Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index

The BSE Sensex or Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index 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. 

  

Companies in the Sensex 

Name	Sector
ACC	Cement
Bajaj Auto	Automobiles (2/3 wheelers)
BHEL	Capital Goods
Bharti Airtel	Telecom and Retail
Cipla	Pharma
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories	Pharma
Grasim Industries	Diversified
Gujarat Ambuja Cements	Cement
HDFC	Finance
HDFC Bank	Finance
Hero Honda Motors	Automobile (2 wheelers)
Hindalco Industries	Metal, Metal Products & Mining
Hindustan Lever Limited	FMCG
ICICI Bank	Banking & Finance
Infosys	Information Technology
ITC Limited	FMCG
Larsen & Toubro	Capital Goods & Construction.
Maruti Udyog	Automobiles
NTPC	Power
ONGC	Oil & Gas
Ranbaxy Laboratories	Pharma
Reliance Communications	Telecom
Reliance Energy	Power
Reliance Industries	Diversified
Satyam Computer Services	Information Technology
State Bank of India	Banking & Finance
Tata Consultancy Services	Information Technology
Tata Motors	Automobiles
Tata Steel	Metal, Metal Products & Mining
Wipro	Information Technology