Market index
India SENSEX
India's benchmark SENSEX index in Mumbai. Backed by domestic growth and demographics, it shows where emerging-market money is rotating, and it competes with Korea for the same pool of flows.
At a glance
India SENSEX: latest value and prior change
As of 2026-09-11, India SENSEX is 74,782 pt. It is 120.8 pt lower than 74,903 pt on 2026-09-10.
Across 140 available observations from 2026-02-18 to 2026-09-11, the latest value is at the tie-adjusted 17th percentile.
- Observed on
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- 2026-02-18–2026-09-11
- Observations · observed cadence
- 140 · Daily
- Data source
- Naver Finance
A high or low percentile does not by itself make the indicator positive, negative, or a buy or sell signal.
Time-series chart
India SENSEX
2026-02-18–2026-09-11
Long-history series are stored as real provider observations. Index, FX, VIX, and ratio charts use historical backfill where providers expose it; Korean investor flow and margin-credit feeds expand as stable historical endpoints become available.
Recent observations and calculated changes
The ten latest chart observations. Change subtracts the previous observation; intervals vary with holidays, release schedules and missing data. A difference in rates or ratios is not an investment return.
| Observed | Value | Previous date | Difference (current − previous) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | 74,782 pt | 2026-09-10 | -120.8 pt |
| 2026-09-10 | 74,903 pt | 2026-09-09 | 138.4 pt |
| 2026-09-09 | 74,764 pt | 2026-09-08 | -813.4 pt |
| 2026-09-08 | 75,578 pt | 2026-09-07 | -555.2 pt |
| 2026-09-07 | 76,133 pt | 2026-09-04 | -382.6 pt |
| 2026-09-04 | 76,515 pt | 2026-09-03 | 362.6 pt |
| 2026-09-03 | 76,153 pt | 2026-09-02 | -417.5 pt |
| 2026-09-02 | 76,570 pt | 2026-09-01 | -373.9 pt |
| 2026-09-01 | 76,944 pt | 2026-08-31 | -12.99 pt |
| 2026-08-31 | 76,957 pt | 2026-08-28 | -307.2 pt |
Source: Naver Finance
Interpretation guide
India's SENSEX: watching the global growth axis shift
The SENSEX tracks thirty large caps on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Backed by the world's largest population and high growth, India has become the main alternative to China in EM allocations, and Korean investors' India exposure via funds and ETFs is growing fast — making the index a rudder for EM flows.
What the index contains
Financials, IT services, energy, and consumer names anchor the index. Unlike export-driven Korea or Taiwan, India's domestic tilt makes it a defensive-growth market that holds up relatively well in global slowdowns.
- Large Indian IT-services names track US corporate spending, offering a window on global demand.
- With a big domestic-consumption base, rising oil prices are the classic headwind.
- Steady domestic SIP (systematic investment plan) inflows are a structural support for the market.
What it means for Korean investors
India's industries barely overlap Korea's, so it diversifies more than it competes. When global money rotates from China to India, Korea moves as part of the same EM basket — and Korean companies' Indian production and sales keep growing.
- SENSEX-versus-Hang Seng relative strength maps the China-to-India allocation shift.
- For Korean companies with growing Indian revenue — Samsung, Hyundai — Indian demand is a growth story.
- In broad EM outflow phases, India is not exempt; watch the basket, not just the story.
Uses and misreads
India trades at structurally high valuations, so buying the growth story alone exposes you to outsized swings. Read growth, valuation, and foreign flows together.
- Foreign selling turning net negative at high valuations has preceded corrections.
- Rupee weakness erodes foreigners' real returns and can accelerate outflows.
- Don't extrapolate Indian strength to all EM — check other emerging indexes alongside.