\nNifty50 launched with a base of 1,000 and was trading at 1,107 by April 1996.<\/p>\n
2000:<\/strong> 2001: <\/strong> 2007:<\/strong> 2017:<\/strong> 2021:<\/strong> We aren\u2019t alien to the fact that our economy has seen massive changes over the years.<\/p>\n Newer technologies and newer industries took the spotlight and gobbled up the old-timers. The sector weightage in the Nifty50 index follows a similar trend.<\/p>\n Back in 1996, leading the front was Consumer with a sector weightage of 17.6% in the index and then PSU Banks with 12.2%. Today this position is taken up by Financial Services with an allocation of 38.0%, followed by IT with 16.8% as of March 31, 2021.<\/p>\n Get the gist? IT was nowhere back in 1996 and now it holds the #2 spot. Financial Services was bumped up from 12.2% to 38.0% and doesn\u2019t just include PSU Banks anymore but also life insurance companies and NBFCs.<\/p>\n How times have changed.<\/p>\n Did you know that only 13 stocks out of 50 have managed to stay put in the index from 1996 till now? Here\u2019s how their market cap has changed in 25 years.<\/p>\n Source \u2013 Business Standard, Moneycontrol Today, not only is Nifty50 one of the most important indexes of India, it is also the most-traded derivatives index and the most-tracked index by domestic exchange-traded funds (ETFs).<\/p>\n All in all, the index has seen it\u2019s fair bit of ups and downs and has yet managed to provide a CAGR of 11.15% from its inception to March 31, 2021.<\/p>\n But still, it has a long, long way to go.<\/p>\n Disclaimer – This content is purely for informational purpose and in no way advice or a recommendation. Investment in securities market are subject to market risks, read all the related documents carefully before investing. The securities quoted are exemplary and are not recommendatory. So, our beloved index Nifty50 turned 25 on April 22, 2021. Nifty50 is India\u2019s benchmark, 50-stock index representing 13 sectors listed on the NSE. With hitting the 15,000 mark just two months before turning 25, Nifty50 has gone through quite a few changes. Let\u2019s see how. But first, a bit of history. A Quick LookContinue reading “Nifty50 Turns 25 | Started at 1,107, Now We\u2019re At ~15,000”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paytmmoney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTouched 1,800 in the midst of the IT boom.
\nIndex futures on the Nifty50 were added to the cart.<\/p>\n
\nFloated Index options based on Nifty50.<\/p>\n
\nZoomed past 5,000.<\/p>\n
\nGST launch, earnings results and monsoon contributed to the index sky-rocketing to 10,000.<\/p>\n
\nNifty50 hit the 15,000 mark this February.<\/p>\nSectors In The Spotlight<\/h2>\n
Those Who Stood Strong<\/h2>\n
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\n*as on 27th April 2021<\/p>\nPat On The Back<\/h2>\n
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