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Nifty Consumer Durables
Nifty Consumer Durables is an NSE sector index of 14 stocks. Since 2005 it has compounded 19.1% a year with dividends reinvested; over the past year it fell 3.0%. Its deepest fall was 80%, from Dec 2007 to Mar 2009, and it took 4.3 years from that high to a new one.
Written for anyone who holds, tracks or is thinking of buying Nifty Consumer Durables. Data to 14 Oct 2026.
- Trend
- Downtrend since Oct 2026
- Momentum
- 102nd of 133 markets, by rank
- Below its high
- 16.8% total return
- P/E
- 58.8 33rd percentile
- 1 year
- −3.0% total return
- 5 years
- 4.3% a year
- 10 years
- 15.7% a year
- Since 2005
- 19.1% a year
- Volatility
- 20.7% past year; usual 20%
NSE launched Nifty Consumer Durables in Jan 2020. Figures before that use NSE's back-calculated history: today's rules applied to the past, chosen with that past in view. Charts mark the launch.
Returns
Total return counts dividends reinvested; price return does not. Since 2005, dividends added about 0.9 percentage points a year. Returns over more than a year are a year, compounded.
Nifty Consumer Durables: growth of 100
Weekly, from Apr 2005, log scale: equal slopes are equal rates of growth. Drag the range below the chart to start anywhere; both lines restart at 100.
How to read it. The gap between the two lines is what dividends were worth. It widens slowly and never closes.
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To 14 Oct 2026. Before any fund cost or tax.
| Period | Total return | Price return | Dividends added | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | −6.0% | −6.0% | 0.0 pts | |
| 3 months | −5.3% | −5.4% | +0.2 pts | |
| 6 months | +1.1% | +0.7% | +0.4 pts | |
| This year | −0.1% | −0.5% | +0.4 pts | |
| 1 year | −3.0% | −3.4% | +0.4 pts | |
| 3 years, a year | +8.3% | +7.8% | +0.4 pts | |
| 5 years, a year | +4.3% | +3.8% | +0.5 pts | |
| 10 years, a year | +15.7% | +15.1% | +0.5 pts | |
| 15 years, a year | +16.6% | +15.9% | +0.7 pts | |
| 20 years, a year | +16.0% | +15.2% | +0.8 pts | |
| Since Apr 2005, a year | +19.1% | +18.2% | +0.9 pts |
Year by year
13 of the 20 full calendar years since 2006 ended higher. 18 of them had a fall of 10% or more from a peak somewhere inside the year, so even good years are rarely smooth.
Nifty Consumer Durables: each calendar year
The worst fall is the largest drop from a peak within the year, with the previous year-end as the first peak (the convention of J.P. Morgan's Guide to the Markets). Total return, %.
| Year | Total return | Price return | Dividends | Worst fall in the year | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | −0.1% | −0.5% | +0.4 pts | −14.0% | |
| 2025 | −11.8% | −12.1% | +0.3 pts | −21.3% | |
| 2024 | +34.8% | +34.3% | +0.5 pts | −12.7% | |
| 2023 | +23.7% | +23.1% | +0.6 pts | −7.6% | |
| 2022 | −12.7% | −13.2% | +0.5 pts | −26.0% | |
| 2021 | +46.7% | +46.1% | +0.6 pts | −11.1% | |
| 2020 | +25.2% | +24.6% | +0.7 pts | −34.5% | |
| 2019 | +18.9% | +18.3% | +0.7 pts | −14.8% | |
| 2018 | −6.7% | −7.2% | +0.5 pts | −24.1% | |
| 2017 | +91.4% | +90.4% | +1.0 pts | −7.2% | |
| 2016 | −3.2% | −4.0% | +0.8 pts | −20.2% | |
| 2015 | +19.3% | +18.5% | +0.8 pts | −11.4% | |
| 2014 | +66.0% | +64.7% | +1.3 pts | −11.4% | |
| 2013 | −15.2% | −16.0% | +0.8 pts | −28.8% | |
| 2012 | +50.9% | +49.7% | +1.2 pts | −10.0% | |
| 2011 | −11.8% | −12.5% | +0.7 pts | −24.4% | |
| 2010 | +56.1% | +54.7% | +1.4 pts | −17.8% | |
| 2009 | +113.5% | +110.4% | +3.2 pts | −27.4% | |
| 2008 | −74.1% | −74.4% | +0.3 pts | −77.8% | |
| 2007 | +94.5% | +92.8% | +1.6 pts | −17.8% | |
| 2006 | +24.9% | +23.9% | +1.0 pts | −38.7% |
The falls
Every fall of 10% or more from a high, deepest first. The worst, 80%, took 14 months to reach bottom and 3.1 years more to climb back. Today it is 16.8% below its high.
Nifty Consumer Durables: how far below its previous high
Weekly, the week's lowest close against the highest close before it, total return, %.
How to read it. Zero is a new high. The depth of each dip is what a holder sat through; its width is how long getting back took.
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Total return, closing prices. A fall ends when the index closes at or above the high it fell from. Calendar time.
| Fall | From the high of | To the low of | Falling for | Recovering for | Back at the high | High to high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −80.0% | 31 Dec 2007 | 12 Mar 2009 | 14 months | 3.1 years | 3 Apr 2012 | 4.3 years |
| −38.7% | 10 May 2006 | 14 Jun 2006 | 35 days | 7 months | 12 Jan 2007 | 8 months |
| −34.5% | 19 Feb 2020 | 24 Mar 2020 | 34 days | 8 months | 20 Nov 2020 | 9 months |
| −29.5% | 7 Dec 2012 | 28 Aug 2013 | 9 months | 9 months | 14 May 2014 | 17 months |
| −27.0% | 18 Oct 2021 | 17 Jun 2022 | 8 months | 18 months | 7 Dec 2023 | 2.1 years |
| −25.3% | 23 Sept 2024 | 23 Mar 2026 | 18 months | +11% off the low | not yet | 7 months since the low |
| −24.1% | 15 Jan 2018 | 9 Oct 2018 | 9 months | 6 months | 28 Mar 2019 | 14 months |
| −20.2% | 10 Oct 2016 | 26 Dec 2016 | 3 months | 45 days | 9 Feb 2017 | 4 months |
| −17.8% | 5 Feb 2007 | 7 Mar 2007 | 30 days | 3 months | 31 May 2007 | 4 months |
| −15.5% | 20 Sept 2005 | 28 Oct 2005 | 38 days | 17 days | 14 Nov 2005 | 55 days |
What holding it was like
From every day in its history, what holding Nifty Consumer Durables for a fixed span would have returned a year. Over five years the middle outcome was 19.0% a year; the worst 2.9% and the best 38.6%; no five-year span lost money.
Total return a year, %, over every span of that length starting on any session. Spans overlap, so 'separate spans' is how many non-overlapping ones the history holds: the longer the span, the fewer truly independent readings behind each figure.
| Held for | Worst | 1 in 10 worse than | Middle | 1 in 10 better than | Best | Spans that lost | Separate spans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | −74.4% | −11.6% | +17.8% | +71.9% | +203.8% | 23% | 21.5 |
| 3 years | −23.8% | +3.8% | +18.9% | +30.4% | +70.1% | 5% | 7.2 |
| 5 years | +2.9% | +11.5% | +19.0% | +27.6% | +38.6% | 0% | 4.3 |
| 7 years | +6.9% | +13.0% | +19.5% | +24.1% | +37.5% | 0% | 3.1 |
| 10 years | +13.5% | +16.1% | +19.2% | +23.6% | +33.9% | 0% | 2.2 |
Rolling returns, a year
Weekly: the return a year over the 3 and 5 years to each date, total return, %.
How to read it. Each point is what someone who bought 3 or 5 years earlier had earned a year by then. The lows mark the worst times to have bought.
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₹10,000 on the first session of every month into the index itself, from January of each year to 14 Oct 2026. Before any fund cost or tax; an index fund would have returned a little less. Of SIPs that ran five years or more, the weakest started in 2021 (+7.5% a year).
| Started in January | Months | Put in | Worth now | Multiple | Return a year (XIRR) | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | ₹2,20,000 | ₹2,17,537 | 0.99× | −1.2% | |
| 2024 | 34 | ₹3,40,000 | ₹3,39,516 | 1.00× | −0.1% | |
| 2023 | 46 | ₹4,60,000 | ₹5,08,307 | 1.11× | +5.3% | |
| 2022 | 58 | ₹5,80,000 | ₹6,76,299 | 1.17× | +6.4% | |
| 2021 | 70 | ₹7,00,000 | ₹8,70,169 | 1.24× | +7.5% | |
| 2020 | 82 | ₹8,20,000 | ₹11,78,924 | 1.44× | +10.6% | |
| 2019 | 94 | ₹9,40,000 | ₹14,77,666 | 1.57× | +11.4% | |
| 2018 | 106 | ₹10,60,000 | ₹18,17,202 | 1.71× | +12.0% | |
| 2017 | 118 | ₹11,80,000 | ₹22,60,560 | 1.92× | +12.8% | |
| 2016 | 130 | ₹13,00,000 | ₹28,22,840 | 2.17× | +13.7% | |
| 2015 | 142 | ₹14,20,000 | ₹34,59,120 | 2.44× | +14.3% | |
| 2014 | 154 | ₹15,40,000 | ₹43,54,446 | 2.83× | +15.2% | |
| 2013 | 166 | ₹16,60,000 | ₹54,56,035 | 3.29× | +15.9% | |
| 2012 | 178 | ₹17,80,000 | ₹66,13,746 | 3.72× | +16.2% | |
| 2011 | 190 | ₹19,00,000 | ₹79,04,701 | 4.16× | +16.3% | |
| 2010 | 202 | ₹20,20,000 | ₹95,17,598 | 4.71× | +16.5% | |
| 2009 | 214 | ₹21,40,000 | ₹1,29,11,963 | 6.03× | +17.8% | |
| 2008 | 226 | ₹22,60,000 | ₹1,52,85,404 | 6.76× | +17.8% | |
| 2007 | 238 | ₹23,80,000 | ₹1,72,23,192 | 7.24× | +17.4% | |
| 2006 | 250 | ₹25,00,000 | ₹1,97,43,119 | 7.90× | +17.2% |
How bumpy
Volatility is how widely daily returns swing, scaled to a year. Over the past year it was 20.7%, against a usual 19.9% for this index. 67% of months ended higher, and 264 days moved 3% or more either way.
Nifty Consumer Durables: volatility over the past year
Weekly: standard deviation of daily total returns over the past 252 sessions, annualised, %.
How to read it. Spikes come with sell-offs; calm stretches come with rising markets. High readings rarely last.
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| Worst days | Return |
|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2020 | −11.4% |
| 17 Mar 2008 | −10.1% |
| 10 Oct 2008 | −10.1% |
| 24 Oct 2008 | −10.0% |
| 22 May 2006 | −10.0% |
| Best days | Return |
|---|---|
| 18 May 2009 | +11.1% |
| 20 May 2009 | +9.7% |
| 31 Oct 2005 | +8.3% |
| 21 Oct 2008 | +8.3% |
| 25 Mar 2008 | +8.1% |
| Worst months | Return |
|---|---|
| Oct 2008 | −30.9% |
| Jan 2008 | −28.2% |
| Mar 2020 | −25.0% |
| Sept 2008 | −23.1% |
| Jun 2008 | −20.6% |
| Best months | Return |
|---|---|
| May 2009 | +54.9% |
| Dec 2007 | +34.7% |
| Jul 2005 | +18.6% |
| Apr 2008 | +17.1% |
| Jun 2014 | +16.9% |
Valuation
NSE's own price-to-earnings, price-to-book and dividend yield, at each month-end since Aug 2026. Today's P/E of 58.8 is in the middle of its range since NSE moved to consolidated earnings in March 2021. Price to book, 9.42, is in the middle of its range over the full history.
Price to earnings
Month-ends, as NSE publishes them.
How to read it. Higher is dearer. Before March 2021 NSE used standalone earnings, so readings on either side of the line are not strictly comparable.
Price to earnings. Line chart, Aug 2026 to Oct 2026. Price to earnings: latest 58.8×, range 58.8× to 65.8×.
Price to book
Month-ends, as NSE publishes them.
How to read it. Higher is dearer. Book value has no accounting break, so the whole history compares.
Price to book. Line chart, Aug 2026 to Oct 2026. Price to book: latest 9.42×, range 9.42× to 12.46×.
Today is 14 Oct 2026; the history is month-ends. A percentile is the share of month-ends at or below today's reading: 90 means dearer than nine months in ten (for dividend yield, the reverse).
| Today | Percentile, full history | Last 10 years | Since March 2021 | Median | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to earnings | 58.76 | 33 | – | – | 58.85 | 58.76 | 65.84 |
| Price to book | 9.42 | 33 | – | – | 9.44 | 9.42 | 12.46 |
| Dividend yield, % | 0.46 | 100 | – | – | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.46 |
What it holds
14 stocks as NSE lists them today. The ten largest make up 92.6% of the index. It is weighted by periodic capped free float and rebalanced twice a year.
NSE's factsheet, 30 Sept 2026. NSE publishes the weights of the ten largest members only.
| Largest holdings | Weight | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Titan Company Ltd. | 32.35% |
| 2 | Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. | 16.33% |
| 3 | Havells India Ltd. | 7.66% |
| 4 | Voltas Ltd. | 7.30% |
| 5 | Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. | 6.36% |
| 6 | Blue Star Ltd. | 5.89% |
| 7 | LG Electronics India Ltd. | 5.27% |
| 8 | Amber Enterprises India Ltd. | 4.37% |
| 9 | Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. | 4.02% |
| 10 | Kajaria Ceramics Ltd. | 3.02% |
NSE's constituent list for Nifty Consumer Durables, as seen on 14 Oct 2026. NSE changes members at each rebalance.
| Member | Industry | NSE symbol | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Enterprises India Ltd. | Consumer Durables | AMBER | |
| Bata India Ltd. | Consumer Durables | BATAINDIA | |
| Blue Star Ltd. | Consumer Durables | BLUESTARCO | |
| Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. | Consumer Durables | CROMPTON | |
| Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. | Consumer Durables | DIXON | |
| Havells India Ltd. | Consumer Durables | HAVELLS | |
| Kajaria Ceramics Ltd. | Consumer Durables | KAJARIACER | |
| Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. | Consumer Durables | KALYANKJIL | |
| LG Electronics India Ltd. | Consumer Durables | LGEINDIA | |
| PG Electroplast Ltd. | Consumer Durables | PGEL | |
| Thangamayil Jewellery Ltd. | Consumer Durables | THANGAMAYL | |
| Titan Company Ltd. | Consumer Durables | TITAN | |
| Voltas Ltd. | Consumer Durables | VOLTAS | |
| Whirlpool of India Ltd. | Consumer Durables | WHIRLPOOL |
Against the Nifty 500
How Nifty Consumer Durables has done against the broad market it is part of. Over 21 years it beat the Nifty 500 by 4.8 percentage points a year, and was ahead in 12 of 20 calendar years.
Relative strength
Weekly: Nifty Consumer Durables's total return divided by the Nifty 500's, 100 at the start of the range shown.
How to read it. Rising: Nifty Consumer Durables is outrunning the Nifty 500. Falling: it is lagging. The level means nothing; the direction is the reading.
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Three-year lead or lag
Weekly: Nifty Consumer Durables's return a year over the past three years minus the Nifty 500's, percentage points.
How to read it. Above zero, someone who bought three years earlier was ahead of the broad index; below, behind.
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Monthly total returns. Up capture: how much of the Nifty 500's gain in its rising months this index caught (100 is all of it); down capture: the same for falling months. Beta above 1 means bigger swings than the Nifty 500.
| Ahead by, a year | Up capture | Down capture | Beta | Correlation | Tracking error | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full history, from May 2005 | +4.8 pts | 115 | 103 | 1.15 | 0.85 | 15.7% |
| Last 5 years, from Oct 2021 | −2.4 pts | 104 | 120 | 1.05 | 0.78 | 12.3% |
Models and ETFs
4 Tipsheet models can hold Nifty Consumer Durables; none does today. No ETF listed on NSE tracks it. Its trend and momentum have a page of their own.
Model holdings on 14 Oct 2026. Rule-based models, not advice; each page has the rule and its record after costs and tax.
| Model | Weight in Nifty Consumer Durables today |
|---|---|
| Sector rotation | 0% |
| Sector rotation (sectors counted from launch) | 0% |
| Sector rotation, top 3 (NSE history) | 0% |
| Sector rotation, top 3 (sectors counted from launch) | 0% |
Data and sources
Nifty Consumer Durables is computed and published by NSE Indices. History here starts 1 Apr 2005; NSE launched the index on 15 Jan 2020, from a base date of April 01, 2005. All returns are on NSE's total-return index unless marked as price return.
Historical index data. NSE publishes daily index values, total-return values and P/E, P/B and dividend yield for every index on niftyindices.com: historical data. Pick Nifty Consumer Durables there to download its full series.
- Nifty Consumer Durables on niftyindices.com: description and methodology
- NSE's monthly factsheet (PDF)
- Current constituents (CSV)
- The weekly series on this page (JSON): growth of 100, drawdown, volatility and rolling returns
Index values themselves are NSE's and are not republished here; the charts show growth of 100 and other figures computed from them.
The workings
The question
Data
Every chart has a table view, a CSV download and a link to its published JSON. Bundles are listed in data status.