Monday, May 28, 2001		The world of  dot.com

Stock game teaches the trading skills

KETANS and Harshads, beware! With the Net at disposal, no one needs to call brokers time and again to find the present values of shares. Just log on to a site, open the portfolio and find out the status of your share account, anytime, anywhere. The brokerage is low (in some cases it is just 0.5 per cent). Sites are programmed to keep the hackers away. Here are some Indian sites for NSE, BSE stock exchanges.

www.sharekhan.com

Powered by the information of more than 5000 companies it is amongst the top stock transaction sites. Before making online transaction the first question that strikes our mind is of security — this site provides the security of SSL (secure socket layer) certification. On the right side frame of the site, we find a graph of Nifty and Sensex. A visitor can get particular company’s financial information, ideas, viewpoint, news and other general information on the site. One has to open up a demat account before starting to buy and sell the shares online.

www.indiabulls.com

The site is a product of Orbis Infotech. All three co-founders of the site are IIT pass-outs. The site provides non-banking financial products and services including online stock trading. Last financial statement shows its revenue of Rs 5.48 crore for nine months. Financial service provider indiabull has entered into relationship with Orange, Mumbai’s leading cellular service provider for its WAP-enabled portal orangeworld.com. indiabulls provide them stock updates, portfolio tracking, standard market commentary and special bulletin. The stock game teaches the trading skills, giving the feeling of actual trading floor. There is a company’s link where we can compare the status of two companies. The ticker that shows the market rates for BSE and NSE can be customised.

— Amit Puri