India - History of the Bombay Stock Exchange - BSE

India - History of the Bombay Stock Exchange - BSE -
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Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia.
BSE has already launched there website in Hindi and Gujarati.
It is reported that on the Demand of MNS, BSE has decided to start the BSE website in Marathi also.


What is now popularly known as BSE was established as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers' Association" in 1875.
It is located at Dalal Street, Mumbai, India.
In 2002, the name "The Stock Exchange, Mumbai" was changed to Bombay Stock Exchange. Subsequently on August 19, 2005, the exchange turned into a corporate entity from an Association of Persons (AoP) and renamed as Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.
In the year 1850, stock brokers would gather under banyan trees in front of Mumbai’s Town Hall. As the number of brokers kept increasing this location kept changing and finally they moved to Dalal Street in 1874 and in 1875 became an official organization known as 'The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association'.
BSE is the first stock exchange in the country which obtained permanent recognition (in 1956) from the Government of India under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956.
BSE provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, debt instruments and derivatives.
BSE is the first exchange in India and the second in the world to obtain an ISO 9001:2000 certification.
It has successfully launched a reporting platform for corporate bonds in India christened the ICDM or Indian Corporate Debt Market and a unique ticker-cum-screen aptly named 'BSE Broadcast' which enables information dissemination to the common man on the street.
Awards

* The World Council of Corporate Governance has awarded the Golden Peacock Global CSR Award for BSE's initiatives in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
* The Annual Reports and Accounts of BSE for the year ended March 31, 2006 and March 31 2007 have been awarded the ICAI awards for excellence in financial reporting.
* The Human Resource Management at BSE has won the Asia - Pacific HRM awards for its efforts in employer branding through talent management at work, health management at work and excellence in HR through technology

BSE - Hours of operation as per India Time
• Beginning of the Day Session....8:00 - 9:00
• Login Session....9:00 - 9:30
• Trading Session....9:55 - 15:30
• Position Transfer Session....15:30 - 15:50
• Closing Session....15:50 - 16:05
• Option Exercise Session....16:05 - 16:35
• Margin Session....16:35 - 16:50
• Query Session....16:50 - 17:35
• End of Day Session....17:35

Watch the Bombay Stock Exchange – BSE
Watch Banyan tree and many old photographs


Links –
http://www.bseindia.com/ English
http://hindi.bseindia.com/ Hindi
http://gujarati.bseindia.com/ Gujarati

Photo of Famous BSE Bull –
At the BSE entrance one can see the raging bronze bull, which is 5-feet high and 8-feet long and weighs over a tonne.