See also Investing in India.
As of 31 December 2007, the Bombay Stock Exchange had 4,887 listed companies[1] with a combined market capitalization of $1.8 trillion.[2] It is Asia's fourth largest stock exchange by market capitalization, behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The number of companies listed on BSE registered a phenomenal increase from 992 in to over 3,200 companies by March 1994, with combined market capitalization rising from INR. 5,421 crores (INR. 54.21 Billion) to INR. 3,98,432 crores (INR 39.84 Trillion) by March 31, 1994.
[edit] Basic Information
- Owner: Bombay Stock Exchange Limited
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Time Zone: Indian Standard Time (GMT+5:30)
- Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)
[edit] Exchange Symbols
- Google Finance: BOM
- Thomson Reuters: BY
- Yahoo! Finance: .BO
[edit] Market Information
- Trading Hours:
- Normal Trading Session: 09:55 - 15:30
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| 2004[3]
| 2005[4]
| 2006[5]
| 2007[6]
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| Number of Listed Companies | 4,730 | 4,763 | 4,796 | 4,887
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| Domestic Market Capitalization (in $ million) | 386,321 | 553,074 | 818,879 | 1,819,101
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| Value of Shares Traded (in $ million) | 118,248 | 158,982 | 214,488 | 343,776
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| Average Daily Turnover (in $ million) | 466 | 633 | 858 | 1,370
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| Average Value of Trades (in $ thousand) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7
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| New Capital Raised from Initial Public Offerings (in $ million) | 2,918 | 1,319 | 5,601 | 9,643
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| New Capital Raised from Secondary Public Offerings (in $ million) | 392 | 7,179 | 1,320 | 2,074
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| Number of Trading Days | 254 | 251 | 250 | 251
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[edit] Creating Articles for Stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
To create an article for a stock listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, follow these steps:
- Type Stock:Company Name (CompanyTicker-BY) into the Wikinvest search box and click Search.
- Click on the link adjacent to Be the first person to create the page.
- Type {{new_stock}}, [[Category:Mumbai Stock Exchange]] and [[Category:Investing in India]] on separate lines into the text box and click Save page to create the article.
[edit] Indices
[edit] Benchmark Index
The BSE Sensex (SENSEX-BY), composed of thirty stocks representative of the exchange, is the benchmark stock index of the Bombay Stock exchange.
[edit] Constituent Indices
[edit] By Industry
[edit] Stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
[edit] References
- ↑ Number of Listed Companies (2006, 2007), World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Domestic Market Capitalization (2006, 2007), World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Annual Statistics 2004, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Annual Statistics 2005, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Annual Statistics 2006, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Annual Statistics 2007, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
