Performance of the NIFTY 50 index between 1990 and 2021 | |
Foundation | 21 April 1997 |
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Operator | NSE Indices |
Exchanges | National Stock Exchange of India |
Constituents | 50 |
Type | Large cap |
Weighting method | Capitalisation-weighted |
Website | www |
The NIFTY 50 is a benchmark Indian stock market index that represents the weighted average of 50 of the largest Indian companies listed on the National Stock Exchange.[1] It is one of the two main stock indices used in India, the other being the BSE SENSEX.[2]
Nifty 50 is owned and managed by NSE Indices (previously known as India Index Services & Products Limited), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited.[3][4] NSE Indices had a marketing and licensing agreement with Standard & Poor's for co-branding equity indices until 2013. The Nifty 50 index was launched on 22 April 1996,[5] and is one of the many stock indices of Nifty.
The NIFTY 50 index has shaped up to be the largest single financial product in India, with an ecosystem consisting of exchange-traded funds (onshore and offshore), exchange-traded options at NSE,[6] and futures and options abroad at the SGX.[7] NIFTY 50 is the world's most actively traded contract. WFE, IOM and FIA surveys endorse NSE's leadership position.[8][9]
The NIFTY 50 index covers 13 sectors (as on 30 April 2021) of the Indian economy and offers investment managers exposure to the Indian market in one portfolio. Between 2008 & 2012, the NIFTY 50 index's share of NSE's market capitalisation fell from 65% to 29%[10] due to the rise of sectoral indices like NIFTY Bank, NIFTY IT, NIFTY Pharma, NIFTY SERV SECTOR, NIFTY Next 50, etc. The NIFTY 50 Index gives a weightage of 39.47% to financial services, 15.31% to Energy, 13.01% to IT, 12.38% to consumer goods, 6.11% to Automobiles and 0% to the agricultural sector.[11]
The NIFTY 50 index is a free float market capitalisation weighted index. The index was initially calculated on a full market capitalisation methodology. On 26 June 2009, the computation was changed to a free-float methodology.[12] The base period for the NIFTY 50 index is 3 November 1995, which marked the completion of one year of operations of the National Stock Exchange Equity Market Segment. The base value of the index has been set at 1000 and a base capital of ₹ 2.06 trillion.[13][14]
Company Name | Symbol | Sector |
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Adani Ports | ADANIPORTS | Infrastructure |
Apollo Hospitals | APOLLOHOSP | Healthcare |
Asian Paints | ASIANPAINT | Consumer Goods |
Axis Bank | AXISBANK | Banking |
Bajaj Auto | BAJAJ-AUTO | Automobile |
Bajaj Finance | BAJFINANCE | Financial Services |
Bajaj Finserv | BAJAJFINSV | Financial Services |
Bharti Airtel | BHARTIARTL | Telecommunication |
Bharat Petroleum | BPCL | Energy - Oil & Gas |
Britannia Industries | BRITANNIA | Consumer Goods |
Cipla | CIPLA | Pharmaceuticals |
Coal India | COALINDIA | Metals |
Divi's Laboratories | DIVISLAB | Pharmaceuticals |
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories | DRREDDY | Pharmaceuticals |
Eicher Motors | EICHERMOT | Automobile |
Grasim Industries | GRASIM | Cement |
HCL Technologies | HCLTECH | Information Technology |
HDFC | HDFC | Financial Services |
HDFC Bank | HDFCBANK | Banking |
HDFC Life | HDFCLIFE | Financial Services |
Hero MotoCorp | HEROMOTOCO | Automobile |
Hindalco Industries | HINDALCO | Metals |
Hindustan Unilever | HINDUNILVR | Consumer Goods |
ICICI Bank | ICICIBANK | Banking |
IndusInd Bank | INDUSINDBK | Banking |
Infosys | INFY | Information Technology |
ITC Limited | ITC | Consumer Goods |
JSW Steel | JSWSTEEL | Metals |
Kotak Mahindra Bank | KOTAKBANK | Banking |
Larsen & Toubro | LT | Construction |
Mahindra & Mahindra | M&M | Automobile |
Maruti Suzuki | MARUTI | Automobile |
Nestlé India | NESTLEIND | Consumer Goods |
NTPC | NTPC | Energy - Power |
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | ONGC | Energy - Oil & Gas |
Power Grid Corporation of India | POWERGRID | Energy - Power |
Reliance Industries | RELIANCE | Energy - Oil & Gas |
State Bank of India | SBIN | Banking |
SBI Life Insurance Company | SBILIFE | Financial Services |
Shree Cements | SHREECEM | Cement |
Sun Pharmaceutical | SUNPHARMA | Pharmaceuticals |
Tata Motors | TATAMOTORS | Automobile |
Tata Steel | TATASTEEL | Metals |
Tata Consultancy Services | TCS | Information Technology |
Tata Consumer Products | TATACONSUM | Consumer Goods |
Tech Mahindra | TECHM | Information Technology |
Titan Company | TITAN | Consumer Durables |
UltraTech Cement | ULTRACEMCO | Cement |
United Phosphorus Limited | UPL | Chemicals |
Wipro | WIPRO | Information Technology[15] |
Former Constituent | Symbol | Sector | Replaced By | Symbol | Date of Replacement | Ref |
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Satyam Computer Services | SATYAMCOMP | Information Technology | Reliance Capital | RELCAPITAL | 12 January 2009 | [16] |
ABB India | ABB | Engineering | Bajaj Auto | BAJAJ-AUTO | 1 October 2010 | [17] |
Idea Cellular | IDEA | Telecommunication | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories | DRREDDY | ||
Unitech | UNITECH | Realty | Sesa Goa | VEDL | ||
Suzlon | SUZLON | Energy - Power | Grasim Industries | GRASIM | 25 March 2011 | [18] |
Reliance Capital | RELCAPITAL | Financial Services | Coal India | COALINDIA | 10 October 2011 | [19] |
Reliance Communications | RCOM | Telecommunication | Asian Paints | ASIANPAINT | 27 April 2012 | [20] |
Reliance Power | RPOWER | Energy - Power | Bank of Baroda | BANKBARODA | ||
Steel Authority of India | SAIL | Metals | Lupin Limited | LUPIN | 28 September 2012 | [21] |
Sterlite Industries | STERLITE | Metals | UltraTech Cement | ULTRACEMCO | ||
Siemens | SIEMENS | Engineering | IndusInd Bank | INDUSINDBK | 1 April 2013 | [22] |
Wipro | WIPRO | Information Technology | NMDC | NMDC | ||
Reliance Infrastructure | RELINFRA | Construction | Wipro | WIPRO | 27 September 2013 | [23] |
JP Associates | JPASSOCIAT | Construction | Tech Mahindra | TECHM | 28 March 2014 | [24] |
Ranbaxy Laboratories | RANBAXY | Pharmaceuticals | United Spirits | MCDOWELL-N | ||
United Spirits | MCDOWELL-N | Consumer Goods | Zee Entertainment Enterprises | ZEEL | 19 September 2014 | [25] |
DLF | DLF | Realty | Idea Cellular | IDEA | 27 March 2015 | [22] |
Jindal Steel & Power | JINDALSTEL | Metals | Yes Bank | YESBANK | ||
IDFC | IDFC | Financial Services | Bosch India | BOSCHLTD | 29 May 2015 | [25] |
NMDC | NMDC | Metals | Adani Ports & SEZ | ADANIPORTS | 28 September 2015 | [26] |
Cairn India | CAIRN | Energy - Oil & Gas | Aurobindo Pharma | AUROPHARMA | 1 April 2016 | [27] |
Punjab National Bank | PNB | Banking | Bharti Infratel | INFRATEL | ||
Vedanta Limited | VEDL | Metals | Eicher Motors | EICHERMOT | ||
BHEL | BHEL | Engineering | Indiabulls Housing Finance | IBULHSGFIN | 31 March 2017 | [28] |
Idea Cellular | IDEA | Telecommunication | Indian Oil Corporation | IOC | ||
Grasim Industries | GRASIM | Textiles | Vedanta Limited | VEDL | 26 May 2017 | [29] |
ACC | ACC | Cement | Bajaj Finance | BAJFINANCE | 29 September 2017 | [30] |
Bank of Baroda | BANKBARODA | Banking | Hindustan Petroleum | HINDPETRO | ||
Tata Power | TATAPOWER | Energy - Power | UPL | UPL | ||
Ambuja Cements | AMBUJACEM | Cement | Bajaj Finserv | BAJAJFINSV | 2 April 2018 | [31] |
Aurobindo Pharma | AUROPHARMA | Pharmaceuticals | Grasim Industries | GRASIM | ||
Bosch India | BOSCHLTD | Engineering | Titan Company | TITAN | ||
Lupin Limited | LUPIN | Pharmaceuticals | JSW Steel | JSWSTEEL | 28 September 2018 | [32] |
Hindustan Petroleum | HINDPETRO | Energy - Oil & Gas | Britannia Industries | BRITANNIA | February 2019 | [33] |
Indiabulls Housing Finance | IBULHSGFIN | Financial Services | Nestlé India | NESTLE | 27 September 2019 | [34] |
Yes Bank | YESBANK | Banking | Shree Cement | SHREECEM | 19 March 2020 | [35] |
Vedanta Limited | VEDL | Metals | HDFC Life | HDFCLIFE | 31 July 2020 | [36] |
Zee Entertainment Enterprises | ZEEL | Media | SBI Life Insurance Company | SBILIFE | September 2020 | [30] |
Bharti Infratel | INFRATEL | Telecommunication | Divi's Laboratories | DIVISLAB | ||
GAIL | GAIL | Energy - Oil & Gas | Tata Consumer Products | TATACONSUM | 31 March 2021 | [37] |
Indian Oil Corp | IOC | Energy - Oil & Gas | Apollo Hospitals | APOLLOHOSP | 31 March 2022 | [38] |
Following are some of the notable single-day falls of the NIFTY 50 Index.
Sl. No. | Date | Fall | Probable Reason |
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1 | 28 October 1997 | 88.20 points (7.87%) | Investors deserted emerging Asian shares during the Asian Financial Crisis. Crashes also occurred in Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea and Philippines. |
2 | 14 May 2004 | 135.10 points (7.87%) | UPA election. |
3 | 17 May 2004 | 193.5 points (12.24%) | UPA election. |
4 | 21 January 2008 | 496.50 points (8.70%) | Due to the US subprime mortgage crisis. |
5 | 22 January 2008 | 309.50 points (5.94%) | Due to the US subprime mortgage crisis. |
6 | 16 August 2013 | 234.45 points (4.08%) | Due to depreciation of the Indian rupee.[39][40] |
7 | 24 August 2015 | 490.95 points (5.92%) | Driven by the meltdown in the Chinese Stock market.[41] |
8 | 24 June 2016 | 181.85 points (2.20%) | Driven by the Brexit Referendum.[42] |
9 | 11 November 2016 | 229.45 points (2.69%) | Driven by the Demonetization move by the Indian Government and the 2016 US Election Results.[43] |
10 | 2 February 2018 | 256.30 points (2.33%) | Driven by the 2018 Union budget of India and Global breakdown. |
11 | 4 October 2018 | 303.20 points (2.39%) | Panic Fall, due to Oil price Increase and rupee fall against US Dollar. |
12 | 5 October 2018 | 282.80 points (2.67%) | Panic Fall, due to Oil price Increase and rupee fall against US Dollar. |
13 | 8 July 2019 | 252.55 points (2.14%) | Due to Union Budget FY 2019. |
15 | 3 September 2019 | 225.35 points (2.04%) | Due to Multiple PSU Bank Merger Announcements.[44][45] |
16 | 1 February 2020 | 373.95 points (3.11%) | Driven by the Union Budget FY 2020 and coronavirus pandemic which saw global breakdown a day before the budget.[46] |
17 | 9 March 2020 | 538.00 points (4.90%) | Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.[47][48] |
18 | 12 March 2020 | 868.25 points (8.30%) | Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic after WHO declared it a pandemic.[49] |
19 | 16 March 2020 | 757.80 points (7.61%) | Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] |
20 | 23 March 2020 | 1135.20 points (12.98%) | Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.[51] |
21 | 11 June 2020 | 214.15 points (2.12%) | Driven by the weak economic outlook as predicted by the United States Federal Reserve.[52][53] |
22 | 26 Feb 2021 | 568.20 points (3.76%) | Global breakdown.[citation needed] |
23 | 12 Apr 2021 | 524.05 points (3.53%) | Rise in daily COVID cases, speculation of complete lockdown in the Maharashtra state. |
24 | 26 Nov 2021 | 509.80 points (2.91%) | New coronavirus strain found in South Africa. |
25 | 20 Dec 2021 | 371.00 points (2.18%) | Covid-19 concerns and inflation concerns. |
26 | 24 Jan 2022 | 468.05 points (2.66%) | Increasing geopolitical tensions and rising inflation (investors lost 19.33 lakh crore in market in a week). |
27 | 14 Feb 2022 | 531.95 points (3.06%) | Russia-Ukraine tensions, US fed aggressive statements on rate hike and ABG shipyard fraud case.[54] |
28 | 24 Feb 2022 | 815.30 points (4.78%) | Russian invasion of Ukraine.[55] |
Following are some of the notable single-day gains of the NIFTY 50 Index.
Sl. No. | Date | High | Probable reason |
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1 | 18 May 2009 | 651.50 points (17.74%) | Ovewhelmingly upbeat results of the 2009 Indian general election; caused multiple trading curbs. |
2 | 20 May 2019 | 421.10 points (3.69%) | Exit Polls of 2019 General elections. |
3 | 23 May 2019 | 300.90 points (2.49%) | Results of the 2019 General Elections in which NDA alliance wins. |
4 | 8 August 2019 | 176.95 points (1.63%) | FPI surcharge rollback.[56] |
5 | 26 August 2019 | 234.45 points (2.16%) | Relief measures, likely US-China trade talks begin.[57] |
6 | 20 September 2019 | 655.45 points (6.12%) | Indian FM announced a cut in the corporate tax rate for domestic companies and new domestic manufacturing companies.[58] |
7 | 23 September 2019 | 420.65 points (3.73%) | Following a corporate tax cut in India. |
8 | 7 April 2020 | 708.40 points (8.76%) | Positive news that infection numbers were peaking in some of the worst affected areas around the world.[59] |
9 | 1 Feb 2021 | 646.60 points (4.74%) | Union budget day by Nirmala Sitharaman. |
10 | 2 Feb 2021 | 366.65 (2.57%) | Union budget reaction. |
11 | 15 Feb 2022 | 509.65 points (3.03%) | Russia withdraws troops from Ukraine border.[60] |
The following table shows the annual development of the NIFTY 50 since 2000.[61] The historical daily returns data can be accessed from the NSE website.[62]
Year | Closing level | Change in Index in Points |
Change in Index in % |
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2000 | 1,263.55 | −216.90 | −14.65 |
2001 | 1,059.05 | −204.50 | −13.94 |
2002 | 1,093.50 | 34.45 | 3.25 |
2003 | 1,879.75 | 786.25 | 71.90 |
2004 | 2,080.50 | 200.75 | 10.68 |
2005 | 2,836.55 | 756.05 | 36.34 |
2006 | 3,966.40 | 1,129.85 | 39.83 |
2007 | 6,138.60 | 2,172.20 | 54.77 |
2008 | 2,959.15 | −3,179.45 | −51.79 |
2009 | 5,201.05 | 2,241.90 | 75.76 |
2010 | 6,134.50 | 933.45 | 17.95 |
2011 | 4,624.30 | −1,510.20 | −24.62 |
2012 | 5,905.10 | 1,280.80 | 27.70 |
2013 | 6,304.00 | 398.90 | 6.76 |
2014 | 8,282.70 | 1,978.70 | 31.39 |
2015 | 7,964.35 | −318.35 | −3.84 |
2016 | 8,185.80 | 239.45 | 3.01 |
2017 | 10,530.70 | 2,344.90 | 28.65 |
2018 | 10,862.55 | 331.85 | 3.15 |
2019 | 12,168.45 | 1,305.90 | 12.02 |
2020 | 13,981.75 | 1,813.30 | 14.90 |
2021 | 17,354.05 | 3,372.30 | 24.12 |
Trading in call and put options on the Nifty 50 are offered by the NSE.[63] The exchange offers weekly as well as monthly expiry.
Main article: NIFTY Next 50 |
NIFTY Next 50, also called NIFTY Junior, is an index of 50 companies whose free float market capitalisation comes after that of the companies in NIFTY 50. NIFTY Next 50 constituents are thus potential candidates for future inclusion in NIFTY 50.[64]