What is BSE?

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The Bombay Stock Exchange is an Indian stock exchange located at Dalal Street, Mumbai.

Established in 1875, the BSE is Asia's first stock exchange.

The BSE is the world's 10th largest stock exchange with an overall market capitalization of more than $2.3 trillion on as of April 2018. Wikipedia

What is difference between NSE and BSE?

Key Differences Between BSE and NSE. ... BSE's index is known by the name SENSEX (Sensitive Index) which shows 30 top trading companies.

Nifty (National Fifty) is the index of NSE, displays 50 most traded companies. BSE started as an Association of persons in 1875, which was accredited as a stock exchange in 1957.

BSE = Bombay Stock Exchange
NSE = National Stock Exchange,

National Stock Exchange,
On the contrary, National Stock Exchange, abbreviated as NSE is the first stock exchange which introduced an advanced electronic trading system in the country. To a layman, there is no difference between these two exchanges, but there slight and subtle points of distinction amidst the two, which are explained in the article below.

Bombay Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange is a marketplace, where securities can be freely traded between investors with the help of members i.e. brokers. It is a great platform for purchasing and selling securities, debt and derivatives. It is a key indicator of financial strength of the country’s economy.

Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest financial market in the country, which offers high speed trading to its customers.

National Stock Exchange is the biggest capital market of the country. The exchange is a front runner in the introduction of the fully automated, electronic trading system across the nation.

In 1957, BSE was recognised by the Central Government of India as the premier Stock Exchange of the country, under the Securities Contract Regulation Act, 1956.

On the basis of registered members, it stood first in the list of top stock exchanges across the world. It offers a diversified range of services in various areas like depository services through CDSL (Central Depository Services Limited), risk management, market data services, etc.

BSE Institute Limited is one of the renowned capital market educational institute of Bombay stock Exchange.

About National Stock Exchange (NSE)
National Stock Exchange is the youngest stock exchange of the country which came into force in the year 1992.

At the time of its establishment, it introduced the advanced electronic trading system for the very first time in the country which removed the paper-based settlement system.

Nifty is the popular index, which was introduced by National Stock Exchange in 1995, to act as a basis for measuring the performance of the exchange.

It lists out top 50 companies which traded on the exchange.

BSE and NSE are the top securities exchange of India, where BSE is the oldest one while NSE is the youngest one.

Globally, BSE stood in the 10th position in the list of top stock exchanges which is followed by NSE.

NSE was the first to introduce the modernised trading system in the country in 1992 while BOLT was introduced by BSE in 1995.

BSE’s index is known by the name SENSEX (Sensitive Index) which shows 30 top trading companies. Nifty (National Fifty) is the index of NSE, displays 50 most traded companies.

BSE started as an Association of persons in 1875, which was accredited as a stock exchange in 1957. NSE was founded in 1992, as a tax paying company, but later on, in 1993 it was recognized as a Stock Exchange.