Bse and Nifties

The S&P BSE SENSEX (S&P Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index), also-called the BSE 30 or simply the SENSEX, is a free-float market capitalization-weighted stock market index of 30 well-established and financially sound companies listed on BSE Ltd. The 30 component companies which are some of the largest and most actively traded stocks, are representative of various industrial sectors of the Indian economy. Published since 1 January 1986, the S&P BSE SENSEX is regarded as the pulse of the domestic stock markets in India. The base value of the S&P BSE SENSEX is taken as 100 on 1 April 1979, and its base year as 1978–79. On 25 July 2001 BSE launched DOLLEX-30, a dollar-linked version of S&P BSE SENSEX. As of 21 April 2011, the market capitalisation of S&P BSE SENSEX was about 29,733 billion (US$511 billion) (47.68% of market capitalisation of BSE), while its free-float market capitalisation was 15,690 billion (US$270 billion). Contents [hide] * 1 Components * 2 Calculation * 3 Milestones * 4 2006-2010: The Volatile Journey to 21,000 * 4.1 May 2006 * 4.2 Effects of the subprime crisis in the U.S. * 4.3 Participatory notes issue * 4.4 May 2009 * 5 The Stock Market Crash of 2008 * 5.1 January 2008 * 5.2 March 2008 * 5.3 Early 2009 * 6 Major falls * 7 References * 8 External links |
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Components[edit]
The BSE Sensex currently consists of the following 30 major Indian companies as of 17 February 2012.[1] # | Company | Industry | Scrip | 1 | Housing Development Finance Corporation | Consumer finance | 500010 | 2 | Cipla | Pharmaceuticals | 500087 | 3 | Bharat Heavy Electricals | Electrical equipment | 500103 | 4 | State Bank Of India | Banking | 500112 | 5 | HDFC Bank | Banking | 500180 | 6 | Hero Motocorp | Automotive | 500182 | 7 | Infosys | Information Technology | 500209 | 8 | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | Oil and gas |