Nifty 50: As the name itself clearly indicates, that Nifty index includes 50 companies. Nifty 50 is an important stock market index which includes companies from various sectors like Metals, IT, Construction, Automobiles, Energy, Chemicals,Oil & gas etc.
To make it more clear, the Nifty 50 index includes a list of 50 largest companies in India listed on NSE. These 50 companies are from various sectors.
You can treat Nifty 50 as a measuring device to track the performance of the Indian Stock Market.Most Investors look at the Nifty 50 performance before making any investment decision. Simply by looking at the performance of Nifty, Investors can get a clear understanding of the Indian stock market. We can get a vivid picture of whether the market is in bullish mode, or bearish or in sideways.
Nifty 50 Stocks Weightage :
Not all the companies have equal share and weightage in Nifty 50 Index. The Nifty 50 index is nothing but the weighted average of top 50 stocks from various sectors.
The Nifty 50 index uses a unique method to determine each company’s weightage in the index. “Free Float Market Capitalization “ is the method they have adopted in determining the weightage of each stock in the index.
To make it easier for newbies who have less knowledge on Financial Vocabulary, “Free Float Market Capitalization” is nothing but looking at the number of shares available for trading instead of total shares of the company. Based on the number of shares available for trading each company is given a weightage in the Nifty 50 index.
Is it Important to Know Stock Weightage in Nifty 50 ?
I have seen many people asking whether knowing / having an idea of stock weightage in the Nifty 50 index helps in investing.
In general a stock with more weightage has more impact on Nifty 50’s performance. Similarly a stock with less weighted average will show less influence on Nifty 50’s performance.
So knowing about weightage will let you know how much influence that particular stock has on the Nifty 50 index.
Nifty Options Trading and Futures Trading:
Institutional Investors like FII and DII along with retail investors actively participate in Nifty trading. Similar to trading in stocks, you can trade in nifty options and futures.
Trading in Nifty has additional advantages compared to trading in stocks i.e “High Liquidity”.
Hope we have given a clear introduction about Nifty 50 index and importance of stock weightage in Nifty. Now it’s time to see the “Nifty 50 stocks list” and the weightage of each company in the index.
Without further ado let’s see the list of Nifty 50 Company list.
Nifty 50 Stocks List and their Weightage :
Company Name | Weightage | Industry | Symbol |
Reliance Industries | 10.22% | Oil & Gas Consumable Fuels | RELIANCE |
HDFC Bank | 11.07% | Financial Services | HDFCBANK |
ICICI Bank | 7.8% | Financial Services | ICICIBANK |
Axis Bank | 3.02% | Financial Services | AXISBANK |
State Bank of India | 2.93% | Financial Services | SBIN |
Kotak Mahindra Bank | 2.67% | Financial Services | KOTAKBANK |
Bajaj Finance | 2.05% | Financial Services | BAJFINANCE |
INDUSIND Bank | 1.04% | Financial Services | INDUSINDBK |
HDFC LIFE Insurance | 0.68% | Financial Services | HDFCLIFE |
BAJAJ Finserve | 0.91% | Financial Services | BAJAJFINSV |
SBI Life Insurance | 0.69% | Financial Services | SBILIFE |
Shriram Finance | 0.67% | Financial Services | SHRIRAMFIN |
Oil and Natural Gas Corp | 1.06% | Oil & Gas Consumable Fuels | ONGC |
Coal India | 1.01% | Oil & Gas Consumable Fuels | COALINDIA |
Bharat Petroleum Corp. | 0.58% | Oil & Gas Consumable Fuels | BPCL |
Larsen and Toubro | 4.52% | Construction | L&T |
Sun Pharma | 1.78% | HealthCare | SUNPHARMA |
Cipla | 0.8% | HealthCare | CIPLA |
Apollo Hospitals | 0.65% | HealthCare | APOLLOHOSP |
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories | 0.76% | HealthCare | DRREDDY |
Divis Laboratories | 0.45% | HealthCare | DIVISLAB |
Infosys | 5.44% | Information & Technology | INFY |
HCL Technologies | 1.66% | Information & Technology | HCLTECH |
TATA Consultancy Services | 3.99% | Information & Technology | TCS |
Tech Mahindra | 0.81% | Information & Technology | TECHM |
Wipro | 0.69% | Information & Technology | WIPRO |
LTI Mindtree ltd | 0.46% | Information & Technology | LTIM |
Maruti Suzuki India | 1.69% | Automobile | MARUTI |
Mahindra & Mahindra | 1.87% | Automobile | M&M |
Bajaj Auto | 1.05% | Automobile | BAJAJ-AUTO |
Tata Motors | 1.78% | Automobile | TATAMOTORS |
Hero Motor Corp | 0.62% | Automobile | HEROMOTOCO |
Eicher Motors | 0.56% | Automobile | EICHERMOT |
Itc | 3.86% | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | ITC |
Nestle India | 0.95% | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | NESTLEIND |
Tata Consumer Goods | 0.7% | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | TATACONSUM |
Hindustan Unilever | 2.05% | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | HINDUNILVR |
Britannia Industries | 0.59% | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | BRITANNIA |
NTPC | 1.62% | Power | NTPC |
Power Grid Corporation | 1.28% | Power | POWERGRID |
Titan Company | 1.61% | Consumer Durables | TITAN |
Asian Paints | 1.3% | Consumer Durables | ASIANPAINT |
Adani Ports and SEZ | 1% | Services | ADANIPORTS |
Ultratech Cement | 1.14% | Construction & Materials | ULTRACEMCO |
Grasim Industries | 0.86% | Construction & Materials | GRASIM |
Bharti Airtel | 3.25% | Telecommunication | BHARTIARTL |
Tata Steel | 1.31% | Metals & Mining | TATASTEEL |
Hindalco Industries | 0.83% | Metals & Mining | HINDALCO |
Adani Enterprises | 0.85% | Metals & Mining | ADANIENT |
JSW Steel | 0.8% | Metals & Mining | JSWSTEEL |
Nifty 50 Sectoral Weightage / Distribution :
Sector | Weightage % |
Financial Services | 33.53% |
Information Technology | 13.04% |
Automobile & Auto Components | 7.57% |
FMCG | 8.15% |
Power | 2.9% |
Consumer Durables | 2.92% |
Services | 1% |
Construction & Materials | 2% |
Telecommunication | 3.25% |
Healthcare | 4.44% |
Metals & Mining | 3.79% |
Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels | 12.87% |
Construction | 4.52% |
Number of Stocks in each Sector :
Sector | Number of Stocks |
Financial Services | 11 |
Information Technology | 6 |
Automobile & Auto Components | 6 |
FMCG | 5 |
Power | 2 |
Consumer Durables | 2 |
Services | 1 |
Construction & Materials | 2 |
Telecommunication | 1 |
Metals & Mining | 4 |
Healthcare | 5 |
Construction | 1 |
Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels | 4 |
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