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On 21 January 2008, the SENSEX saw its highest ever loss of 1,408 points at the end of the session. The SENSEX recovered to close at 17,605.40 after it tumbled to the day's low of 16,963.96, on high volatility as investors panicked following weak global cues amid fears of a recession in US. The next day, the BSE SENSEX index went into a free fall.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down nearly half a percent at the close, while the Nasdaq Composite Index, which contains more technology stocks, cut early losses to close just 0.2% lower ...
18 October 2007: While activity remained normal in the morning, during noon trades, the Sensex tumbled down as the intensity of selling increased towards the closing bell of the BSE. The Sensex tumbled all the way to a low of 17,771 – down 1,428 points from the same day's high. It finally settled on 17,998 with a loss of 717 points (3.8%).
The BSE Sensex breaches the 6,800-mark for the first time in its history, ending at 6,849, up 65 points over its previous close. The market rally has added about 160 billion Indian rupees (approx. 3.6 billion US$) to investor wealth with the BSE's market capitalisation at a record high of 17.65 trillion Indian rupees (approx. 400 billion US$).
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Orders executed on the trading floor enter by way of exchange members and flow down to a floor broker, who submits the order electronically to the floor trading post for the Designated market maker ("DMM") for that stock to trade the order. The DMM's job is to maintain a two-sided market, making orders to buy and sell the security when there ...
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 oldest stock exchange in Asia, [11] and also the tenth oldest in the world. [12]
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.