Bombay Stock Exchange
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| BSE | |
 | |
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| Type | Stock exchange |
|---|---|
| Location | Mumbai, India |
| Coordinates | 18°55′47″N 72°50′01″E / 18.929681°N 72.833589°E |
| Founded | 9 July 1875 |
| Key people | Premchand Roychand (Founder) Shri Sethuram Ravi (Chairman) [1] Ashishkumar Chauhan (MD & CEO) |
| Currency | Indian rupee (₹) |
| No. of listings | 5,749[citation needed] |
| Market cap | ₹ 94.65 Lakh Crore (Mar. 2016) |
| Volume | ₹ 5,59,674 Crore (June 2014)[2] |
| Indices | BSE SENSEX S&P BSE SmallCap S&P BSE MidCap S&P BSE LargeCap BSE 500 |
| Website | www |
The Bombay Stock Exchange is a stock exchange in Mumbai, India.
History[edit]
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[edit]
- 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
Related pages[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "BSE appoints S Ravi as its new chairman | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Gurusamy, S. (2009). Capital Markets, p. 210; the 2nd oldest stock exchange in Asia is the Tokyo Stock Exchange, established in 1878
- ↑ Michie, Ranald. (2007). The Global Securities Market: A History, p. 327.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Khanna, Tarun. (2007). Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures--and Yours, p. 57.
External links[edit]
Coordinates: 18°55′47″N 72°50′01″E / 18.929681°N 72.833589°E
