Sensex

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proper noun

A stock market index of 30 well-established and financially sound companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange in India.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative sensex · alternative SENSEX

  1. A stock market index of 30 well-established and financially sound companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange in India.

    MUMBAI: Dalal Street investors are readying for a lower opening of the sensex on Monday as a knee-jerk reaction to RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's decision to not continue in his post after his term ends early September.

    2016 June 18, “Dalal Street expects lower opening of sensex following Rajan's decision”, in The Times of India

Origin

Blend of sensitive + index.

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