Bombay Stock Exchange

Indian stock exchange in Mumbai

BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), is an Indian stock exchange which is located on Dalal Street.^[8] Established in 1875 by cotton merchant Premchand Roychand,^[9] it is the oldest stock exchange in Asia,^[10] and also the tenth oldest in the world.^[11] The BSE is the world's 6th largest stock exchange with a market capitalization exceeding US$5 trillion on May 21, 2024.^[12]

History

Bombay Stock Exchange logo until June 2023

Bombay Stock Exchange was founded by Premchand Roychand in 1875.^[13] 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.^[9][14] 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.^[15]

On 12 March 1993, a car bomb exploded in the basement of the building during the 1993 Bombay bombings.^[16] The BSE is also a Partner Exchange of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative, joining in September 2012.^[17] BSE established India INX on 30 December 2016. India INX is the first international exchange of India.^[18] BSE became the first stock exchange in the country to launch commodity derivatives contract in gold and silver in October 2018.^[19]

BSE was demutualized and corporatized on 19 May 2007, pursuant to the BSE (Corporatization and Demutualization) Scheme, 2005 notified by SEBI.^[20][21] It was listed on NSE on 3 February 2017.^[22][23][a]

Market statistics

• The Bimal Jalan Committee report estimated that barely 3% of India's population invested in the stock market, as compared to 27% in the United States and 10% in China.^{[25][26][27][28]}
• The Economic Times estimated that as of April 2018, 6 crore (60 million) retail investors had invested their savings in stocks in India, either through direct purchases of equities or through mutual funds.^[29]
• The total market capitalization of Bombay Stock Exchange hits the mark of 400 lakh crores.^[30]
• Morgan Stanley has noted that the Indian stocks have been through four bear markets in 25 years, or since foreign investors became actively involved with Indian equities.^[31] The Economic Times estimate that the Indian stock market sees a bear market on average once every 3 years, similar to the US market. It uses the Nifty 50 index as a reference point and identifies eight 20% drops in the last 25 years.^[32]
• According to SEBI, during FY 2022–23, 73% of mutual fund units were redeemed within 2 years of investment. Only investments in 3% of the units continued for more than 5 years.^[33][34]
• Another study conducted by the SEBI, approximately 89% of individual stock traders in the equity Futures & Options (F&O) segment incurred losses during the financial year 2021-22.^[35][36][37]
• According to a Reserve Bank of India report, mutual funds attracted 6% of household savings in FY2023 and less than 1% went into direct equities.^[38][39][40] Almost 95% of household savings in India are held in bank deposits, including fixed deposit, provident fund, PPF, life insurance, and various small savings schemes.^[38][39][40]
• Maharashtra accounts for the most number of investors. More than 15 million or 21 percent of registered investors with the BSE are from the state, followed by Gujarat (8.6 million), Uttar Pradesh (5.3 million), Tamil Nadu (4.3 million) and Karnataka (4.2 million). These five states account for more than half or 53 percent of all the registered investors.^[41][42]

Criticism and controversies

The Indian stock exchanges BSE and NSE have witnessed several high-profile corruption scandals.^{[43][44][45][46][47]} 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.^{[48][49][50][51]}

See also

• Economy of India
• Economy of Maharashtra
• List of stock exchanges
• National Stock Exchange of India
• NSE co-location scam
• Stock market crashes in India
• List of stock market crashes and bear markets
• Mutual funds in India
• Market manipulation
• Risk management
• Financial risk management
• Insider trading
• Trading day
• Muhurat trading
• Clause 49
• Securities and Exchange Board of India

References

Notes

1. SEBI Regulation 45(1) of Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018 prohibits self-listing of a stock exchange in India.^[24]

Citations

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Further reading

• Kochhar, S. (2015). BSE: Journey of an Aspiring Nation. Skoch Media. ISBN 978-8-1929-1725-2.
• Ramkumar, R.R. and Selvam, M. (2014). Efficiency of BSE Sectoral Indices in India: A Study with Special Reference to Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd in India. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH KG. ISBN 978-3-6592-1130-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Kaur, H. (2002). Stock Market Volatility in India. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 978-8-1762-9361-7.
• Basu, D. and Dalal, S. (1993). The Scam: Who Won, who Lost, who Got Away. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 978-8-1859-4410-4. LCCN 93902443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hiremath, G.S. (2013). Indian Stock Market: An Empirical Analysis of Informational Efficiency. Springer India. ISBN 978-8-1322-1590-5. LCCN 2013946889.
• Cummings, L. (2014). Rethinking the BSE Crisis: A Study of Scientific Reasoning under Uncertainty. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-9-4017-8491-7.
• Razdan, A. Scaling in the bombay stock exchange index. Pramana - J Phys 58, 537–544 (2002). doi:10.1007/s12043-002-0063-y
• Goel, A., Tripathi, V. and Agarwal, M. (2021), "Market microstructure: a comparative study of Bombay stock exchange and national stock exchange", Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp. 414-442. doi:10.1108/JAMR-06-2020-0109
• Krishnamurti, Chandrasekhar and Eleswarapu, Venkat R., Liquidity, Stock Returns and Ownership Structure - An Empirical Study of the Bombay Stock Exchange (March 31, 1994). IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 65, Available at SSRN 2181543 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.2181543
• Sumon Kumar Bhaumik. “Stock Index Futures in India: Does the Market Justify Its Use?” Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 32, no. 41, 1997, pp. 2608–11. JSTOR 4405950. Retrieved 13 Feb. 2024.
• Ganeshaiah, K. N. “Has the Behaviour of the Stock Market Been Affected by the Scam? — A Statistical Analysis.” Current Science, vol. 63, no. 7, 1992, pp. 345–47. JSTOR 24095453. Retrieved 13 Feb. 2024.
• Nair, S. (2021). Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts (5th Anniversary Edition): A Story of the Indian Stock Market. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-9-3907-4257-8.

External links

• Official website

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