Bombay Stock Exchange

This guide to the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai traces how a street named for its brokers gave rise to Asia's oldest exchange, founded in 1875 under a banyan tree, and to Harshad Mehta, a broker from the city's outer suburbs who worked his way onto Dalal Street and became known as the Big Bull. You'll hear how he exploited loopholes in the banking system to push the price of a cement company's shares to extraordinary heights. It's a story about a name, a nickname, and a market about to be tested.