BSE debuts on NSE: 6 little-known facts about the bourse

Asia's oldest stock exchange has finally listed on NSE, its much younger rival

 

After a long and wobbly road so far, Asia’s oldest stock exchange BSE finally listed on rival National Stock Exchange on Friday. As it adds another chapter in its 142-year-long history, Business Standard lists six little-known facts about BSE that will surprise you:

1) The origin: Under a banyan tree

2) Admission fee: An exorbitant Rs 51

3) BSE: Brokers’ Stock Exchange?

4) When BSE underestimated NSE

5) The term Sensex

6) One-week holiday

 BSE debuts on NSE: 6 little-known facts about the bourse on Business Standard. Asia's oldest stock exchange has finally listed on NSE, its much younger rival. (read more...)