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Sensex

Sensex proper noun: a stock market index of 30 well-established and financially sound companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange in India.

Proper noun

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

Forms of Sensex

alternative formsensex
alternative formSENSEX

Origin of Sensex

Blend of sensitive + index.

Questions about Sensex

What does Sensex mean?
Sensex means a stock market index of 30 well-established and financially sound companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange in India.
What part of speech is Sensex?
Sensex is a proper noun.

Words near Sensex in the dictionary

  1. senses of direction
  2. senses of humor
  3. senses of humour
  4. sensest
  5. senseth
  6. Sensex
  7. senshuraku
  8. sensi
  9. sensibilia
  10. sensibilities
  11. sensibility

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