Mumbai, March 18 -- BSE Index Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE, today announced the launch of BSE Long-Short Indices and BSE Inverse Indices. The two Inverse indices track the inverse returns of the underlying indices, while the two LongShort indices combine long market exposure in BSE 500 and 1X inverse positions in BSE 150 Midcap and BSE 200, respectively, to reflect hedged market strategies, according to a press statement released by BSE Index Services today.

The indices launched today include BSE 500 Long + 200 1X Inverse 80:20. This index measures the performance of a composite index composed of the BSE 500 and BSE 200 1X Inverse Daily, with weights assigned to the two underlying indices of 80% and 20%, respectively.

The ...