NSE share price, May 15 -- India's biggest stock exchange, the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), has now become the largest unlisted company in the country in terms of the number of shareholders.

According to media reports, the number of shareholders of NSE has crossed the 1,00,000 mark, further expanding the investor base. The flurry of activity in unlisted NSE shares has come after the stock exchange expedited the process of transferring shares between counterparties on March 24.

From three to four months earlier, the share transfer process has been slashed to just one day, driving the shareholder count, explained Umesh Paliwal, of Unlisted Zone, who deals in unlisted shares. He added that while demand for NSE shares was always ...