Nifty50 Fact Sheet
Nifty50 Fact Sheet
Nifty50 Fact Sheet
The NIFTY 50 index is a well-diversified 50 companies index reflecting overall market conditions. NIFTY 50 Index is computed
using free float market capitalization method.
NIFTY 50 can be used for a variety of purposes such as benchmarking fund portfolios, launching of index funds, ETFs and structured
products.
Index Variants: NIFTY50 USD, NIFTY 50 Total Returns Index and NIFTY50 Dividend Points Index
Portfolio Characteristics
Methodology Free Float Market Capitalization Index Since
QTD YTD 1 Year 5 Years
Returns (%) Inception
No. of Constituents 50
Price Return 9.18 -6.42 3.30 7.39 10.29
Launch Date April 22, 1996 Total Return 9.54 -5.66 4.34 8.76
Base Date November 03, 1995
Since
Base Value 1000 Statistics ## 1 Year 5 Years
Inception
Calculation Frequency Real-Time Daily Std. Deviation * 31.21 18.07 23.97
Index Rebalancing Semi-Annually Beta (NIFTY 50) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Correlation (NIFTY 50) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Sector Representation
Fundamentals
Sector Weight(%)
P/E P/B Dividend Yield
FINANCIAL SERVICES 34.96 32.29 3.2 1.46
OIL & GAS 15.74
IT 15.27 Top constituents by weightage
CONSUMER GOODS 12.15
AUTOMOBILE 5.82 Company’s Name Weight(%)
PHARMA 2.98
Reliance Industries Ltd. 13.63
TELECOM 2.89
HDFC Bank Ltd. 9.99
CONSTRUCTION 2.39
METALS 2.34 Infosys Ltd. 7.03
CEMENT & CEMENT PRODUCTS 2.04 Housing Development Finance Corporation 6.55
POWER 1.91 ICICI Bank Ltd. 5.62
FERTILISERS & PESTICIDES 0.58 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 4.90
SERVICES 0.55 Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. 4.24
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT 0.38
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. 3.91
ITC Ltd. 3.45
Bharti Airtel Ltd. 2.55
Index Methodology
Eligibility Criteria for Selection of Constituent Stocks:
i. Market impact cost is the best measure of the liquidity of a stock. It accurately reflects the costs faced when actually trading an
index. For a stock to qualify for possible inclusion into the NIFTY50, have traded at an average impact cost of 0.50% or less during the
last six months for 90% of the observations, for the basket size of Rs. 100 Million.
ii. The company should have a listing history of 6 months.
iii. Companies that are allowed to trade in F&O segment are only eligible to be constituent of the index.
iv. A company which comes out with an IPO will be eligible for inclusion in the index, if it fulfills the normal eligibility criteria for
the index for a 3 month period instead of a 6 month period.
Index Re-Balancing:
Index is re-balanced on semi-annual basis. The cut-off date is January 31 and July 31 of each year, i.e. For semi-annual review of
indices, average data for six months ending the cut-off date is considered. Four weeks prior notice is given to market from the date of
change.
Index Governance:
A professional team manages all NSE indices. There is a three-tier governance structure comprising the Board of Directors of NSE
Indices Limited, the Index Advisory Committee (Equity) and the Index Maintenance Sub-Committee.
Key Indices
Broad Market Sectoral Indices Thematic Indices Strategy Indices Fixed Income
NIFTY 50 NIFTY Bank NIFTY CPSE NIFTY100 Equal Weight NIFTY 10 yr Benchmark G-Sec
NIFTY Next 50 NIFTY IT NIFTY Commodities NIFTY50 PR 1x Inverse NIFTY 8-13 yr G-Sec
NIFTY 100 NIFTY PSU Bank NIFTY Energy NIFTY50 PR 2x Leverage NIFTY 4-8 yr G-Sec
NIFTY 200 NIFTY FMCG NIFTY Shariah 25 NIFTY50 Value 20 NIFTY 11-15 yr G-Sec
NIFTY 500 NIFTY Private Bank NIFTY 100 Liquid15 NIFTY100 Quality 30 NIFTY 15 yr and above G-Sec
NIFTY Midcap 50 NIFTY Metal NIFTY Infrastructure NIFTY Low Volatility 50 NIFTY Composite G-Sec
NIFTY Midcap 100 NIFTY Financial Services NIFTY Corporate Group NIFTY Alpha 50 NIFTY 1D Rate