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The SENSEX closed at 25,019.51, for its first close above the 25,000 milestone on 5 June 2014 [44] 26,000, 7 July 2014- The SENSEX crossed record 26,000 level for the first time on 7 July 2014 and reached its peak of 26,123.55, before closing slightly lower at 26,100.08, in anticipation of strong reformatory budget by the new government. [45]
The list of all companies that have been included in the BSE SENSEX from its inception in 1986 are listed below. The base year of SENSEX is 1978–79 with a base value of 100. During the introduction of the SENSEX in 1986, some of the companies included in the base calculation in 1979 were removed and new companies were added.
On 16 March 2020, Sensex plunged by 2,713.41 points (around 8%), the second worst fall in its history. On the other hand, Nifty ended below 9200–mark at 9,197.40 due to global economic recession. [42] However, the Sensex continued to fall straight for four–continuous days till 19 March 2020, losing 5815 points during the period.
BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), is an Indian stock exchange which is located on Dalal Street. [8] Established with the efforts of cotton merchant Premchand Roychand in 1875, [9] [10] it is the second oldest stock exchange after Calcutta Stock Exchange, in Asia, [11] and also the tenth oldest in the world. [12]
This was the first of its kind index of the UK equity stock market launched in India. FTSE 100 includes the 100 of largest UK-listed blue-chip companies and has given returns of 17.8 percent on investment over three years. The index constitutes 85.6 per cent of UK's equity market cap. [45]
The Nifty ended 1.71% lower at 9,154.40 and the Sensex closed down 1.68% at 31,327.08. The Nifty index finished the week 1.2% lower and the Sensex closed the week 0.83% down. Financials were among ...
Since its inception, Lloyd's has operated not as an insurance company but as a gathering place of individuals (and more recently, small groups of individuals) issuing insurance policies. [ 47 ] In 1720 the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation received its royal charter under the Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719 .
Stock market indices may be categorized by their index weight methodology, or the rules on how stocks are allocated in the index, independent of its stock coverage. For example, the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Equal Weight each cover the same group of stocks, but the S&P 500 is weighted by market capitalization, while the S&P 500 Equal Weight places equal weight on each constituent.