NIFTY 50 (NSEI)
Benchmark index · India · data since 2007-09-17 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-0.43%
7d
-2.33%
30d
-1.06%
YTD
-9.04%
1y
-5.17%
NIFTY 50 (NSEI) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3.1 | -0.6 | -11.3 | 7.5 | -1.9 | 1.4 | -0.4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -0.6 | -5.9 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | -2.9 | -1.4 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 1.9 | -0.3 |
| 2024 | -0.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | -0.3 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 2.3 | -6.2 | -0.3 | -2.0 |
| 2023 | -2.5 | -2.0 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | -2.5 | 2.0 | -2.8 | 5.5 | 7.9 |
| 2022 | -0.1 | -3.1 | 4.0 | -2.1 | -3.0 | -4.8 | 8.7 | 3.5 | -3.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 | -3.5 |
| 2021 | -2.5 | 6.6 | 1.1 | -0.4 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 8.7 | 2.8 | 0.3 | -3.9 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | -1.7 | -6.4 | -23.3 | 14.7 | -2.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.8 | -1.2 | 3.5 | 11.4 | 7.8 |
| 2019 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -1.1 | -5.7 | -0.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | -4.8 | -3.6 | 6.2 | -0.0 | -0.2 | 6.0 | 2.9 | -6.4 | -5.0 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
| 2017 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 3.4 | -1.0 | 5.8 | -1.6 | -1.3 | 5.6 | -1.1 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | -4.8 | -7.6 | 10.8 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 1.7 | -2.0 | 0.3 | -4.8 | -0.5 |
| 2015 | 6.3 | 0.4 | -4.0 | -3.6 | 3.1 | -0.8 | 2.0 | -6.6 | -0.3 | 1.5 | -1.6 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | -3.4 | 3.1 | 6.8 | -0.1 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 3.2 | -3.6 |
| 2013 | 2.2 | -5.7 | -0.2 | 4.4 | 0.9 | -2.4 | -1.7 | -4.7 | 4.8 | 9.8 | -1.9 | 2.1 |
| 2012 | 12.4 | 3.6 | -1.7 | -0.9 | -6.2 | 7.2 | -0.9 | 0.6 | 8.5 | -1.5 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| 2011 | -10.3 | -3.1 | 9.4 | -1.4 | -4.8 | 3.2 | -2.9 | -8.8 | -1.1 | 7.8 | -9.3 | -4.3 |
| 2010 | -6.1 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 0.6 | -3.6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 11.6 | -0.2 | -2.6 | 4.6 |
| 2009 | -2.9 | -3.9 | 9.3 | 15.0 | 28.1 | -3.5 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 9.1 | -7.3 | 6.8 | 3.4 |
| 2008 | -16.3 | 1.7 | -9.4 | 9.1 | -5.7 | -17.0 | 7.2 | 0.6 | -10.1 | -26.4 | -4.5 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 11.7 | 17.5 | -2.3 | 6.5 |
| Avg | -1.3 | -1.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.3 | -0.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -1.3% | -1.2% | +0.7% | +3.3% | +1.6% | +0.7% | +2.5% | -0.0% | +1.7% | +0.8% | +0.6% | +1.7% |
| Win rate | 26%/19 | 42%/19 | 63%/19 | 68%/19 | 53%/19 | 58%/19 | 72%/18 | 61%/18 | 58%/19 | 63%/19 | 47%/19 | 63%/19 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-59.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
56%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+28.07%
2009-05
Worst month
-26.41%
2008-10
Longest streaks
7▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About NIFTY 50
NIFTY 50 isn't a company — it's the scoreboard: India's benchmark index, tracked here like any other asset, because sometimes the market itself is the most interesting ticker — with price history on this site back to 2007. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2007) would be about $475 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was May 2009 at +28.07%; its worst, October 2008 at -26.41%.
- It has closed July in the green 13 out of 18 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.