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The Nifty or Nifty 50 is NSE’s benchmark stock market index. Introduced in 1996, nifty comprises of 50 actively traded NSE stocks from 13 different sectors of the Indian economy.

Nifty is owned and managed by the NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited.

Nifty 50 weightage is divided as follows:

IndustryWeightage
Financial Services39.47%
Energy15.31%
IT13.01%
Consumer Goods12.38%
Automobile6.11%

The term Nifty is derived from two words. The words ‘National’ and ‘Fifty’ are combined to form Nifty. As of 2017, It represented around 63% of the free float market capitalization of the stocks listed on the National Stock Exchange.

Note: Nifty 50 Nifty Bank, Nifty IT, Nifty Pharma, Nifty SERV SECTOR, Nifty Next 50, etc. are all different indices of the National Stock Exchange.

The Nifty 50 comprises of the following stock:

CompanySymbolIndustry
Adani PortsADANIPORTSInfrastructure
Asian Paints LtdASIANPAINTConsumer Goods
Axis BankAXISBANKBanking
Bajaj AutoBAJAJ-AUTOAutomobile
Bajaj FinanceBAJFINANCEFinancial Services
Bajaj FinservBAJAJFINSVFinancial Services
Bharti AirtelBHARTIARTLTelecommunication
Bharti Infratel Ltd.INFRATELTelecommunication
BPCLBPCLEnergy - Oil & Gas
CiplaCIPLAPharmaceuticals
Coal IndiaCOALINDIAEnergy & Mining
Dr Reddy LabDRREDDYPharmaceuticals
Eicher MotorsEICHERMOTAutomobile
GAILGAILEnergy - Oil & Gas
Grasim IndustriesGRASIMCement
HCL TechnologiesHCLTECHInformation Technology
HDFCHDFCFinancial Services
HDFC BankHDFCBANKBanking
Hero MotoCorpHEROMOTOCOAutomobile
Hindalco IndustriesHINDALCOMetals
Hindustan UnileverHINDUNILVRConsumer Goods
Britannia IndustriesBRITANNIAConsumer Goods
ICICI BankICICIBANKBanking
IndusInd BankINDUSINDBKBanking
InfosysINFYInformation Technology
IOCIOCEnergy - Oil & Gas
ITC LimitedITCConsumer Goods
JSW SteelJSWSTEELMetals
Kotak Mahindra BankKOTAKBANKBanking
Larsen & ToubroLTConstruction
Mahindra & MahindraM&MAutomobile
Maruti SuzukiMARUTIAutomobile
Nestle India LtdNESTLEINDFood Processing
NTPC LimitedNTPCEnergy - Power
ONGCONGCEnergy - Oil & Gas
PowerGrid Corporation of IndiaPOWERGRIDEnergy - Power
Reliance IndustriesRELIANCEEnergy - Oil & Gas
State Bank of IndiaSBINBanking
Sun PharmaceuticalSUNPHARMAPharmaceuticals
Tata Consultancy ServicesTCSInformation Technology
Tata MotorsTATAMOTORSAutomobile
Tata SteelTATASTEELMetals
Tech MahindraTECHMInformation Technology
Titan CompanyTITANConsumer Goods
UltraTech CementULTRACEMCOCement
United Phosphorus LimitedUPLChemicals
VedantaVEDLMetals
WiproWIPROInformation Technology
Shree CementSHREECEMCement
Zee Entertainment EnterprisesZEELMedia & Entertainment

November 3, 1995 is set as the base period for Nifty 50. 1000 is the base value and Rs2.06 trillion is set as the base capital for Nifty 50.

Following are the annual returns of Nifty 50:

YearClosing LevelPercentage Change
20001263.55-14.65%
20011059.05-13.94%
20021093.503.25%
20031879.7571.90%
20042080.5010.68%
20052836.5536.34%
20063966.4039.83%
20076138.6054.77%
20082959.15-51.79%
20095201.0575.76%
20106134.5017.95%
20114624.30-24.62%
20125905.1027.70%
20136304.006.76%
20148282.7031.39%
20157964.35-4.06%
20168185.803.01%
201710530.7028.65%
201810862.553.15%
201912168.4512.02%
202013981.7514.90%
202117354.0524.12%
202218105.304.33%
202321731.4020.03%
202423644.808.80%