Historic moments of the 30-stock BSE Sensex

Mumbai, July 6: The 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex, known as a barometer of the country's economy is a value weighted index composed of 30 stocks with the base April 1979= 100.

It consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks, representative of various sectors, on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

These companies account for around one-fifth of the market capitalization of the BSE Following are the important landmarks of the BSE Sensex since its inception.

Landmark-Date-Closing: (1) 1000-7/25/90-1007.97; (2) 2000-1/15/92-2020.18; (3) 3000-2/29/92-3017.68; (4) 4000-3/30/92-4091.43; (5) 5000-10/11/99-5031.78; (6) 6000-1/2/04-6026.59; (7) 7000-6/21/05-7076.52; (8) 8000-9/8/05-8052.56; (9) 9000-12/9/05-9067.28; (10) 10000-2/7/06-10082.28; (11) 11000-3/27/06-11079.02; (12) 12000-4/20/06-12039.55; (13) 13000-10/30/06-13024.26; (14) 14000-1/3/07-14014.92; (15) 15000-6/7/07-15000.00 (intra day trading).

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