Bombay Stock Exchange facts for kids
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Quick facts for kids 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) Ashishkumar Chauhan (MD & CEO) |
Currency | Indian rupee (₹) |
No. of listings | 5,749 |
MarketCap | ₹ 94.65 Lakh Crore (Mar. 2016) |
Volume | ₹ 5,59,674 Crore (June 2014) |
Indexes | BSE SENSEX S&P BSE SmallCap S&P BSE MidCap S&P BSE LargeCap BSE 500 |
The Bombay Stock Exchange is a stock exchange in Mumbai, India.
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History
The Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia.
The BSE failure to modernize resulted in the creation of an electronic platform in the National Stock Exchange.
Timeline
- 1850s: Trading under a banyan tree opposite Bombay's Town Hall
- 1875: "Native Share and stockbrokers Association" was formed
- 1956: Government of India recognizes BSE as the nation's first stock exchange
- 2014 ; trading is done from drawing room
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See also
In Spanish: Bolsa de Valores de Bombay para niños
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