Returns and CAGRs of several BSE and NSE indices over several years
See the 20 biggest gainers in the 25 years from May 31, 1996 to May 28, 2021. The sensex has gone up 13.8 times during that interval.
The current 50 nifty stocks are ranked by their returns over the last five years (3 May 2016 to 3 May 2021). The stocks are arranged by their performance rank, and the sensex, nifty, nifty 500 and the bank nifty also included to show how they compared with stocks.
See the 30 biggest gainers from the nifty 500 from March 23, 2020 to April 30, 2021. March 23, 2020 was the date the sensex bottomed out at 25,981.24.
The discovery in the UK of a new covid-19 mutation which spreads 70% more rapidly has caused equity markets worldwide to tank sharply, with the sensex and European indices among the worst hit. Crude Oil, Airline stocks and the British Pound were also among the hardest hit assets.
Airbnb had a spectacular debut on NASDAQ, with the stock surging from its IPO price of $68 to a closing of $144.71 on Thursday (December 10). As a result, loss-making Airbnb now has a valuation of $86 billion, making it twice the size of the world's largest hotel group Marriott.
Bitcoin climbed to an all-time high of $19,920.53 on Dec 1, going past its Dec 18, 2017 high of $18,094.
Funds which are linked to the S&P 500 will be forced to buy (potentially) over $50 billion of Tesla stock on December 21 when it gets added to the index.