Stock Market Index.

A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. A national index represents the performance of the stock market of a given nation. The most regularly quoted market indices are national indices composed of the stocks of large companies listed on a nation's largest stock exchanges, such as the British FTSE 100, the French CAC 40, the German DAX, the Japanese Nikkei 225, the American DJIA and S&P 500, the Indian Sensex and S&P CNX Nifty , the Australian All Ordinaries and the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index.

NIFTY 50
The main stock index of the National Stock Exchange of India is the S&P CNX Nifty, or just Nifty for short. Apart from equities, the NSE also deals with trades of futures, debt and foreign currencies.

NIFTY 50
As On 11/09/2009

SENSEX
The Bombay Stock Exchange is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, listing over 4,500 companies. The BSE SENEX is the major stock index of the Bombay exchange, comparable to the DOW industrials in the US

SENSEX
As On 11/09/2009