Types of NSE Sectoral Indices
Suppose you want to check how a particular sector is performing which has hundreds of stocks listed on the National Sector Exchange (NSE), what will you do? You can check the stock prices of all the listed stocks from an industry, but that will take a lot of time.
This is why you need NSE sectoral indices, which reflect the performance of stocks from the industry they represent. Instead of checking the price of each individual stock from a sector, you can analyse the movements in the respective sectoral index to see how that sector is performing on the stock exchange.
Read this blog, as it takes a deep dive into the topic of NSE sectoral indices.
What is a Stock Market Index?
A stock market index is a portfolio of stocks, which are selected based on predefined criteria. Understandably, the selection of stocks is the most important step in building an index.
Stock selection depends upon the objective of building an index. For example, if your objective is to build an index that tracks the larger corporate sector in India, you should select stocks of the biggest and most reputed companies from India Inc.
Once stocks are selected, a certain weightage is applied to them. The criteria for determining the weightage could vary from index to index. Then, the index’s values are calculated based on a base year and a base value.
When an index goes up or down, it helps traders understand how its constituent stocks are performing. For example, if you track the largest indices in India, like Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex, you will be able to gauge how the stocks of the biggest listed companies in India are performing.
What Do You Mean by Sectoral Indices?
A sectoral index is made up of stocks from a specific industry or sector. Hence, it reflects the performance of companies belonging to that sector. For example, the Nifty Bank Index is made up of stocks like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, etc.
So, if on a trading day, you want to see how the top banking stocks in India are performing, you should observe the movements of the Nifty Bank Index. Similarly, if you want to see how real-estate companies are doing, you should track the Nifty Realty Index, which comprises stocks like DLF, Phoenix Mills, Godrej Properties, Oberoi Realty, etc.
Types of NSE Sectoral Indices
NSE Sectoral Indices track the performance of the most important sectors of India. Please go through the following table to learn more about them.
Index
| Industry
| Description
|
Nifty Bank Index
| Banking (including public sector and private sector banks)
| This index is made up of some of the largest and most liquid banking stocks, like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, etc.
|
Nifty Auto Index
| Automobiles
| This index shows the performance of the leading auto stocks. Some of its constituents include Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki India, Bajaj Auto, Eicher Motors, etc.
|
Nifty Financial Services Index
| Financial Sector
| This index depicts the performance of a wide variety of stocks belonging to the financial sector, like banks, housing finance, financial institutions, insurance companies, etc.
|
Nifty Financial Services 25/50 Index
| Financial Sector
| This index is made up of the same stocks as the Nifty Financial Services Index. However, here, 25 means the maximum weightage of a single stock in the index and 50 means the maximum aggregate weightage for all those stocks with an individual weight of more than 5%.
|
Nifty Financial Services Ex Bank
| Financial Sector (excluding banks)
| This index tracks the performance of stocks from the financial sector, except banks.
|
Nifty FMCG Index
| FMCG
| This index is made up of stocks belonging to the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, which manufactures packaged food, non-alcoholic drinks, etc.
|
Nifty Healthcare Index
| Healthcare
| This index tracks the performance of healthcare stocks belonging to sectors like pharmaceuticals, hospitals, and diagnostics.
|
Nifty IT Index
| IT
| Its constituent stocks include some of the largest, most reputed, and highly liquid IT stocks from India, like Infosys, TCS, etc.
|
Nifty Media Index
| Media & Entertainment
| Its constituent stocks include companies from media, entertainment, printing, and publishing sectors.
|
Nifty Metal Index
| Metals (including Mining)
| This index tracks stocks from the metals and mining industry of India.
|
Nifty Pharma Index
| Pharmaceuticals
| This index includes stocks of leading pharma companies from the country.
|
Nifty Private Bank Index
| Private Banks
| It tracks the performance of top private sector banks in India.
|
Nifty PSU Bank Index
| Public Sector Banks
| It tracks the performance of leading public sector banks.
|
Nifty Realty Index
| Real Estate
| This index is made up of stocks from the real-estate sector.
|
Nifty Consumer Durables Index
| Consumer Durables
| This index’s constituents include consumer durable companies like Titan, Voltas, Dixon Technologies, etc.
|
Nifty Oil and Gas Index
| Oil and Gas
| This index tracks leading stocks from oil, gas, & petroleum industries, like Reliance Industries, ONGC, GAIL, etc.
|
Nifty MidSmall Financial Services Index
| Financial Services
| Its constituents include mid-cap and small-cap stocks from the financial services industry.
|
Nifty MidSmall Healthcare Index
| Healthcare
| This index is made up of mid-cap and small-cap stocks from the healthcare sector.
|
Nifty MidSmall IT & Telecom Index
| IT & Telecom
| This index tracks the performance of mid-cap and small-cap stocks from IT and telecom sectors.
|
Eligibility Criteria for Nifty Sectoral Indices
If a stock wants to be included in a Nifty sectoral index, it should meet the following criteria:
- A stock should be a part of the Nifty 500 index at the time of review.
- If the number of eligible stocks within the Nifty 500 index is less than 10, the remaining number of shares will be selected from the top 800 stocks.
- If the number of eligible stocks is still lower than 10, the remaining shares will be selected from the top 1000 stocks, the top 1100 stocks, the top 1200 stocks, and so on.
- A stock should be from its respective industry. For example, if a stock wants to be included in the IT index, it should be of an IT company.
- When it comes to the Nifty Bank Index, only those stocks that are permitted to trade in the futures & options (F&O) segment can be a constituent of the index. However, in the case of all other sectoral indices, stocks that trade in the NSE’s F&O segment are preferred to be included in an index.
- The free-float (FF) market capitalization method is used to finally decide which stocks will be included in an index. For this purpose, stocks are ranked in the descending order of their average FF market capitalization.
- Only those stocks are included whose FF market capitalization is at least 1.5 times the FF market cap of the smallest constituent of their respective index.
How Can You as a Retail Investor Trade in Sectoral Indices?
There are three ways for a retail investor to trade in any sectoral index. First, you can invest in an exchange-traded-fund (ETF) that tracks the sectoral index you are keen on. Or, you can invest in an index fund that mirrors the sectoral index you want to invest in.
By investing in an ETF or an index fund, you will have a portfolio that is almost same as the index you want to invest in. However, if you do not want to invest in an ETF or an index fund, you can also invest in a constituent stock of an index.
For example, you can invest in HDFC Bank or ICICI Bank if you want to trade in the Nifty Bank Index because both these stocks are included in this index.
Conclusion
You could be keen to open a demat account or you could be an experienced investor. Regardless of the kind of investor you are, you should know about NSE sectoral indices, which can be a great starting point to analyse the stock market on a day-to-day basis.
Moreover, these indices can help you benchmark the performance of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds focusing on specific sectors, which can let you find out the best-performing funds to invest in.
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