Last Updated on June 7, 2020 by Jeysivaa | Published: May 30, 2020
Nifty 50 is benchmark index of an Indian stock market. Please see below graph for the Nifty and it’s weightage.
Read the previous month Returns Commentary here.
Past Month Returns : May-2020
- Nifty50 ended the month of May-2020 with a gain of -2.84%. vs +14.68%
- This year (April Month) has one of the best monthly returns in the last decade.
- This April Monthly Gain Ranks – 261st out of 359 months since July 1990.
- Yearly returns stand at the end of May is -21.27%.
To give a picture of monthly returns in past, here is the Nifty Monthly Returns Heatmap:
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Indices Monthly Performance :
TOP 10 NIFTY Monthly Gain
| RANK | MONTH | Returns % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar-92 | 41.87% |
| 2 | Feb-92 | 29.84% |
| 3 | May-09 | 28.07% |
| 4 | Jul-91 | 27.23% |
| 5 | Jan-92 | 22.61% |
| 6 | Nov-93 | 21.01% |
| 7 | Feb-91 | 20.86% |
| 8 | Jan-94 | 19.57% |
| 9 | Oct-07 | 17.51% |
| 10 | Feb-96 | 16.98% |
TOP 10 NIFTY Monthly Fall
| RANK | MONTH | Fall % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct-08 | -26.41% |
| 2 | May-92 | -25.27% |
| 3 | Mar-20 | -23.25% |
| 4 | May-04 | -17.40% |
| 5 | Jun-08 | -17.03% |
| 6 | Jan-08 | -16.31% |
| 7 | Mar-01 | -15.04% |
| 8 | Mar-93 | -14.68% |
| 9 | May-06 | -13.68% |
| 10 | Oct-92 | -13.67% |
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