Historic moments of the BSE Sensex

Mumbai, July 6 (UNI) 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) UNI