The index titled SENSEX of BSE (erstwhile Bombay Stock Exchange) is an index of trading of top _____ companies in terms of their volume of trade share prices.
- A.ten
- B.thirty
- C.hundred
- D.fifty
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, thirty. The SENSEX tracks thirty large, well traded companies listed on the BSE.
The name is short for Sensitive Index. It was launched in 1986 with 1978-79 as the base year and a base value of 100, and the thirty companies are chosen from major sectors so that the index mirrors the market as a whole. Since 2003 it has been calculated by the free float market capitalisation method, which counts only shares available for trading. The BSE itself was founded in 1875 and is Asia's oldest stock exchange.
Options A, C and D are wrong: the Nifty of the National Stock Exchange has fifty companies, and the BSE has separate broader indices with one hundred, two hundred and five hundred companies. No Indian benchmark uses ten.
Exam tip: SENSEX thirty companies on the BSE, base year 1978-79; Nifty fifty companies on the NSE, base year 1995.
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