Madras Stock Exchange

Madras Stock Exchange
TypeStock Exchange
LocationChennai, India
Coordinates18°55′47″N 72°50′01″E / 18.929681°N 72.833589°E / 18.929681; 72.833589
Founded1937
ClosedJuly 2015
OwnerGovernment of India (100%)
CurrencyIndian rupee ()
No. of listings1,785

The Madras Stock Exchange (MSE) was a stock exchange in Chennai, India. The now defunct MSE was the fourth stock exchange to be established in the country and the first in South India.[1] It had a turnover (2001) of 3,090 crore ($440 million), but was a fraction (below 3.5 per cent) of the turnover generated by the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India. The turnover of the stock exchange was 19,907 Crore as of the financial year 2012.[2][3][4]