Sensex Milestones

The milestones of Sensex touches thousands occured in these following dates

1000 - July 25, 1990

2000 - January 15, 1992

3000 - Febrauary 29, 1992

4
000 - March 30, 1992

5
000 - October 11, 1999

6
000 - February 11, 2000

7
000 - June 21, 2005

8000 - September 8, 2005


9
000 - December 9, 2005

10
000 - February 7, 2006

11
000 - March 27, 2006

12
000 - April 20, 2006

13
000 - October 30, 2006

14
000 - December 5, 2006

15
000 - July 6, 2007

16
000 - September 19, 2007

17
000 - September 26, 2007

18
000 - October 9, 2007

19
000 - October 15, 2007

20000 - October 29, 2007

21000 - January 8, 2008

Major Sensex Crashes since 2000

The Top Ten single-day falls of sensex has occured in the followling dates

1. January 21, 2008 --- 1,408.35 points

2. March 17, 2008 --- 951.03 points

3. January 22, 2008 --- 857 points

4. February 11, 2008 --- 833.98 points

5. May 18, 2006 --- 826 points

6. March 13, 2008 --- 770.63 points

7. December 17, 2007 --- 769.48 points

8. March 31, 2007 --- 726.85 points

9. October 17, 2007 --- 717.43 points

10. January 18, 2007 --- 687.82 points

11. November 21, 2007 --- 678.18 points

12. August 16, 2007 --- 642.70 points

13. April 2, 2007 --- 616.73 points



The BSE Sensex or Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index or BSE 30 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.

The base value of the sensex is 100 on April 1, 1979, and the base year of BSE-SENSEX is 1978-79.

At irregular intervals, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) authorities review and modify its composition to make sure it reflects current market conditions.

The index has increased by over ten times from June 1990 to the present. Using information from April 1979 onwards, the long-run rate of return on the BSE Sensex works out to be 18.6% per annum, which translates to roughly 9% per annum after compensating for inflation.