What is Sensex and Nifty?

To understand Sensex and Nifty, first we have to understand about  the stock exchange.

Basically in India, there are two main stock exchange,

1. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
2. National Stock Exchange (NSE)

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE):

1. Bombay Stock Exchange located at Dalal Street, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
2. Bombay Stock Exchange is India’s first and also Asia’s oldest stock exchange.
3. Bombay Stock Exchange was established in 1875.
4. Bombay Stock Exchange’s total market is $2.1 trillion on as March 2019.
5. Over 5400 companies are listed on BSE.
6. Bombay Stock Exchange is the world’s 10^th largest stock exchange in 2019.
7. To keep track record on companies' stock price an, index is used for BSE its index is Sensex.

Sensex:

Sensex is made from two words,

            Sensitive + Index = Sensex

Sensex is the index of the Bombay Stock Exchange. Sensex consisting of different sectors 30 well established and good track record companies.

• The base year of Sensex is 1978-79.
• The base value of Sensex is 100.

Sensex is the one type of indicator for the stock market.

If Sensex increases it means that most of the major companies listed on BSE, their stock price also increases.

If Sensex fall it means that most of the major companies listed on BSE, their stock price also falls.

Example:

Recently during the coronavirus in Feb 2020, Sensex making a peak of 42,273.87 points and it’s crashed over -38% on 23 March 2020 to 25,638.9 points.

No.	Company Name	Industry
1	ITC	Cigarettes/Tobacco
2	HDFC	Finance - Housing
3	Nestle	Consumer Food
4	HUL	Household & Personal Products
5	Asian Paints	Paints
6	Larsen	Engineering & Construction
7	ICICI Bank	Bank - Private
8	HDFC Bank	Bank - Private
9	UltraTechCement	Cement
10	Maruti Suzuki	Automobile - Passenger Cars
11	HCL Tech	IT Services & Consulting
12	Bajaj Auto	Automobile - 2 & 3 Wheelers
13	Sun Pharma	Pharmaceuticals & Drugs
14	ONGC	Oil Exploration and Production
15	Hero Motocorp	Automobile - 2 & 3 Wheelers
16	SBI	Bank - Public
17	NTPC	Power Generation/Distribution
18	IndusInd Bank	Bank - Private
19	Bajaj Finance	Finance - NBFC
20	Power Grid Corp	Power Generation/Distribution
21	Tech Mahindra	IT Services & Consulting
22	Tata Steel	Iron & Steel
23	M&M	Automobile - Auto & Truck Manufacturers
24	Titan Company	Diamond & Jewellery
25	Kotak Mahindra	Bank - Private
26	Axis Bank	Bank - Private
27	Bharti Airtel	Telecommunication - Service Provider
28	Reliance	Oil Exploration and Production
29	TCS	IT Services & Consulting
30	Infosys	IT Services & Consulting

*Sensex stock as on May 2020

National Stock Exchange (NSE):

1. NSE located at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
2. NSE was established in year 1992 to end the monopoly of BSE in the stock exchange.
3. NSE is the first dematerialized electronic exchange in India.
4. NSE’s total market cap is $2.27 trillion in April 2018.
5. More than 2000 companies are listed on NSE.
6. NSE is the world’s 11^th largest stock exchange in 2019.
7. To keep track record on companies' stock price an index is used for NSE, its index is Nifty or Nifty 50.

Nifty 50:

Nifty is also called as Nifty 50.
Nifty is made from two words,

            National + Fifty = Nifty

Nifty is the index of  the National Stock Exchange. Nifty consisting of different sectors 50 well established and good track record companies.

• The base year of 1995.
• The base value of 1000.
• Nifty is owned and managed by Indian index services and products (IISL).

Nifty is the one type of indicator for the stock market.

If Nifty increases it means that most of the major companies listed on NSE, their stock price also increases.

If Nifty falls it means that most of the major companies listed on NSE, their stock price also falls.

No	Company Name	Industry
1	Adani Ports	Transport Infrastructure
2	Asian Paints	Paints
3	Axis Bank	Bank - Private
4	Bajaj Auto	Automobile - 2 & 3 Wheelers
5	Bajaj Finance	Finance - NBFC
6	Bajaj Finserv	Finance - Investment
7	Bharti Airtel	Telecommunication - Service Provider
8	Bharti Infratel	Telecommunication - Equipment
9	BPCL	Refineries
10	Britannia	Consumer Food
11	Cipla	Pharmaceuticals & Drugs
12	Coal India	Coal
13	Dr Reddys Labs	Pharmaceuticals & Drugs
14	Eicher Motors	Automobile - LCVS/ HVCS
15	GAIL	Gas Distribution
16	Grasim	Diversified
17	HCL Tech	IT Services & Consulting
18	HDFC	Finance - Housing
19	HDFC Bank	Bank - Private
20	Hero Motocorp	Automobile - 2 & 3 Wheelers
21	Hindalco	Iron & Steel
22	HUL	Household & Personal Products
23	ICICI Bank	Bank - Private
24	IndusInd Bank	Bank - Private
25	Infosys	IT Services & Consulting
26	IOC	Refineries
27	ITC	Cigarettes/Tobacco
28	JSW Steel	Iron & Steel
29	Kotak Mahindra	Bank - Private
30	Larsen	Engineering & Construction
31	M&M	Automobile - Auto & Truck Manufacturers
32	Maruti Suzuki	Automobile - Passenger Cars
33	Nestle	Consumer Food
34	NTPC	Power Generation/Distribution
35	ONGC	Oil Exploration and Production
36	Power Grid Corp	Power Generation/Distribution
37	Reliance	Oil Exploration and Production
38	SBI	Bank - Public
39	Shree Cements	Cement
40	Sun Pharma	Pharmaceuticals & Drugs
41	Tata Motors	Automobile - LCVS/ HVCS
42	Tata Steel	Iron & Steel
43	TCS	IT Services & Consulting
44	Tech Mahindra	IT Services & Consulting
45	Titan Company	Diamond & Jewellery
46	UltraTechCement	Cement
47	UPL	Pesticides & Agrochemicals
48	Vedanta	Metals - Non Ferrous
49	Wipro	IT Services & Consulting
50	Zee Entertain	TV Broadcasting & Software Production

 *Nifty stocks as on May 2020

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