BSE Sensex

Sensex Share Price


79,724.12

  335.06  icon   (0.42%)    1-Nov-24 7:19:00 PM
Open
80,023.75
Prev. Close
79,389.06
High
80,023.75
Low
79,655.55
Mkt Cap.
15,760,480.83
Div Yield
23.28
PE
1.18

Performance


One Week (%)
0.41
One Month (%)
-5.39
One Year (%)
25.37
YTD (%)
7.71

Sensex Listed Companies

icon Company Name icon CMP icon High icon Low icon Volume
Asian Paints Ltd2,9402,968.052,930.0516,321
Nestle India Ltd2,281.52,294.952,269.9517,140
Hindustan Unilever Ltd2,538.352,550.052,5155,788
ITC Ltd490.55498.3489.280,679
Larsen & Toubro Ltd3,626.33,641.153,62125,530
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd2,8172,829.652,78033,843
Reliance Industries Ltd1,339.11,3411,334.3290,859
Tata Motors Ltd843.6849838.9411,981
Tata Steel Ltd149.7150.3149.2688,399
Titan Company Ltd3,293.553,315.953,285.1523,606
State Bank of India821.05825.5818.75160,976
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd1,744.851,755.31,731.212,575
Infosys Ltd1,761.61,766.31,754.416,395
Bajaj Finance Ltd6,923.86,949.856,909.86,802
Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd1,858.71,865.751,8309,180
JSW Steel Ltd967.65979.9964.4510,970
HDFC Bank Ltd1,737.81,748.951,728.7544,886
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd3,985.43,9963,979.7517,194
ICICI Bank Ltd1,2921,295.951,285.844,863
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd321.9324.45319.960,654
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd11,112.7511,207.711,098.753,255
IndusInd Bank Ltd1,062.551,069.81,06052,242
Axis Bank Ltd1,168.151,173.251,160.0522,231
HCL Technologies Ltd1,758.21,791.951,752.0520,750
NTPC Ltd411.5415410.5104,354
Bharti Airtel Ltd1,616.451,642.91,61111,695
Tech Mahindra Ltd1,603.91,632.951,597.99,132
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd1,394.051,3971,378.0533,247
UltraTech Cement Ltd11,138.2511,174.411,069.051,029
Bajaj Finserv Ltd1,755.11,770.31,747.313,686

A brief history on the Sensex

The S&P BSE Sensex (short for Sensitive Index), or just the Sensex, as it is known, is an index of actively traded stocks of 30 financially stable and well-performing organizations representing various industrial sectors. The market capitalization and liquidity of these stocks is what makes them eligible for this list. The list includes industry heavyweights from different sectors like TCS, SBI, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, Infosys, ONGC, ITC, Sun Pharmaceuticals, SBI, Tata Motors, and Maruti Suzuki, among others. The index assigns weight to each of these 30 stocks and depending on the movement in these stocks the index goes either up or down. However, over 5,000 stocks are actively traded on the index. The index is calculated using the free-float of the 30 stocks multiplied by their market cap. This number is then divided by the present level of the index to find the value of the Sensex. The index is managed by a committee comprising fund managers, academicians, finance journalists, and market participants, among others. Given its long historic data and wide acceptance, the index is often called the pulse of the Indian stock markets.

History

The index was originally published in 1986 with a base value of 100 and with the base year as 1978-1979. The base value was set at 100 to make calculations easy and so that percentage change could be represented logically. For example, if the market capitalization of the stocks on the index rose by 10%, the index would accordingly rise 10% to 110.

Selection of Sensex constituents

The stocks on the Sensex are chosen based on the following factors

  • Industry representation: Only industry heavyweights are chosen to represent their sector.
  • Market capitalization: The company's market cap should be among the top on the index. Also, it should be more than 0.5% of the index's total market cap.
  • Frequency of trading: The company should be active (live) on the exchange for at least one year. Exemption can be made is specific situations like share suspension, etc.
  • Average daily trade: The average number of shares traded per day in the last one year should be among the Top 150.
  • Average daily turnover: The average value of the shares traded per day in the last one year should be among the Top 150.

Free-float market capitalization methodology

The constituents of the Sensex are calculated according to the free-float market capitalization method. Free-float means the total number of share available to the public for trade. This excludes promoter holding or any holding apart from the public. Consequently, a company’s free-float market cap would be, number of shares available to public * market price of each share. So, if a company has 20lakh shares available to the public, and each share is valued at Rs150, the free-float market capitalization of the company will be 20,00,000*150 = Rs30cr.

However, it should be kept in mind that the Sensex constituents are market leaders and each of them easily have a market cap ranging in ‘thousand crores’.