Hyderabad Stock Exchange

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Hyderabad Stock Exchange In November, 1941 some leading bankers and brokers formed the share and stock Brokers Association. In 1942, Mr. Gulab Mohammed, the Finance Minister formed a Committee for the purpose of constituting Rules and Regulations of the Stock Exchange. Sri Purushothamdas Thakurdas, President and Founder Member of the Hyderabad Stock Exchange performed the opening ceremony of the Exchange on 14.11.1943 under Hyderabad Companies Act, Mr. Kamal Yar Jung Bahadur was the first President of the Exchange. The HSE started functioning under Hyderabad Securities Contract Act of No. 21 of 1352 under H.E.H. Nizam’s Government as a Company Limited by guarantee. It was the 6th Stock Exchange recognized under Securities Contract Act, after the Premier Stock Exchanges, Ahmedabad, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Bangalore stock Exchange. All deliveries were completed every Monday or the next working day.

The HSE was first recognised by the Government of India on 29th September 1958 as Securities Regulation Act was made applicable to twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad from that date. In view of substantial growth in trading activities, and for the yeoman services rendered by the Exchange, the Exchange was bestowed with permanent recognition with effect from 29th September 1983.

The Hyderabad Stock Exchange Ltd., established in 1943 as a Non-profit making organization, catering to the needs of investing population started its operations in a small way in a rented building in Koti area. It had shifted into Aiyangar Plaza, Bank Street in 1987. In September 1989, the then Vice-President of India, Hon’ble Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma had inaugurated the own building of the Stock exchange at Himayathnagar, Hyderabad. Later in order to bring all the trading members under one roof, the exchange acquired still a larger premises situated 6-3-654/A ; Somajiguda, Hyderabad - 82, with a six storied building and a constructed area of about 4,86,842 sft (including cellar of 70,857 sft). Considerably, there has been a tremendous perceptible growth which could be observed from the statistics.

The number of members of the Exchange was 55 in 1943, 117 in 1993 and increased to 300 with 869 listed companies having paid up capital of Rs.19128.95 crores as on 31/03/2000. The business turnover has also substantially increased to Rs. 1236.51 crores in 1999-2000. The Exchange has got a very smooth settlement system.