SENSEX History

SENSEX History

BSE SENSEX History

The BSE Sensex or Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitivity Index is a Free Float value-weighted index composed of 30 index stocks that started January 1, 1986. The base value of the sensex is 100 on April 1, 1979, and the base year of BSE-SENSEX is 1978-79.

BSE SENSEX Technical Statistics

SENSEX Milestones (Points)	History Explanation
1000, July 25, 1990	The Sensex hit the four-digit figure for the first time and closed at 1,001 in the wake of a good monsoon and excellent corporate results.
2000, January 15, 1992	BSE index crossed the 2,000-mark and closed at 2,020 followed by the liberal economic policy initiatives undertaken by the finance ministry.
3000, February 29, 1992	The Sensex surged past the 3000 mark in the wake of the market-friendly Budget announced by Government of India.
4000, March 30, 1992	Expectations of a liberal export-import policy, Then Harshad Mehta scam hit the markets and Sensex witnessed unabated selling.
5000, October 11, 1999	Sensex crossed the 5,000-historical level as the Bharatiya Janata Party won the 13th Lok Sabha election with majority.
6000, February 11, 2000	The information technology boom helped the Sensex to cross the 6,000-level.
7000, June 21, 2005	The news of the settlement between Reliance brothers boosted investor sentiments of the scrips.
8000, September 8, 2005	The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share index crossed the 8000 level by buying of foreign and domestic funds in early trading.
9000, December 9, 2005	On November 28, 2005 crossed 9000, byforeign institutional investors (FII) and well supported by local operators as well as retail investors.
10,000, February 7, 2006	The Sensex on February 6, 2006 touched 10,003 points, The Sensex finally closed above the 10,000-benchmark on February 7, 2006. Fall below in May 2006, first time five digit figure level.
11,000, March 27, 2006	The Sensex on March 21, 2006 crossed 11,000, but closed on March 27, 2006.
12,000, April 20, 2006	The Sensex on April 20, 2006 crossed 12,000 and touched a peak of 12,004 points during trading hours at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
13,000, October 30, 2006	The Sensex on October 30, 2006 crossed 13,000 for the first time, closed at 13024.
14000, December 5, 2006	The Sensex on December 5, 2006 crossed 14,000 level.
15,000, July 6, 2007	The Sensex on July 6, 2007 crossed 15,000 mile stone by strong buy.
16,000, September 19, 2007	The Sensex on September 19, 2007 crossed the 16,000 mark by positive market sentiment.
17,000, September 26, 2007	The Sensex on September 26, 2007 touched the 17,000 level for the first time.
18,000, October 9, 2007	The Sensex on October 9, 2007 crossed the 18,000 level for the first time.
19,000, October 15, 2007	The Sensex on Oct 15, 2007 crossed the 19,000 mark for the first time with positive trend.
20,000, October 29, 2007	The BSE .Sensex on October 29, 2007 crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time
21,000, Jan 08, 2008	The Sensex on January 8, 2008 touched all time high of 21078 before closed at 20873.

Biggest Falls of Sensex

Here are top ten biggest crashes of BSE SENSEX listed.

Date of Sensex Fall	Number of points
January 21, 2008	1,408
October 24, 2008	1070
March 17, 2008	951
July 6, 2009	870
January 22, 2008	857
February 11, 2008	833
May 18, 2006	826
October 10, 2008	800
March 13, 2008	770
December 17, 2007	769

Note: This table based on index points, not percent of index based.