05 May 2010
Sensex stands for Sensitive Index which consists of 30 stocks of BSE in its basket. The base year of SENSEX is 1978-79 and the base value is 100.
Nifty stands for NSE Fifty which consists of 50 stocks of NSE in its basket.For Nifty the base year is 1995 and the base value 1000.
Since there is a difference in the base year and base value and different stock exchange, there is a difference in the index value.
05 May 2010
Sensex and Nifty comprises of the top blue chip companies from various sectors. Their turnover, profitability, actions and reactions, presence in global market, expansion , mergers etc. affects very much to the economic develeopment, GDP, financial status of the country. The global world can assess the growth or downward of the economy by the upward or downward movement. Also, it comprises of companies from different sectors that indicates the overall growth or downfall of the economy as a whole.