Hi Readers, The main purpose of the stock exchange is it will provide you a platform where buyers and sellers meet, it helps you to perform the transactions, We have the Bombay stock exchange BSE and the national stock exchange NSE,  The BSE is one of the oldest stock exchange in Asia.  For example, if you want to open a bank account, you cant go directly walk-in to the rbi the reserve bank of India, and ask for an account opening, the rbi is the regulatory body that all the banks follow under the rbi instructions, the same way, we have SEBI as the market regulator and you should open a trading account with the registered intermediary called the stockbroker,  the stockbroker works as the middle man between the stock exchange and a trader and helps to perform the transaction, the stockbroker charges you the brokerage fee per transaction based on their brokerage pricing plans. The stock market participants are the one who trades and invests in the stock market like yo...