The Nifty 50 tracks fifty large, liquid Indian stocks weighted by market value. Banks and IT dominate, so financial results season moves the index disproportionately.
Foreign investors benchmark India allocations to it, and derivatives on it are among the world's most traded - expiry-day swings often start here.
Example
A 200-point Nifty move on HDFC Bank and Reliance earnings day can happen while most small-caps fall - index versus portfolio divergence is normal.
In Ticker Screener
The Markets tab opens economies with native indices and whole-market breadth (Nifty 500 advance/decline for India), so you see past the headline number.
Frequently asked questions
Nifty vs Sensex - which to follow?
Both mirror India's large-caps and move together; Nifty (NSE, 50 stocks) leads derivatives, Sensex (BSE, 30 stocks) leads headlines. Either works as a benchmark.
Related terms
Sensex
BSE's 30-stock benchmark and India's oldest market barometer. Asia's first exchange, still the headline number.
Index
A rule-based basket measuring a market slice - Nifty 50, S&P 500, gold prices. The benchmark everything gets judged against.
Market Cap
Price times shares outstanding: the market's price tag for the whole company. Defines large, mid and small caps.
Fed to FII: How US Rates Drive Indian Small & Mid-Caps
Fed at 3.75-4.00%, US 10Y above 5.10%, Rs 2.45 lakh crore of FPI outflows. The three transmission channels - yields, currency, crude - and the screening overlay for small-caps in risk-off regimes.
P/E, ROCE, ROE, P/B, dividend yield and market cap — live beside every price in your watchlist.