About the Sensex
30 Jul 2026What is the Sensex?
The Sensex is an index of 30 companies listed on BSE Ltd, the Bombay Stock Exchange. The S&P BSE Sensex is India’s oldest equity index, published since 1986 and computed on a base value of 100 for the 1978–79 financial year.
What was the last close and 52-week range for the Sensex?
The Sensex last closed at 77,928.15 on 30 Jul 2026, the most recent session in Solomo’s daily price history. Twelve months earlier, on 28 Jul 2025, it closed at 80,891.02 — a price return of -3.66% over the period, dividends excluded. Its 52-week range on a closing basis was 71,947.55 to 85,762.01.
Which stocks are in the Sensex?
As of 27 Aug 2026, the largest Sensex constituents by weight are HDFC Bank Ltd (13.76%), ICICI Bank Ltd (10.90%), Reliance Industries Ltd (9.60%), Bharti Airtel Ltd (6.49%) and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (5.88%). The 29 heaviest of the index’s 30 constituents are listed below. M&M is also in the index; the source table carried no weight for it, so it is not in the weight-ranked table below.
Constituents and weights from exchange composition compiled from public sources, weights estimated from free-float market capitalisation, as of 27 Aug 2026. Weights shown are shares of the 29 constituents the source published a weight for, not of all 30. Levels shown here are closing values from Solomo’s daily price history, not live prices; the value at the top of this page is a separate, live-polled quote. Market data, not investment advice.