What is Sensex?
Sensex is BSE’s 30-stock benchmark index. It is a way to summarise large-cap Indian equity on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
BSE · Benchmark
Sensex
75,337.46
Last level as of 2 Nov 2026, 09:53 IST (delayed, educational).
The S&P BSE Sensex is BSE’s 30-stock benchmark. It is one of the oldest widely quoted Indian market thermometers. Like Nifty 50, it is free-float weighted and reviewed on a published schedule.
How to read it
Thirty large, liquid BSE-listed companies make up the Sensex. A rise in Sensex means that basket, on a free-float basis, is higher than the previous close — not that every Indian stock is up.
Names from our universe
Examples we cover on PaisaTrade — not the official full constituent list from the exchange.
FAQs
Why do Sensex and Nifty 50 look similar?
Many of India’s largest companies appear in both baskets. The day move can still differ because Sensex has 30 names and Nifty 50 has 50, with different weights.