India, June 8 -- In stock market terminology, two terms are often mentioned in the same breath. However, they are not the same. SGX Nifty and Nifty 50 may sound identical, but they are as different as apples and oranges.

Before putting money into the market, it helps to know how SGX Nifty differs from Nifty 50. Those differences can shape better investment decisions.

Singapore Stock Exchange Nifty, or SGX Nifty, started trading on 25 September 2000. It was a futures contract linked to the Nifty 50 index, which was traded on the Singapore Exchange and allowed international investors to invest in Indian derivatives markets without physically trading in India.

In July 2023, the entire operations of SGX Nifty migrated from Singapore to Guj...