Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty, Sensex open in the green, IIFL Finance gains nearly 11%
Sept 20, 2024 9:15 AM1 Min Read
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Top stories | Sensex hits record high after Fed cut, Vodafone Idea shares tank, Q&A with Rajiv Bajaj
Sept 19, 2024 10:00 PM7 Min Read
Stock Market Highlights: Sensex at record closing high, Nifty 50 ends above 25,400
Sept 19, 2024 3:58 PM2 Min Read
Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights: Indices end lower as IT stocks drag; Nifty at 25,376, Sensex down 131 points
Sept 18, 2024 3:47 PM1 Min Read
Stock Market Highlights: Nifty, Sensex post record close, midcaps underperform
Sept 17, 2024 3:52 PM1 Min Read
Stock Market Highlights: Sensex ends in the green, Nifty 50 holds 25,350 led by ICICI Bank, L&T and NTPC
Sept 16, 2024 3:53 PM1 Min Read
Nifty 50, Sensex close slightly lower, log weekly gains of 2%
Sept 13, 2024 4:29 PM2 Min Read
Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights: Nifty holds steady at 25,300 as Midcap Index hits record high, Sensex slips 72 points
Sept 13, 2024 4:05 PM1 Min Read
Top Stories | Sensex, Nifty hit record highs, inflation quickens marginally, Paytm AGM, Samsung strike, and more
Sept 12, 2024 10:00 PM7 Min Read
Sensex, Nifty 50 hit record highs: These index names contributed to the sharp recovery
Sept 12, 2024 4:07 PM2 Min Read
About Sensex
BSE SENSEX & History
The S&P Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index or BSE SENSEX is a free-float market-weighted stock market index of 30 biggest companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. It is the benchmark index of the BSE and the trading symbol is ^BSESN. BSE SENSEX, published since January 1, 1986, is one of the two main stock indices used in India, the other being the NIFTY 50. Since SENSEX comprises companies from all key sectors of the economy, it truly reflects the sentiment of the stock market in India. The Index Committee meets every quarter to review all the BSE indices including SENSEX. However, every review meeting may or may not lead to a change in the constituents.
BSE SENSEX selection criteria
- The stock should have a listing history of at least one year on BSE to be considered.
- The company should be in the top 100 companies listed by full market capitalisation.
- The security should have been traded on every trading day for the last one year and any exceptions to this can be made in case of extreme reasons.
- The security should be in the top 150 firms listed by average number of trades per day and by average value of shares traded per day for the last one year.
- The firm should have an acceptable track record.
- The index committee meets every quarter to review all the BSE indices including SENSEX. However, every review meeting may or may not lead to a change in the constituents.