BSE Bonus Alert: Asia's Oldest Stock Exchange to Unveil Bonus Issue SOON; Board Meeting Scheduled

BSE Ltd is making headlines once again as it prepares to announce bonus shares for its investors. The company has fixed its bonus share announcement date, with the board scheduled to meet on March 30, 2025, to consider the proposal. According to an exchange filing on NSE, while the bonus record date and the exact ratio are yet to be announced, market watchers expect the details to be revealed during the board meeting.

This upcoming BSE bonus share issuance is the second major corporate action by the company. The last bonus share offer, made in March 2022, was in the ratio of 2:1, meaning investors received two bonus shares for every one share held.

BSE Recent Share Performance

Despite the buzz around the bonus share news, BSE shares have experienced some volatility. On March 26, 2025, BSE shares closed in the negative zone at Rs 4,484 on NSE, dropping by 3.60%. In the last five days BSE shares have risen 1.65%. Over the past month, the stock has corrected by 13% and 17% so far in 2025. Although it still delivered a positive return of 19.29% over six months. With a market cap of 60.70KCr, the stock recorded a 52-week high of Rs. Rs.6,133.40 and a low of Rs. Rs.2,115.00.

BSE Financial Performance in Q3 FY2025

In the third quarter of FY2025, the Bombay stock exchange reported a strong growth with a doubling of its net profit to Rs 220 crore, up from Rs 108.2 crore in Q3 FY2024. The quarterly revenue also saw an impressive 94% jump, reaching a record high of Rs 835.4 crore, compared to Rs 431.4 crore in the previous year.

About BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)

Established in 1875 on Dalal Street in Mumbai, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) stands as Asia's oldest stock exchange . BSE today lists over 5,000 companies, boasting a market capitalisation that now exceeds trillions of rupees. The BSE Sensex was founded in 1986 and transitioned from open-outcry trading to the electronic BOLT system in 1995. Today, BSE's state-of-the-art systems allow it to execute trades in as little as six microseconds, placing it among the fastest exchanges globally. The BSE Sensex. Representing 30 of the most significant and actively traded companies, Sensex is widely regarded as a barometer of the Indian economy. Among the major players that make up this iconic index are industry giants like Adani Ports & SEZ, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, HCLTech, Hindustan Unilever, ICICI Bank, etc.