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Jan 12, 2008

What is S&P CNX Nifty? What constitutes Nifty?

S&P CNX Nifty (Standard & Poor's CRISIL National Stock EXchange index-NSE fifty) is the benchmark index of NSE reflecting the performance of Indian stock markets. The fifty stocks in the index have market capitalization more than that of rest of the traded stocks at NSE. Nifty is managed by India Index Services and Products Ltd. (IISL), a joint venture between NSE and CRISIL.

Nifty is computed using market capitalization weighted method. Hence, the level of the index reflects the total market value of all the stocks in the index relative to base period (index base value of 1000 on November 3, 1995).

The stocks for inclusion in Nifty have to satisfy several criterias like liquidity (measured by impact cost), market capitalization, floating stocks, etc.

The present constituents of Nifty are:

Company Name Industry
ABB Ltd. Electrical Equipment
ACC Ltd. Cement
Ambuja Cements Ltd. Cement
Bajaj Auto Ltd. Automobile - 2/3 wheeler
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Electrical Equipment
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Refineries
Bharti Airtel Ltd. Telecommunication
Cairn India Ltd. Oil Exploration/Production
Cipla Ltd. Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Pharmaceuticals
GAIL (India) Ltd. Gas
Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Pharmaceuticals
Grasim Industries Ltd. Cement
HCL Technologies Ltd. Softwares
HDFC Bank Ltd. Banking
Hero Honda Motors Ltd. Automobile - 2/3 wheeler
Hindalco Industries Ltd. Aluminium
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Diversified
HDFC Ltd. Finance - Housing
I T C Ltd. Diversified
ICICI Bank Ltd. Banking
Idea Cellular Ltd. Telecommunication
Infosys Technologies Ltd. Softwares
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Engineering
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Automobiles - 4 wheelers
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Automobiles - 4 wheelers
NTPC Ltd. Power
National Aluminium Co. Ltd. Aluminium
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Oil Exploration/Production
Punjab National Bank Banking
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. Pharmaceuticals
Reliance Communications Ltd. Telecommunication
Reliance Energy Ltd. Power
Reliance Industries Ltd. Diversified
Reliance Petroleum Ltd. Refineries
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Softwares
Siemens Ltd. Electrical Equipment
State Bank of India Banking
Steel Authority of India Ltd. Steel
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. Metals
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Pharmaceuticals
Suzlon Energy Ltd. Electrical Equipment
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Softwares
Tata Motors Ltd. Automobiles - 4 wheelers
Tata Power Co. Ltd. Power
Tata Steel Ltd. Steel
Unitech Ltd. Construction
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Telecommunication
Wipro Ltd. Softwares
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. Media


Sector No. of companies in Nifty
Automobile 5
Cement & Construction 4
Diversified 3
Electrical Equipment 4
Engineering 1
Financial 5
Gas & Oil 3
Media 1
Metals 5
Pharmaceuticals 5
Power 3
Refineries 2
Softwares 5
Telecommunication 4

The weightage and market capitalization of the constituents of Nifty as on 31 december 2007 are shown below:
S.N. STOCK Market Capitalisation (Rs. Crores) Weightage %
1 ABB 32,046 0.91%
2 ACC 19,227 0.55%
3 BAJAJ AUTO 26,590 0.75%
4 BHARTI AIRTEL 1,89,100 5.37%
5 BHEL 1,26,773 3.60%
6 BPCL 18,932 0.54%
7 CIPLA 16,529 0.47%
8 NTPC 2,06,879 5.87%
9 DRREDDY 12,312 0.35%
10 GAIL 45,970 1.31%
11 GLAXO 8,701 0.25%
12 GRASIM 33,573 0.95%
13 AMBUJA CEMENT 22,379 0.64%
14 HCL TECH 21,882 0.62%
15 HDFC 80,804 2.29%
16 HDFC BANK 61,223 1.74%
17 HERO HONDA 13,905 0.39%
18 HINDALCO 26,366 0.75%
19 UNILEVER 46,868 1.33%
20 CAIRN 45,749 1.30%
21 ICICI BANK 1,35,658 3.85%
22 INFOSYS 1,01,153 2.87%
23 UNITECH 79,424 2.25%
24 ITC 78,875 2.24%
25 RPL 1,00,530 2.85%
26 L&T 1,21,406 3.45%
27 MARUTI 28,732 0.82%
28 M&M 21,182 0.60%
29 IDEA 36,658 1.04%
30 NATIONAL ALUMINIUM 31,246 0.89%
31 ONGC 2,64,568 7.51%
32 STERLITE 73,314 2.08%
33 PNB 20,952 0.59%
34 RANBAXY 15,874 0.45%
35 RELIANCE POWER 50,451 1.43%
36 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES 4,19,043 11.90%
37 SAIL 1,17,531 3.34%
38 SATYAM COMPUTERS 30,260 0.86%
39 SBI 1,24,793 3.54%
40 SIEMENS 31,867 0.90%
41 SUN PHARMA 24,208 0.69%
42 SUZLON 57,985 1.65%
43 TATA POWER 31,958 0.91%
44 RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS 1,53,921 4.37%
45 TATA MOTORS 28,601 0.81%
46 TCS 1,05,435 2.99%
47 TATA STEEL 68,356 1.94%
48 VSNL 21,787 0.62%
49 WIPRO 76,769 2.18%
50 ZEEL 14,180 0.40%

TOTAL 35,22,527 100.00%

Data Source: NSE

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