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Official logo of BSE[1] | |
Corporate headquarters on Dalal Street | |
| Type | Stock exchange |
|---|---|
| Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Coordinates | 18°55′47″N 72°50′01″E / 18.929681°N 72.833589°E |
| Founded | 9 July 1875[2] |
| Key people | |
| Currency | Indian rupee (₹) |
| No. of listings | 5,600[5] |
| Market cap | ₹393 lakh crore (US$4.5 trillion) (28 Feb 2025)[6] |
| Indices |
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| Website | bseindia.com |
| Company | |
| NSE: BSE | |
| ISIN | INE118H01017 |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | www |
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 BSE is the world's 6th largest stock exchange with a market capitalization exceeding US$5 trillion on 21 May 2024.[13]

Bombay Stock Exchange was founded by Premchand Roychand in 1875.[14] While BSE Limited is now synonymous with Dalal Street, it was not always so. In the 1850s, four Gujarati and one Parsi stockbroker gathered together under a Banyan tree in front of Bombay (now Mumbai) Town Hall, where Horniman Circle is now situated.[10][15] A decade later, the brokers moved their location to under the banyan trees at the junction of Meadows Street and what was then called Esplanade Road, now Mahatma Gandhi Road. With a rapid increase in the number of brokers, they had to shift places repeatedly. At last, in 1874, the brokers found a permanent location, the one that they could call their own. The brokers group became an official organization known as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association" in 1875.[16]
On 12 March 1993, a car bomb exploded in the basement of the building during the 1993 Bombay bombings.[17] The BSE is also a Partner Exchange of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative, joining in September 2012.[18] BSE established India INX on 30 December 2016. India INX is the first international exchange of India.[19] BSE became the first stock exchange in the country to launch commodity derivatives contract in gold and silver in October 2018.[20]
BSE was demutualized and corporatized on 19 May 2007, pursuant to the BSE (Corporatization and Demutualization) Scheme, 2005 notified by SEBI.[21][22] It was listed on NSE on 3 February 2017.[23][24][a]
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The Indian stock exchanges BSE and NSE have witnessed several high-profile corruption scandals.[26][27][28][29][30] At times, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred several individuals and entities from trading on the exchanges for insider trading, stock manipulation, especially in illiquid mid-caps, small-caps and penny stocks.[31][32][33][34]
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