Sector Yearly Returns

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Last generated: 2026-10-29 18:00 · source: sector_yearly_returns.py (Dhan API)

By sector (Year x Sector)

Year	NIFTY 50	NIFTY AUTO	NIFTY BANK	NIFTY DEFENCE	NIFTY ENERGY	NIFTY FIN SERVICE	NIFTY FMCG	NIFTY IT	NIFTY MEDIA	NIFTY METAL	NIFTY PHARMA	NIFTY PSU BANK	NIFTY PVT BANK	NIFTY REALTY
2026	-10.51%	-4.13%	-5.2%	25.84%	6.84%	-7.67%	-16.13%	-24.23%	6.13%	15.49%	17.23%	-2.58%	-4.7%	-4.16%
2025	10.12%	23.08%	16.94%	18.12%	0.22%	17.13%	-5.79%	-11.99%	-20.96%	30.28%	-3.53%	30.93%	15.64%	-14.93%
2024	9.2%	24.44%	5.86%		5.62%	10.08%	-0.48%	21.51%	-24.6%	8.0%	39.15%	13.71%	0.15%	32.3%
2023	20.09%	47.44%	12.21%		29.67%	13.04%	29.7%	24.72%	22.02%	18.98%	33.83%	33.31%	13.69%	82.17%
2022	4.33%	15.31%	21.15%		14.31%	9.52%	17.54%	-26.04%	-10.22%	21.76%	-11.43%	70.67%	21.17%	-10.81%
2021	23.79%	17.95%	13.63%		33.32%	14.14%	9.27%	58.25%	33.75%	69.44%	9.39%	39.83%	4.92%	53.02%
2020	15.07%	12.94%	-2.73%		6.18%	4.19%	13.75%	55.55%	-7.54%	16.55%	61.57%	-28.37%	-2.91%	6.23%
2019	11.66%	-10.59%	17.2%		11.43%	24.54%	-0.54%	8.8%	-30.3%	-10.82%	-9.4%	-19.47%	15.07%	25.41%
2018	4.55%	-22.77%	8.19%		1.48%	12.8%	13.91%	24.95%	-25.63%	-20.0%	-7.65%	-14.72%	9.78%	-31.69%
2017	27.48%	30.07%	39.28%		37.65%	40.05%	28.58%	11.22%	32.58%	47.75%	-6.32%	23.37%	39.61%	110.28%
2016	2.8%	9.77%	6.68%		19.51%	4.45%	2.82%	-6.94%	-0.64%	44.92%	-14.3%	2.53%		-5.97%
2015	-3.87%	0.11%	-9.13%		-0.42%	-4.81%	0.63%	-0.36%	10.48%	-32.04%	9.67%	-32.28%		-13.42%

Ranked best → worst per year

Each row's sectors sorted from best to worst performer that year. Click a year below for its month-by-month breakdown.

Year	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	#12	#13	#14
2026	NIFTY DEFENCE +25.84%	NIFTY PHARMA +17.23%	NIFTY METAL +15.49%	NIFTY ENERGY +6.84%	NIFTY MEDIA +6.13%	NIFTY PSU BANK -2.58%	NIFTY AUTO -4.13%	NIFTY REALTY -4.16%	NIFTY PVT BANK -4.70%	NIFTY BANK -5.20%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE -7.67%	NIFTY 50 -10.51%	NIFTY FMCG -16.13%	NIFTY IT -24.23%
2025	NIFTY PSU BANK +30.93%	NIFTY METAL +30.28%	NIFTY AUTO +23.08%	NIFTY DEFENCE +18.12%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +17.13%	NIFTY BANK +16.94%	NIFTY PVT BANK +15.64%	NIFTY 50 +10.12%	NIFTY ENERGY +0.22%	NIFTY PHARMA -3.53%	NIFTY FMCG -5.79%	NIFTY IT -11.99%	NIFTY REALTY -14.93%	NIFTY MEDIA -20.96%
2024	NIFTY PHARMA +39.15%	NIFTY REALTY +32.30%	NIFTY AUTO +24.44%	NIFTY IT +21.51%	NIFTY PSU BANK +13.71%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +10.08%	NIFTY 50 +9.20%	NIFTY METAL +8.00%	NIFTY BANK +5.86%	NIFTY ENERGY +5.62%	NIFTY PVT BANK +0.15%	NIFTY FMCG -0.48%	NIFTY MEDIA -24.60%
2023	NIFTY REALTY +82.17%	NIFTY AUTO +47.44%	NIFTY PHARMA +33.83%	NIFTY PSU BANK +33.31%	NIFTY FMCG +29.70%	NIFTY ENERGY +29.67%	NIFTY IT +24.72%	NIFTY MEDIA +22.02%	NIFTY 50 +20.09%	NIFTY METAL +18.98%	NIFTY PVT BANK +13.69%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +13.04%	NIFTY BANK +12.21%
2022	NIFTY PSU BANK +70.67%	NIFTY METAL +21.76%	NIFTY PVT BANK +21.17%	NIFTY BANK +21.15%	NIFTY FMCG +17.54%	NIFTY AUTO +15.31%	NIFTY ENERGY +14.31%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +9.52%	NIFTY 50 +4.33%	NIFTY MEDIA -10.22%	NIFTY REALTY -10.81%	NIFTY PHARMA -11.43%	NIFTY IT -26.04%
2021	NIFTY METAL +69.44%	NIFTY IT +58.25%	NIFTY REALTY +53.02%	NIFTY PSU BANK +39.83%	NIFTY MEDIA +33.75%	NIFTY ENERGY +33.32%	NIFTY 50 +23.79%	NIFTY AUTO +17.95%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +14.14%	NIFTY BANK +13.63%	NIFTY PHARMA +9.39%	NIFTY FMCG +9.27%	NIFTY PVT BANK +4.92%
2020	NIFTY PHARMA +61.57%	NIFTY IT +55.55%	NIFTY METAL +16.55%	NIFTY 50 +15.07%	NIFTY FMCG +13.75%	NIFTY AUTO +12.94%	NIFTY REALTY +6.23%	NIFTY ENERGY +6.18%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +4.19%	NIFTY BANK -2.73%	NIFTY PVT BANK -2.91%	NIFTY MEDIA -7.54%	NIFTY PSU BANK -28.37%
2019	NIFTY REALTY +25.41%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +24.54%	NIFTY BANK +17.20%	NIFTY PVT BANK +15.07%	NIFTY 50 +11.66%	NIFTY ENERGY +11.43%	NIFTY IT +8.80%	NIFTY FMCG -0.54%	NIFTY PHARMA -9.40%	NIFTY AUTO -10.59%	NIFTY METAL -10.82%	NIFTY PSU BANK -19.47%	NIFTY MEDIA -30.30%
2018	NIFTY IT +24.95%	NIFTY FMCG +13.91%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +12.80%	NIFTY PVT BANK +9.78%	NIFTY BANK +8.19%	NIFTY 50 +4.55%	NIFTY ENERGY +1.48%	NIFTY PHARMA -7.65%	NIFTY PSU BANK -14.72%	NIFTY METAL -20.00%	NIFTY AUTO -22.77%	NIFTY MEDIA -25.63%	NIFTY REALTY -31.69%
2017	NIFTY REALTY +110.28%	NIFTY METAL +47.75%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +40.05%	NIFTY PVT BANK +39.61%	NIFTY BANK +39.28%	NIFTY ENERGY +37.65%	NIFTY MEDIA +32.58%	NIFTY AUTO +30.07%	NIFTY FMCG +28.58%	NIFTY 50 +27.48%	NIFTY PSU BANK +23.37%	NIFTY IT +11.22%	NIFTY PHARMA -6.32%
2016	NIFTY METAL +44.92%	NIFTY ENERGY +19.51%	NIFTY AUTO +9.77%	NIFTY BANK +6.68%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE +4.45%	NIFTY FMCG +2.82%	NIFTY 50 +2.80%	NIFTY PSU BANK +2.53%	NIFTY MEDIA -0.64%	NIFTY REALTY -5.97%	NIFTY IT -6.94%	NIFTY PHARMA -14.30%
2015	NIFTY MEDIA +10.48%	NIFTY PHARMA +9.67%	NIFTY FMCG +0.63%	NIFTY AUTO +0.11%	NIFTY IT -0.36%	NIFTY ENERGY -0.42%	NIFTY 50 -3.87%	NIFTY FIN SERVICE -4.81%	NIFTY BANK -9.13%	NIFTY REALTY -13.42%	NIFTY METAL -32.04%	NIFTY PSU BANK -32.28%

Monthly deep dive

2026 monthly →2025 monthly →2024 monthly →2023 monthly →2022 monthly →2021 monthly →2020 monthly →2019 monthly →2018 monthly →2017 monthly →2016 monthly →2015 monthly →

Drill into individual stocks

NIFTY 50 stocks →NIFTY AUTO stocks →NIFTY BANK stocks →NIFTY DEFENCE stocks →NIFTY ENERGY stocks →NIFTY FIN SERVICE stocks →NIFTY FMCG stocks →NIFTY IT stocks →NIFTY MEDIA stocks →NIFTY METAL stocks →NIFTY PHARMA stocks →NIFTY PSU BANK stocks →NIFTY PVT BANK stocks →NIFTY REALTY stocks →

Other sectors (no official Nifty index - stock-level only)

These come from your own watchlist rather than an NSE sectoral index, so there's no year/rank table for the sector itself - just the stock breakdown.

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