Market structure & regulation
What is BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)?
Hinglish mein padhein: BSE kya hai?
BSE, founded in 1875 in Mumbai, is Asia's oldest stock exchange. Its benchmark index is the Sensex.
BSE lists more companies than any other Indian exchange, including many small companies and SME platform listings.
Its best-known index, the S&P BSE Sensex, tracks 30 large, actively traded companies and is often quoted alongside the Nifty 50 as a gauge of the market.
Related terms
- NSE (National Stock Exchange)The National Stock Exchange of India, based in Mumbai, is India's largest stock exchange by trading volume and home of the Nifty 50 index.
- SensexThe Sensex is BSE's benchmark index of 30 large, liquid companies, weighted by free-float market capitalisation.
- SME IPOSME IPOs are issues by small and medium enterprises that list on the NSE Emerge or BSE SME platforms, with bigger lots and lighter rules.