Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

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A very common name for all traders in the stockmarket, BSE, stands for Bombay Stock
Exchange. The oldest market not only in the country, but also in Asia. In the early days, BSE
was known as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association." It was established in the
year 1875 and became the first stock exchange in the country to be recognised by the
government. In 1956, BSE obtained a permanent recognition from the Government of India
under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956.

In the past and even now, it plays a pivotal role in the development of the country's capital
market. This is recognised worldwide and its index, SENSEX, is also tracked worldwide.
Earlier it was an Association of Persons (AOP), but now it is a demutualised and
corporatised entity incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant
to the BSE (Corporatisation and Demutualisation) Scheme, 2005 notified by the Securities
and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

BSE Vision
The vision of the Bombay Stock Exchange is to "Emerge as the premier Indian stock
exchange by establishing global benchmarks."

BSE Management
Bombay Stock Exchage is managed professionally by Board of Directors. It comprises of
eminent professionals, representatives of Trading Members and the Managing Director. The
Board is an inclusive one and is shaped to benefit from the market intermediaries
participation.

The Board exercises complete control and formulates larger policy issues. The day-to-day
operations of BSE is managed by the Managing Director and its school of professionsl as a
management team.
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BSE Network
The Exchange reaches physically to 417 cities and towns in the country. The framework of it
has been designed to safeguard market integrity and to operate with transparency. It
provides an efficient market for the trading in equity, debt instruments and derivatives. Its
online trading system, poularly known as BOLT, is a proprietory system and it is BS 7799-2-
2002 certified. The BOLT network was expanded, nationwide, in 1997. The surveillance and
clearing & settlement functions of the Exchange are ISO 9001:2000 certified.

BSE's International Convention Hall

The Bombay Stock Exchange provides convention hall for listed companies and other
Institutions to hold their Annual/ordinary General Meetings, Listing ceremonies, Analyst and
any other important event.

It is centrally located at Mumbai, which can be easily reached from Churchgate or CST (VT)
railway stations. It has a capacity of around 700 to 900 persons with state-of-the-art
infrastructure. The hall has Projection Equipment, Web-cast facility and a Business Room
with Facsimile, Internet, Photocpier and telecom equipment.

BSE Facts

• First in India to introduce Equity Derivatives

• First in India to launch a Free Float Index
• First in India to launch US$ version of BSE Sensex
• First in India to launch Exchange Enabled Internet Trading Platform
• First in India to obtain ISO certification for Surveillance, Clearing & Settlement
• 'BSE On-Line Trading System (BOLT) has been awarded the globally recognised the
Information Security Management System standard BS7799-2:2002.
• First to have an exclusive facility for financial training

BSE Helpdesk
BSE has made arrangement for a toll-free numbers which makes it easier for customers to
contact. A focussed number helps in providing best support to the customers. The toll-free
number is as mentioned below:
Toll-Free: 1600 22 6661

Members who are not in Mumbai can also call up this number without dialling the area code
of Mumbai from there local telephone line (not a STD line). Currently the facility is available
to 101 cities in India where MTNL has toll free services.

BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE

The Mumbai Stock Exchange or the BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) is the oldest
stock exchange in Asia and most of the index heavy weight stocks are traded in this
stock exchange. The Mumbai Stock Exchange has over 7,000 scrips traded on the
stock exchange. It is the second largest stock exchange of India in terms of trade
volumes and the largest stock exchange in terms of stocks listed.
The Mumbai Stock Exchange is 11th largest in the world with market capitalization of
close to USD 1.4 trillion.
The vision of the Mumbai Stock Exchange is “To Emerge as the premier Indian
Stock Exchange by establishing global benchmarks." Clearly the Mumbai Stock
Exchange is thinking big in terms of customer service and trading activity.
(“Sensitive Index”), an index of 30 large stocks by market capitalization. The BSE
Sensex gives a measure of the overall performance of the Mumbai Stock Exchange,
and is closely followed around the world. If the BSE Sensex goes up, it means that
the prices of the stocks of most of the major companies on the Mumbai Stock
Exchange have gone up. If the BSE Sensex goes down, this tells you that the stock
price of most of the major stocks on the Mumbai Stock Exchange have gone down.
The BSE Sensex is significantly correlated with the stock indices of other emerging
markets
Based on the BSE Sensex, the BSE stock market has grown significantly since
1990. After compensating for inflation, the Mumbai Stock Exchange has averaged a
roughly 18% annual return when measured by the BSE Sensex - the most popular
stock index in India, over the last 15 years.
In addition to individual stocks, the Mumbai Stock Exchange also has a market in
derivatives, which was the first to be established in India. Derivatives listed on the
Mumbai Stock Exchange include stock futures and options, index futures and
options, and weekly options.
With a view to provide a better representation of the increasing number of listed
companies, larger market capitalization and the new industry sectors, on 27th May,
1994 the Mumbai Stock Exchange launched two new index series namely the 'BSE-
200' and the 'DOLLEX-200'. Since then, the Mumbai Stock Exchange has come a
long way in attuning itself to the varied needs of investors and market participants. In
order to fulfill the need for still broader, segment-specific and sector-specific indices,
the Mumbai Stock Exchange has continuously increased the range of its indices.
BSE-500 Index and five sectoral indices were launched in 1999. In 2001, BSE
launched BSE-PSU Index, DOLLEX-30 and India's first free-float based index - the
BSE TECk Index. Other important indices originating from the Mumbai Stock
Exchange include the BSE 100, BSEMIDCAP, BSESMLCAP and BSEBANKEX.