Exchanges on WebNotes

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

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The BSE Limited (formerly the Bombay Stock Exchange) is Asia’s oldest stock exchange, established in 1875 on Dalal Street, Mumbai, under the name “The Native Share and Stock Brokers’ Association.” BSE holds the distinction of being the first exchange in India to receive a permanent recognition under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA 1956) and operates the SENSEX, formally the S&P BSE SENSEX, which is the most widely followed barometer of the Indian equity market and one of the oldest equity indices in Asia.

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) is the country’s largest stock exchange by trading volume and the world’s largest derivatives exchange by number of contracts traded in several recent years. Headquartered at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, NSE was incorporated in 1992 and received recognition as a stock exchange under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA 1956) in April 1993, commencing operations in the wholesale debt market in June 1994 and in the equity cash segment in November 1994.