BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE

'The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited' (Marathi:'मुंबई शेयर बाजार') (formerly, ''The Stock Exchange, Mumbai''; popularly called ''The Bombay Stock Exchange'', or ''BSE'') is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. It is located at Dalal Street, Mumbai, India.
The Bombay Stock Exchange was established in 1875. There are around 4,800 Indian companies listed with the stock exchange^[1], and has a significant trading volume. As of July 2007, the equity market capitalization of the companies listed on the BSE was US $ 1.005 trillion ^[2]. The BSE SENSEX (SENSitive indEX), also called the "BSE 30", is a widely used market index in India and Asia.

Contents

Alliances

BSE indices

BSE Broadcast

External links

References

Alliances

Singapore Exchange (SGX) already acquired a strategic investment in Bombay Stock Exchange (5%) for US$42.7m.

BSE indices

Main articles: BSE Sensex


The BSE SENSEX (also known as the BSE 30 index) is a value-weighted index composed of thirty scrips, with the base April 1979 = 100. The set of companies which make up the index has been changed only a few times in the last twenty years. These companies account for around one-fifth of the market capitalization of the BSE.
Apart from BSE SENSEX, which is the most popular stock index in India, BSE uses other stock indices as well:

★ BSE 500

★ BSE 100

★ BSE 200

★ BSE PSU

★ BSE MIDCAP

★ BSE SMLCAP

★ BSE BANKEX

★ BSE Teck

★ BSE Auto

★ BSE Pharma

★ BSE Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

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★ BSE Metal

BSE Broadcast

The BSE Broadcast is a large ticker on the wall of the BSE, which continuously displays the latest stock quotes from the market. It also displays – on what is described as India's and South Asia's largest video screen –one of the leading business-news channels in India: NDTV Profit.
This new system was unveiled on December 15 2006, when Dr Prannoy Roy, the Managing Director of New Delhi Television (NDTV) Ltd, struck the BSE's opening bell. Mr Damodaran, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), said that the ticker would provide information and analysis of the financial world.

External links

★ Bombay Stock Exchange — official web site

★ National Stock Exchange official web site

References

1. BSE website, "Listing and Capital Raised"
2. World Federation of Exchanges (2007) "World Federation of Exchanges (2007)"