Stock Market Basics

BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)

Asia's oldest stock exchange (est. 1875), located in Mumbai, home to the Sensex index.

BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) is Asia’s oldest stock exchange, established in 1875 — over a century before NSE. It is located in Mumbai and remains one of India’s two major stock exchanges today, regulated by SEBI.

Key Facts

  • Home of the Sensex index, tracking 30 large, well-established Indian companies
  • Historically hosted a very large number of listed companies
  • Most large Indian companies list on both BSE and NSE

See the full NSE vs BSE comparison in How the Indian Stock Market Works: NSE, BSE, and SEBI Explained.