introduction to SENSEX

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Introduction
To SENSEX

What’s SENSEX?
SENSEX is the short form of The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. A sweet short name for a long boring name.

It’s a benchmark – it shows the health of the share market. If it goes down, it means that the market is going down (Bear market) and if it goes up, the market is going up (Bull market). Therefore going up is a good sign – it means that you’ll get more price for the shares you have.

What does it capture?
It captures the movement of the share prices. A rising SENSEX means share prices are going up, as told earlier. Plus it also means that companies are doing well and shareholders will be earning more from their shares.

In overall, it also reflects the condition on the Indian economy. Why? Because if companies do well, it augurs well for the Indian economy too.

How the SENSEX is calculated?
<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The SENSEX is calculated on the basis of 30 biggest shares.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->These shares make more than 50% of the total market capitalization in the BSE market.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->They are the most traded ones, obviously because market cap is high

<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->They represent in all 13 sectors of the economy – all the companies are leaders in their respective fields.

There is a committee – the Index Committee who selects these shares. The committee consists of experts in share markets. They modify the SENSEX at regular intervals.

SENSEX uses free-float market capitalization. Now what’s that? Market cap you already know. It’s simply the value of the company calculated by (share price * number of shares in the market). Free float means that these shares are open for everyone to trade. They are open to the general public.
Again a question: can shares be closed too? Yes, some shares may be held by the owners/founders/directors/employees of the company, some may be by the government or FDI. These shares are kind of closed as no one can sell/buy them in the market. These kinds of shares are not used in calculation of SENSEX.

The criteria for selecting these shares is a bit complex. Any share can’t into these elite 30.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The shares should have been bought/sold everyday for the past one year – this ensures that the selected shares are the most happening ones.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The shares should be among the top 150 shares in average value (buy/sell).

<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The shares should be listed in BSE for more than a year.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The company should be a trusted one and be leaders in their own field.

This ensures that there’s no black sheep among the 30 selected. To see the listed companies click here.

Why do SENSEX go up and down?
As the company’s performance change the shares go up or down. If the company is doing well or some news come that it will do well in future, SENSEX will go up. If there’s a bad news, SENSEX will go down.

Moreover, if there’s some positive news about the country like India becoming a nuclear power, SENSEX will go up because India’s economy is going up.

So both companies and the country are responsible for the SENSEX movements.

SENSEX is a general index, there are other specific index too. We’ll discuss it sometime later.

How to read the SENSEX?
The base year of the SENSEX is 1978-79 and base value is 100. Actually it means calculations start with taking 1978-79 SENSEX as 100 and then if today’s SENSEX is 12009.59 means that the market value has increased to more than 120 times.

Now look at the daily SENSEX
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<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->It will show you the variation in SENSEX value from the start of the day to the end. Here you see that the index started on a low note, then went up, came down and again went up and down. This zig-zag motion continues the whole day. Day wise is more important for share market players who play in millions of Rs.

For slower investors like us, the month-wise index is more important than day-wise.
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Here you see that during May-July the SENSEX went down and then again it recovered to go up. Still it is higher than Nov 05. That means if you had bought a share in Nov, you would have got more price this year. It also shows that the SENSEX is on the up. Buy shares whenever the SENSEX is going down and sell them when SENSEX is going up.

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This 5 year one will show you what I mean. See from 2002 onwards hardly SENSEX has ever touched that low – it’s on the up!! Given the predictions, it will be up for a long long time as the India is emerging as an economic superpower.





This is the primary knowledge you need to know. There are thousands of indices on SENSEX. I’ll discuss those in details sometime later.

Now another important issue: about the company SENSEX values.

STATE BANK O (Bombay:600112.BO) Delayed quote data

Last Trade: 1,175.60
Trade Time: 10:18AM IST
Change: 199.10 (20.39%)
Prev Close: 976.50
Open: 1,175.60
Bid: 1,175.60
Ask: 1,038.50
1y Target Est: N/A

Day's Range: 1,175.60 - 1,175.60
52wk Range: N/A
Volume: 26,460
Avg Vol (3m): N/A
Market Cap: N/A
P/E (ttm): N/A
EPS (ttm): 0.00
Div & Yield: (N/A%)










Now this table on SBI show that SENSEX on last trade and the change over last day’s price. Previous day’s closing SENSEX was 976.5 and hence there’s a 199.10 SENSEX value change. For SBI the data on Market cap are not given otherwise you could have calculated the price of each share simply by dividing market cap by volume.
From the SENSEX value you can understand the value of a share. Thumb rule of it is any SENSEX you see over 100 means it is a high value share. The company is quite a biggie and a happening one.

This table shows the contributions of different companies to the SENSEX

Group
No. of companies in the group
Contribution to SENSEX

FMCG stocks
(Colgate, Lever, ITC, Nestle)
4
88

New Economy stocks
(Infosys, NIIT, Satyam, Zee)
4
140

Pharma stocks
(Dr.Reddy, Glaxo, Novartis, Ranbaxy)
4
19

Cement stocks
(ACC, Guj.Ambuja)
2
6

Bank stocks
(ICICI, SBI)
2
23

Auto stocks
(Bajaj, M&M, Telco)
3
13

Reliance Group stocks
(Reliance, Rel. Petro.)
2
46

Other stocks
9
55

TOTAL
30
390











Introduction to SENSEX « on: September 20, 2006, 11:03:18 AM »
What’s SENSEX?SENSEX is the short form of The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. A sweet short name for a long boring name. It’s a benchmark – it shows the health of the share market. If it goes down, it means that the market is going down (Bear market) and if it goes up, the market is going up (Bull market). Therefore going up is a good sign – it means that you’ll get more price for the shares you have.What does it capture?It captures the movement of the share prices. A rising SENSEX means share prices are going up, as told earlier. Plus it also means that companies are doing well and shareholders will be earning more from their shares. In overall, it also reflects the condition on the Indian economy. Why? Because if companies do well, it augurs well for the Indian economy too.How the SENSEX is calculated?<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The SENSEX is calculated on the basis of 30 biggest shares. <!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->These shares make more than 50% of the total market capitalization in the BSE market. <!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->They are the most traded ones, obviously because market cap is high<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->They represent in all 13 sectors of the economy – all the companies are leaders in their respective fields.There is a committee – the Index Committee who selects these shares. The committee consists of experts in share markets. They modify the SENSEX at regular intervals.SENSEX uses free-float market capitalization. Now what’s that? Market cap you already know. It’s simply the value of the company calculated by (share price * number of shares in the market). Free float means that these shares are open for everyone to trade. They are open to the general public.Again a question: can shares be closed too? Yes, some shares may be held by the owners/founders/directors/employees of the company, some may be by the government or FDI. These shares are kind of closed as no one can sell/buy them in the market. These kinds of shares are not used in calculation of SENSEX.The criteria for selecting these shares is a bit complex. Any share can’t into these elite 30. <!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The shares should have been bought/sold everyday for the past one year – this ensures that the selected shares are the most happening ones.<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The shares should be among the top 150 shares in average value (buy/sell).<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The shares should be listed in BSE for more than a year.<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->The company should be a trusted one and be leaders in their own field.This ensures that there’s no black sheep among the 30 selected. To see the listed companies click here.Why do SENSEX go up and down?As the company’s performance change the shares go up or down. If the company is doing well or some news come that it will do well in future, SENSEX will go up. If there’s a bad news, SENSEX will go down.Moreover, if there’s some positive news about the country like India becoming a nuclear power, SENSEX will go up because India’s economy is going up. So both companies and the country are responsible for the SENSEX movements.SENSEX is a general index, there are other specific index too. We’ll discuss it sometime later.How to read the SENSEX?The base year of the SENSEX is 1978-79 and base value is 100. Actually it means calculations start with taking 1978-79 SENSEX as 100 and then if today’s SENSEX is 12009.59 means that the market value has increased to more than 120 times.Now look at the daily SENSEX<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->It will show you the variation in SENSEX value from the start of the day to the end. Here you see that the index started on a low note, then went up, came down and again went up and down. This zig-zag motion continues the whole day. Day wise is more important for share market players who play in millions of Rs.For slower investors like us, the month-wise index is more important than day-wise. <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->Here you see that during May-July the SENSEX went down and then again it recovered to go up. Still it is higher than Nov 05. That means if you had bought a share in Nov, you would have got more price this year. It also shows that the SENSEX is on the up. Buy shares whenever the SENSEX is going down and sell them when SENSEX is going up.<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->This 5 year one will show you what I mean. See from 2002 onwards hardly SENSEX has ever touched that low – it’s on the up!! Given the predictions, it will be up for a long long time as the India is emerging as an economic superpower. This is the primary knowledge you need to know. There are thousands of indices on SENSEX. I’ll discuss those in details sometime later.Now another important issue: about the company SENSEX values.STATE BANK O (Bombay:600112.BO) Delayed quote data Last Trade: 1,175.60 Trade Time: 10:18AM IST Change: 199.10 (20.39%) Prev Close: 976.50 Open: 1,175.60 Bid: 1,175.60 Ask: 1,038.50 1y Target Est: N/A Day's Range: 1,175.60 - 1,175.60 52wk Range: N/A Volume: 26,460 Avg Vol (3m): N/A Market Cap: N/A P/E (ttm): N/A EPS (ttm): 0.00 Div & Yield: (N/A%) Now this table on SBI show that SENSEX on last trade and the change over last day’s price. Previous day’s closing SENSEX was 976.5 and hence there’s a 199.10 SENSEX value change. For SBI the data on Market cap are not given otherwise you could have calculated the price of each share simply by dividing market cap by volume. From the SENSEX value you can understand the value of a share. Thumb rule of it is any SENSEX you see over 100 means it is a high value share. The company is quite a biggie and a happening one.This table shows the contributions of different companies to the SENSEXGroup No. of companies in the group Contribution to SENSEX FMCG stocks (Colgate, Lever, ITC, Nestle) 4 88 New Economy stocks(Infosys, NIIT, Satyam, Zee) 4 140 Pharma stocks(Dr.Reddy, Glaxo, Novartis, Ranbaxy) 4 19 Cement stocks(ACC, Guj.Ambuja) 2 6 Bank stocks(ICICI, SBI) 2 23 Auto stocks(Bajaj, M&M, Telco) 3 13 Reliance Group stocks(Reliance, Rel. Petro.) 2 46 Other stocks 9 55 TOTAL 30 390
 

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