WHAT IS SENSEX?

Sensex is a stock market index comprising 30 well-established & financially strong companies listed on BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)

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Sensex is used as an indicator of stock market movements. Example, if Sensex goes up, companies listed in markets are seen as doing well.

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Sensex is calculated using free float market capitalisation with the base year as 1978-79 and base value as 100.

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The 30 companies included in Sensex are leaders from different sectors. These represent a sample of large and liquid companies.

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From only 4,322 points back in 1999 the Sensex rose to 21k points by 2007. By 2022, this index has crossed the 60,000 level.

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Sensex has also had some major falls due to economic impacts. In 2008, it fell by 1408 points in a single day due to fall in US market index Dow Jones.

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