BSE launches Hospitals Index!

The new BSE Hospitals Index will track hospital stocks within India’s fast-growing healthcare sector. With 15 constituents and a base value of 1,000 (June 2017), it fills a key gap in sectoral benchmarking.

Top 10 constituents by weightage:
 Fortis Healthcare – 20.91%
 Max Healthcare – 19.77%
 Apollo Hospitals – 19.52%
 KIMS – 8.67%
 Aster DM Healthcare – 7.09%
 Narayana Hrudayalaya – 5.94%
 Medanta (Global Health) – 5.56%
 Rainbow Children’s Medicare – 3.43%
 Jupiter Life Line Hospitals – 2.89%
 HealthCare Global – 1.70%

1-year return: 25.5% | Since inception: 21.8%

Why it matters:
•Dedicated benchmark for hospital equities
•Opens doors for ETFs, index funds, passive flows
•Signals confidence in India’s healthcare growth