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Nifty MidSmall India Consumption
Nifty MidSmall India Consumption is an NSE theme index of 30 stocks. Since 2005 it has compounded 15.3% a year with dividends reinvested; over the past year it fell 9.8%. Its deepest fall was 66%, from Jan 2008 to Oct 2008, and it took 4.9 years from that high to a new one.
Written for anyone who holds, tracks or is thinking of buying Nifty MidSmall India Consumption. Data to 14 Oct 2026.
- Trend
- Downtrend since Sep 2026
- Momentum
- 97th of 133 markets, by rank
- Below its high
- 15.5% total return
- P/E
- 48.6 67th percentile
- 1 year
- −9.8% total return
- 5 years
- 8.5% a year
- 10 years
- 13.7% a year
- Since 2005
- 15.3% a year
- Volatility
- 16.5% past year; usual 17%
NSE launched Nifty MidSmall India Consumption in Oct 2022. 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 1.1 percentage points a year. Returns over more than a year are a year, compounded.
Nifty MidSmall India Consumption: 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 | −3.4% | −3.4% | 0.0 pts | |
| 3 months | −7.1% | −7.4% | +0.3 pts | |
| 6 months | +3.3% | +2.9% | +0.4 pts | |
| This year | −6.6% | −7.3% | +0.6 pts | |
| 1 year | −9.8% | −10.5% | +0.7 pts | |
| 3 years, a year | +9.9% | +9.3% | +0.6 pts | |
| 5 years, a year | +8.5% | +7.9% | +0.6 pts | |
| 10 years, a year | +13.7% | +12.9% | +0.8 pts | |
| 15 years, a year | +16.7% | +15.8% | +0.9 pts | |
| 20 years, a year | +13.3% | +12.2% | +1.0 pts | |
| Since Apr 2005, a year | +15.3% | +14.2% | +1.1 pts |
Year by year
15 of the 20 full calendar years since 2006 ended higher. 14 of them had a fall of 10% or more from a peak somewhere inside the year, so even good years are rarely smooth.
Nifty MidSmall India Consumption: 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 | −6.6% | −7.3% | +0.6 pts | −17.5% | |
| 2025 | −7.6% | −8.1% | +0.5 pts | −17.5% | |
| 2024 | +35.9% | +35.2% | +0.7 pts | −9.3% | |
| 2023 | +39.4% | +38.8% | +0.6 pts | −7.1% | |
| 2022 | −4.3% | −4.8% | +0.5 pts | −22.2% | |
| 2021 | +43.0% | +42.0% | +1.0 pts | −8.6% | |
| 2020 | +28.5% | +27.0% | +1.5 pts | −34.1% | |
| 2019 | +5.5% | +4.7% | +0.8 pts | −10.4% | |
| 2018 | −12.5% | −13.2% | +0.7 pts | −21.5% | |
| 2017 | +54.3% | +53.1% | +1.2 pts | −8.3% | |
| 2016 | +0.4% | −0.6% | +1.0 pts | −18.8% | |
| 2015 | +11.2% | +10.4% | +0.8 pts | −15.1% | |
| 2014 | +49.8% | +48.1% | +1.8 pts | −8.8% | |
| 2013 | +7.9% | +6.6% | +1.3 pts | −16.0% | |
| 2012 | +51.6% | +50.0% | +1.6 pts | −7.4% | |
| 2011 | −20.7% | −21.6% | +0.9 pts | −23.4% | |
| 2010 | +17.6% | +16.7% | +0.9 pts | −14.2% | |
| 2009 | +84.4% | +82.3% | +2.1 pts | −14.3% | |
| 2008 | −59.3% | −60.0% | +0.8 pts | −65.5% | |
| 2007 | +46.9% | +45.3% | +1.6 pts | −16.0% | |
| 2006 | +26.8% | +25.5% | +1.3 pts | −34.5% |
The falls
Every fall of 10% or more from a high, deepest first. The worst, 66%, took 10 months to reach bottom and 4.1 years more to climb back. Today it is 15.5% below its high.
Nifty MidSmall India Consumption: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −65.5% | 7 Jan 2008 | 27 Oct 2008 | 10 months | 4.1 years | 3 Dec 2012 | 4.9 years |
| −34.9% | 9 Jan 2018 | 23 Mar 2020 | 2.2 years | 8 months | 9 Nov 2020 | 2.8 years |
| −34.5% | 10 May 2006 | 14 Jun 2006 | 35 days | 8 months | 6 Feb 2007 | 9 months |
| −23.7% | 16 Dec 2024 | 30 Mar 2026 | 15 months | +11% off the low | not yet | 7 months since the low |
| −23.1% | 18 Oct 2021 | 20 Jun 2022 | 8 months | 12 months | 15 Jun 2023 | 20 months |
| −18.8% | 5 Jan 2016 | 29 Feb 2016 | 55 days | 4 months | 1 Jul 2016 | 6 months |
| −17.8% | 10 Oct 2016 | 21 Nov 2016 | 42 days | 3 months | 28 Feb 2017 | 5 months |
| −16.0% | 8 Feb 2007 | 7 Mar 2007 | 27 days | 2 months | 17 May 2007 | 3 months |
| −16.0% | 8 Jan 2013 | 28 Aug 2013 | 8 months | 2 months | 5 Nov 2013 | 10 months |
| −15.1% | 13 Apr 2015 | 24 Aug 2015 | 4 months | 4 months | 1 Jan 2016 | 9 months |
What holding it was like
From every day in its history, what holding Nifty MidSmall India Consumption for a fixed span would have returned a year. Over five years the middle outcome was 16.5% a year; the worst 0.2% and the best 33.9%; 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 | −61.9% | −9.5% | +14.6% | +55.5% | +105.6% | 24% | 21.5 |
| 3 years | −16.4% | +2.9% | +16.3% | +27.2% | +35.9% | 6% | 7.2 |
| 5 years | +0.2% | +4.9% | +16.5% | +23.8% | +33.9% | 0% | 4.3 |
| 7 years | +5.0% | +9.4% | +16.4% | +19.5% | +26.0% | 0% | 3.1 |
| 10 years | +9.8% | +11.9% | +16.2% | +19.6% | +22.0% | 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 (+10.1% a year).
| Started in January | Months | Put in | Worth now | Multiple | Return a year (XIRR) | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | ₹2,20,000 | ₹2,08,999 | 0.95× | −5.5% | |
| 2024 | 34 | ₹3,40,000 | ₹3,30,636 | 0.97× | −2.0% | |
| 2023 | 46 | ₹4,60,000 | ₹5,12,161 | 1.11× | +5.7% | |
| 2022 | 58 | ₹5,80,000 | ₹7,10,077 | 1.22× | +8.5% | |
| 2021 | 70 | ₹7,00,000 | ₹9,39,094 | 1.34× | +10.1% | |
| 2020 | 82 | ₹8,20,000 | ₹13,00,755 | 1.59× | +13.5% | |
| 2019 | 94 | ₹9,40,000 | ₹16,73,982 | 1.78× | +14.5% | |
| 2018 | 106 | ₹10,60,000 | ₹20,26,953 | 1.91× | +14.3% | |
| 2017 | 118 | ₹11,80,000 | ₹24,29,402 | 2.06× | +14.2% | |
| 2016 | 130 | ₹13,00,000 | ₹29,20,141 | 2.25× | +14.3% | |
| 2015 | 142 | ₹14,20,000 | ₹34,41,345 | 2.42× | +14.2% | |
| 2014 | 154 | ₹15,40,000 | ₹41,43,066 | 2.69× | +14.5% | |
| 2013 | 166 | ₹16,60,000 | ₹50,62,940 | 3.05× | +15.0% | |
| 2012 | 178 | ₹17,80,000 | ₹61,82,576 | 3.47× | +15.4% | |
| 2011 | 190 | ₹19,00,000 | ₹73,36,458 | 3.86× | +15.5% | |
| 2010 | 202 | ₹20,20,000 | ₹84,88,215 | 4.20× | +15.4% | |
| 2009 | 214 | ₹21,40,000 | ₹1,02,90,514 | 4.81× | +15.7% | |
| 2008 | 226 | ₹22,60,000 | ₹1,18,94,857 | 5.26× | +15.6% | |
| 2007 | 238 | ₹23,80,000 | ₹1,31,87,645 | 5.54× | +15.2% | |
| 2006 | 250 | ₹25,00,000 | ₹1,47,41,765 | 5.90× | +14.9% |
How bumpy
Volatility is how widely daily returns swing, scaled to a year. Over the past year it was 16.5%, against a usual 16.9% for this index. 63% of months ended higher, and 150 days moved 3% or more either way.
Nifty MidSmall India Consumption: 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 | −11.3% |
| 21 Jan 2008 | −10.9% |
| 24 Aug 2015 | −8.8% |
| 17 Mar 2008 | −7.3% |
| 22 Jan 2008 | −7.2% |
| Best days | Return |
|---|---|
| 18 May 2009 | +9.7% |
| 23 Jan 2008 | +8.7% |
| 20 Mar 2020 | +5.8% |
| 25 Jan 2008 | +5.7% |
| 11 Mar 2008 | +5.6% |
| Worst months | Return |
|---|---|
| Oct 2008 | −24.7% |
| Mar 2020 | −24.4% |
| Jun 2008 | −23.6% |
| Jan 2008 | −20.9% |
| Mar 2008 | −14.6% |
| Best months | Return |
|---|---|
| May 2009 | +34.5% |
| Dec 2007 | +17.7% |
| May 2014 | +16.1% |
| Mar 2016 | +14.3% |
| Nov 2012 | +13.9% |
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 48.6 is in the middle of its range since NSE moved to consolidated earnings in March 2021. Price to book, 6.17, 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 48.6×, range 33.8× to 49.1×.
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 6.17×, range 6.17× to 7.31×.
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 | 48.59 | 67 | – | – | 48.59 | 33.84 | 49.09 |
| Price to book | 6.17 | 33 | – | – | 6.24 | 6.17 | 7.31 |
| Dividend yield, % | 0.79 | 100 | – | – | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.79 |
What it holds
30 stocks as NSE lists them today. The ten largest make up 50.1% of the index. It is weighted by periodic capped free-float and rebalanced twice a yearly.
Sector weights
NSE's factsheet, 30 Sept 2026. % of the index.
How to read it. Sectors as NSE classifies them. A sector index of one industry has no split to show.
Sector weights. Bar chart of 8 items. Weight, %: highest Consumer Services at 33.0%, lowest Textiles at 2.4%.
NSE's factsheet, 30 Sept 2026. NSE publishes the weights of the ten largest members only.
| Largest holdings | Weight | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero MotoCorp Ltd. | 7.00% |
| 2 | Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. | 6.58% |
| 3 | Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. | 5.61% |
| 4 | Lenskart Solutions Ltd. | 5.17% |
| 5 | Info Edge (India) Ltd. | 4.86% |
| 6 | FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd. | 4.50% |
| 7 | Marico Ltd. | 4.28% |
| 8 | Fortis Healthcare Ltd. | 4.13% |
| 9 | United Spirits Ltd. | 4.11% |
| 10 | Swiggy Ltd. | 3.86% |
NSE's constituent list for Nifty MidSmall India Consumption, as seen on 14 Oct 2026. NSE changes members at each rebalance.
| Member | Industry | NSE symbol | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott India Ltd. | Healthcare | ABBOTINDIA | |
| Alkem Laboratories Ltd. | Healthcare | ALKEM | |
| Bata India Ltd. | Consumer Durables | BATAINDIA | |
| Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. | Consumer Durables | CROMPTON | |
| Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd. | Consumer Durables | DIXON | |
| Dr. Lal Path Labs Ltd. | Healthcare | LALPATHLAB | |
| Emami Ltd. | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | EMAMILTD | |
| Fortis Healthcare Ltd. | Healthcare | FORTIS | |
| Godrej Properties Ltd. | Realty | GODREJPROP | |
| Indiamart Intermesh Ltd. | Consumer Services | INDIAMART | |
| Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. | Consumer Services | INDHOTEL | |
| Ipca Laboratories Ltd. | Healthcare | IPCALAB | |
| Kajaria Ceramics Ltd. | Consumer Durables | KAJARIACER | |
| Macrotech Developers Ltd. | Realty | LODHA | |
| Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. | Healthcare | MAXHEALTH | |
| Oberoi Realty Ltd. | Realty | OBEROIRLTY | |
| Page Industries Ltd. | Textiles | PAGEIND | |
| Pfizer Ltd. | Healthcare | PFIZER | |
| Phoenix Mills Ltd. | Realty | PHOENIXLTD | |
| Rajesh Exports Ltd. | Consumer Durables | RAJESHEXPO | |
| Relaxo Footwears Ltd. | Consumer Durables | RELAXO | |
| TVS Motor Company Ltd. | Automobile and Auto Components | TVSMOTOR | |
| Torrent Power Ltd. | Power | TORNTPOWER | |
| Trent Ltd. | Consumer Services | TRENT | |
| United Breweries Ltd. | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | UBL | |
| Varun Beverages Ltd. | Fast Moving Consumer Goods | VBL | |
| Vodafone Idea Ltd. | Telecommunication | IDEA | |
| Voltas Ltd. | Consumer Durables | VOLTAS | |
| Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. | Media, Entertainment & Publication | ZEEL | |
| Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. | Healthcare | ZYDUSLIFE |
Against the Nifty 500
How Nifty MidSmall India Consumption has done against the broad market it is part of. Over 21 years it beat the Nifty 500 by 1.4 percentage points a year, and was ahead in 11 of 20 calendar years.
Relative strength
Weekly: Nifty MidSmall India Consumption's total return divided by the Nifty 500's, 100 at the start of the range shown.
How to read it. Rising: Nifty MidSmall India Consumption 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 MidSmall India Consumption'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 | +1.5 pts | 102 | 97 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 10.0% |
| Last 5 years, from Oct 2021 | +1.6 pts | 108 | 103 | 1.06 | 0.88 | 8.3% |
Models and ETFs
No Tipsheet model uses Nifty MidSmall India Consumption. No ETF listed on NSE tracks it. Its trend and momentum have a page of their own.
Data and sources
Nifty MidSmall India Consumption is computed and published by NSE Indices. History here starts 1 Apr 2005; NSE launched the index on 11 Oct 2022, 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 MidSmall India Consumption there to download its full series.
- Nifty MidSmall India Consumption 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.