Stock Market Highlights: Sensex up 150 points, Nifty 50 ends above 23,300; Coal India, Power Grid top gainers
Jun 12, 2024 3:40 PM1 Min Read
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Word on the Market
Ambit's Dhiraj Agarwal expects rural-focussed programmes and a consumption boost from Modi 3.0
Envision's Nilesh Shah sees no risk to government capex spending or signs of growth tapering
These sectors now deserve investor attention, says Rana Gupta
Time to realign investment strategy to focus on quality over quick gains, advises Pankaj Tibrewal
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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.