BSE GROUPS - 'A', 'B', 'T', 'C', "F", "G" & 'Z' Group of Securities

"A" Group

Group A is the most tracked segment consisting of approx 200 scrips.These are companies which are rated excellent in all aspects.Volumes are high and trades are settled under the normal rolling settlement (i.e. to say intraday buy-sell deals are netted out).These are best fit for a novice investor’s portfolio considering that information about them is extensively available. For instance, all the 30 stocks in Sensex are ‘A’ grade stocks.


"B"Group

Group B consists of more than 3,000 stocks.hese counters see normal volumes and are settled under the rolling system. In all respects these stocks resemble their counterparts in ‘A’ but for their size. Typically, stocks of mid- and small market capitalisation come under this grade.


"F" Group

Group represents the Fixed Income Securities.



"D" Group

The companies which would apply for listing on the exchange through direct listing norms would be placed in the Group 'D' for trading in normal segment.


"G" Group

Trading in government securities by the retail investors is done under the 'G' group.


"M" Group

The BSE SME scrips which are listed under the "M" group (trading and clearing & settlement is done on a net basis)


"P" Group

Scrips traded and settled in Physical mode/ Optional Demat mode.


"T" Group

Represents Securities which are settled on a trade-to-trade basis as a surveillance measure


"MT" Group

"MT" group (trading and clearing & settlement done on gross basis).


"DT" Group

The companies which would apply for listing on the exchange through direct listing norms would be placed in,In trade to trade segment, only delivery-based transactions are allowed and traders can't take intra-day positions


"XT" Group

Any securities falling in Trade-for-Trade segment ('DT' or 'T' groups) are classified under "XT" sub-segment.


"XC" Group

Considering their specific characteristics such as large number of companies, low to moderate market capitalization, lower contribution to overall trading turnover and relatively higher attention required to be devoted to these securities by the Exchange, from a regulatory due diligence and monitoring standpoint.Securities that have a six monthly average market capitalisation of more than Rs 100 crore but less than Rs 1,000 crore and have more than 1,000 public shareholders are classified in 'XC' group.


"XD" Group

Classify equity securities of companies that are only listed/traded at BSE and satisfy certain parameters into separate sub-segments called "XC", “XD” and "XT", effective from November 2, 2015.Some Parameters are low to moderate market capitalisation of more than Rs 100 crore but less than Rs 1,000 crore and have more than 1,000 public shareholders are classified in 'XC' group and balance in "XD" Group.


"Z" Group

Includes companies which have failed to comply with its listing requirements and/or have failed to resolve investor complaints and/or have not made the required arrangements with both the depositories, viz., Central Depository Services (I) Ltd. (CDSL) and National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL) for dematerialization of their securities.




Pay-in and Pay-out for 'A', 'B', 'T', 'C', "F", "G" & 'Z' group of Securities based on the money statement and that of securities based on Delivery Order/ Receive Order issued by BSE are settled on T+2 day.

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