Bombay Stock Exchange

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

Bombay Stock Exchange
BSE
Type	Stock exchange
Location	Mumbai, India
Coordinates	18.929681°N 72.833589°E / 18.929681; 72.833589
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[source?]
MarketCap	₹ 94.65 Lakh Crore (Mar. 2016)
Volume	₹ 5,59,674 Crore (June 2014)[2]
Indexes	BSE SENSEX S&P BSE SmallCap S&P BSE MidCap S&P BSE LargeCap BSE 500
Website	www.bseindia.com

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

Related pages

• National Stock Exchange of India