BSE Full Form — Bombay Stock Exchange

BSE Full Form

The full form of BSE is “Bombay Stock Exchange“. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is Asia’s first and largest securities market in India. It was established in 1875 as the Native Share and Stock Brokers’ Association. Based in Mumbai, India, the BSE lists close to 6,000 companies and is the 9th largest exchange in the world. BSE conducts transactions in the equity, debt instruments, mutual funds, currencies, derivatives. One of the popular offerings is the Sensex 30 Index, which tracks the largest assets in the Indian equity market. As on February 2022 Just. Vikramajit Sen is the Chairman and Mr. Ashish Chauhan is the MD & CEO of BSE. The vision of BSE is to ‘Emerge as the premier Indian Stock Exchange with best-in-class global practice in technology, products innovation and customer service’.

Difference between BSE and NSE

• NSE is the biggest stock exchange in India, while BSE is the oldest stock exchange in India.
• The BSE was established in 1875, while the NSE was Established in 1992.
• Global Rank is for NSE is 10th and BSE is 9th
• The benchmark index for the NSE is the Nifty, while for the BSE it is Sensex.
• The BSE’s Sensex comprises of 30 companies, while NSE’s Nifty comprises of 50 companies.
• Index Value (as on February 20, 2022) for BSE is 57,801.40 and for NSE, it stands at 17,268.75.
• The number of listed companies is around 1696 for NSE and around 5749 for BSE.
• Website reference for BSE is www.bseindia.com and for NSE it is www.nseindia.com

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