activities and is increasingly gaining importance. In the current context of globalization and the subsequent integration of the global markets this paper captures the trends, similarities and patterns in the activities and movements of different  Stock indices worldwide. Exchanges are now crossing national boundaries to extend their service areas and this has led to cross-border integration. Also, exchanges have begun to offer cross-border trading to facilitate overseas investment options for investors. This not only increased the appeal of the exchange for investors but also attracts more volume. People measure the health of the stock market with various indexes, which are like thermometers for the stock market. When business is good, the index tends to rise. When business is bad, it falls. Thousands of indexes measure industrial sectors and business performance of every country in the world. They not only measure the health of the stock market but also provide a historical basis from which you can derive data, gain valuable perspective on what’s going on in the markets, and draw conclusions. The study pertains to comparative analysis between Asia-pacific,American and European stock indices through growth variation.This study covers Nifty 50 India,S&P BSE Sensex-India, Hong Kong Stock exchange-China, Nikkei-Japan,Dow-jones,Nasdaq,FTSE-100-UK,CAC 40-France from various socio-politico-economic backgrounds. The t test results showed that there is no significant difference between the indexes of all the three continents.          


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