Bombay Stock Exchange

Bombay Stock Exchange
BSE
TypeStock exchange
Location Mumbai, India
Coordinates18°55′47″N 72°50′01″E / 18.929681°N 72.833589°E / 18.929681; 72.833589
Founded9 July 1875
Key peoplePremchand Roychand (Founder)
Shri Sethuram Ravi (Chairman) [1] Ashishkumar Chauhan (MD & CEO)
CurrencyIndian rupee (₹)
No. of listings5,749[source?]
MarketCap₹ 94.65 Lakh Crore (Mar. 2016)
Volume₹ 5,59,674 Crore (June 2014)[2]
IndexesBSE SENSEX
S&P BSE SmallCap
S&P BSE MidCap
S&P BSE LargeCap
BSE 500
Websitewww.bseindia.com

The Bombay Stock Exchange is a stock exchange in Mumbai, India.

History

The Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia.[3]

The BSE failure to modernize resulted in the creation of an electronic platform in the National Stock Exchange.[4]

Timeline

  • 1850s: Trading under a banyan tree opposite Bombay's Town Hall[5]
  • 1875: "Native Share and stockbrokers Association" was formed[5]
  • 1956: Government of India recognizes BSE as the nation's first stock exchange[5]
  • 2014 ; trading is done from drawing room

References

  1. ↑ India, Press Trust of (14 November 2017). "BSE appoints S Ravi as its new chairman | Business Standard News". Business Standard India. Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  2. ↑ "Monthly Reports | World Federation of Exchanges". Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Gurusamy, S. (2009). Capital Markets, p. 210; the 2nd oldest stock exchange in Asia is the Tokyo Stock Exchange, established in 1878
  4. ↑ Michie, Ranald. (2007). The Global Securities Market: A History, p. 327.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Khanna, Tarun. (2007). Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures--and Yours, p. 57.

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18°55′47″N 72°50′01″E / 18.929681°N 72.833589°E / 18.929681; 72.833589 (Bombay Stock Exchange)