Milestones

In its 137-year glorious history, BSE has crossed several milestones and been a driver of several key initiatives and developments in the Indian capital market.

2011 To 2013 Date BSE Milestones 19th Feb 2013 BSE enters into Strategic Partnership with S&P Dow Jones Indices 30th Mar 2012 BSE launched trading in BRICSMART indices derivatives 13th Mar 2012 Launch of BSE - SME Exchange Platform 22nd Feb 2012 Launch of S&P BSE-GREENEX to promote investments in Green India 15th Jan 2011 Co-location facility at BSE - tie up with Netmagic 7th Jan 2011 BSE Training Institute Ltd. with IGNOU launched India's first 2 year full time MBA program specializing in Financial Market 17th Nov 2011 Maharashtra and United Kingdom Environment Ministers launched Concept Note for S&P BSE Carbon Index Top 2006 To 2010 Date BSE Milestones 27th Dec 2010 Commencement of S&P BSE Shariah Index 10th Dec 2010 Launch of SIP 22nd Nov 2010 Launch of SLB 12th Nov 2010 Commencement of S&P BSE Volatility Index 11th Oct 2010 Launch of Fastrade on Web (FoW) - Exchange hosted platform 4th Oct 2010 EUREX - S&P BSE SENSEX Futures launch 29th Sep 2010 Introduction of Smart Order Routing (SOR) 21st Sep 2010 First to introduce Mobile-based Trading 23rd July 2010 Options on BOLT 12th May 2010 Dissemination of Corporate Action information via SWIFT platform 22nd Apr 2010 New DBM framework @ Rs.10 lakhs - 90% reduction in Membership Deposit 20 th Jan 2010 S&P BSE PSU website launched 4th Jan 2010 Market time changed to 9.0 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. 18th Dec 2009 BSE's new derivatives rates to lower transaction costs for all 14th Dec 2009 Marathi website launched 7th Dec 2009 Launch of clearing and settlement of Corporate Bonds through Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd. 4th Dec 2009 BSE Launches BSE StAR MF – Mutual Fund trading platform 25th Nov 2009 BSE launches FASTRADE™ - a new market access platform 5th Oct 2009 BSE Introduces New Transaction Fee Structure for Cash Equity Segment 1st Oct 2009 Bombay Stock Exchange introduces trade details facility for the Investors 24th Aug 2009 S&P BSE IPO Index launched 7th Aug 2009 BSE - USE Form Alliance to Develop Currency & Interest Rate Derivatives Markets 18th May 2009 The S&P BSE SENSEX raised 2110.70 points (17.34%) and Index-wide upper circuit breaker applied 1st Oct 2008 Currency Derivatives Introduced 10th Jan 2008 S&P BSE SENSEX All-time high 21206.77 16th May 2007 Appointed Date” under the Scheme i.e. Date on which Corporatisaton and Demutualisation was achieved.Notified by SEBI in the Official Gazette on 29.06.2007 7th Mar 2007 Singapore Exchange Limited entered into an agreement to invest in a 5% stake in BSE 2nd Jan 2007 Launch of Unified Corporate Bond Reporting platform : Indian Corporate Debt Market (ICDM) 2nd Nov 2006 iShares S&P BSE SENSEX India Tracker listed at Hong Kong Stock Exchange 21 st Oct 2006 BSE Hindi website launched 7th Jul 2006 BSE Gujarati website launched 7th Feb 2006 S&P BSE SENSEX closed above 10000 Top 2001 To 2005 Date BSE Milestones 19th Aug 2005 BSE becomes a Corporate Entity 12th Aug 2005 Certificate of Commencement of Business 8th Aug 2005 Incorporation of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited 20th May 2005 The BSE (Corporatisation and Demutualisation) Scheme, 2005 (the Scheme) announced by SEBI 17th May 2004 Second biggest fall of all time, Circuit filters used twice in a day (564.71 points, 11.14%) 2nd Jun 2004 S&P BSE SENSEX closes over 6000 for the first time 1st Dec 2003 T group launched 1st Sep 2003 S&P BSE SENSEX shifted to free-float methodology 1st June 2003 Bankex launched 1st Apr 2003 T+2 settlement Introduced 16th Jan 2003 Retail trading in G Sec 1st Jan 2003 India 's first ETF on S&P BSE SENSEX - ‘SPICE' introduced 1st Apr 2002 T+3 settlement Introduced 15th Feb 2002 Negotiated Dealing System (NDS) established 1st Feb 2002 Two way fungibility for ADR/GDR 31st Dec 2001 All securities turn to T+5 29th Nov 2001 100% book building allowed 1st Nov 2001 Stock futures launched 25th Jul 2001 S&P BSE Dollex 30 launched 11th Jul 2001 BSE Teck launched, India 's First free float index 9th Jul 2001 Stock options launched 2nd Jul 2001 VaR model introduced for margin requirement calculation 15th Jun 2001 WDM operations at commenced 4th Jun 2001 S&P BSE PSU index introduced 1st Jun 2001 Index Options launched 1st Feb 2001 BSE Webx Launched 1st Mar 2001 Corporatisation of Exchanges proposed by the Union Govt. Top 1996 To 2000 Date BSE Milestones 9th Jun 2000 Equity Derivatives introduced 11th Feb 2000 S&P BSE SENSEX crosses 6000 intra-day 11th Oct 1999 S&P BSE SENSEX closed above 5000 15th Jul 1999 CDSL commences work 1st Jun 1999 Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) / Forward Rate Agreements (FRA) allowed 22nd Mar 1999 Central Depository Services Ltd.(CDSL) set up with other financial institutions 1997 BSE On-Line Trading (BOLT) system expanded nation-wide 21st Jul 1997 Brokers Contingency Fund (BCF) introduced 12th May 1997 Trade Guarantee Fund (TGF) introduced 19th Aug 1996 First major S&P BSE SENSEX revamp Top 1875 To 1995 Date BSE Milestones 14th Mar 1995 BSE On-Line Trading (BOLT) system introduced 1992 Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) established 29th May 1992 Capital Issues (Control) Act repealed 1st May 1992 SEBI Act established ( An Act to protect, develop and regulate the securities market) 30th Mar 1992 S&P BSE SENSEX closes above 4000 15th Jan 1992 S&P BSE SENSEX closes above 2000 25th Jul 1990 S&P BSE SENSEX closes above 1000 3rd Jan 1989 BSE Training Institute (BTI) inaugurated 10th Jul 1987 Investor's Protection Fund (IPF) introduced 2nd Jan 1986 S&P BSE SENSEX , country's first equity index launched (Base Year:1978-79 =100) 31st Aug 1957 BSE granted permenant recognition under Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act (SCRA) 2nd Feb 1921 Clearing House started by Bank of India 9th Jul 1875 The Native Share & Stock Broker's Association formed Top