Nifty Capital Goods
Total Return Index · Available history 01-04-2005 to 28-10-2026 · 5,351 observations
Launch date: 15-06-2026. 98.2% of this index's trading days are NSE's pre-launch backtest (marked BT, shaded on the charts). Backtests can benefit from hindsight; post-launch index returns are still not fund returns. Source: Curated catalog launch_date (not independently reverified).
BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history
Nifty Capital Goods and Nifty 500 on the same 5,351 observed dates, 01-04-2005 – 28-10-2026.
- CAGR
- 14.7%BT
- Nifty 500: 13.6%
- Annualized volatility
- 23.0%BT
- Nifty 500: 20.1%
- Max drawdown
- -74.5%BT
- Nifty 500: -63.7%
- Sharpe
- 0.51BT
- Nifty 500: 0.50
- Sortino
- 0.70BT
- Nifty 500: 0.69
- Median rolling 5Y CAGR
- 10.8%BT
- Nifty 500: 13.4%
Drawdown and recovery
BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history
Outcomes by holding period
BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history
| Held for | Lost money | Median CAGR | Worst CAGR | Best CAGR | Windows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 38.4% | 14.5% | -72.3% | 167.4% | 5,094 |
| 3 years | 23.6% | 11.2% | -22.1% | 57.2% | 4,580 |
| 5 years | 16.0% | 10.8% | -13.4% | 49.1% | 4,106 |
| 7 years | 9.4% | 8.7% | -4.9% | 31.0% | 3,606 |
| 10 years | 3.3% | 10.8% | -2.5% | 23.2% | 2,862 |
Lost money: share of windows with a negative annualized return.
Versus Nifty 500
BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history
Now 17.2% behind its best point relative to Nifty 500, for 18y 11m. Relative wealth was below an earlier peak on 98.8% of shared trading days.
Backtest Hero? · vs its own history
Growth of 100
Drawdown
Rolling 3Y CAGR
Rolling 1-year volatility
Calendar-year returns
| Year | Nifty Capital Goods | Nifty 500 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +5.1% | -8.2% | +13.4 pp |
| 2025 | 0.0% | +7.8% | -7.7 pp |
| 2024 | +33.6% | +16.2% | +17.4 pp |
| 2023 | +61.0% | +26.9% | +34.1 pp |
| 2022 | +22.6% | +4.2% | +18.3 pp |
| 2021 | +68.6% | +31.6% | +37.0 pp |
| 2020 | +13.5% | +17.9% | -4.4 pp |
| 2019 | -9.5% | +9.0% | -18.5 pp |
| 2018 | -18.6% | -2.1% | -16.5 pp |
| 2017 | +45.0% | +37.7% | +7.3 pp |
| 2016 | -6.8% | +5.1% | -12.0 pp |
| 2015 | +0.6% | +0.2% | +0.4 pp |
| 2014 | +75.8% | +39.3% | +36.5 pp |
| 2013 | -4.5% | +4.8% | -9.3 pp |
| 2012 | +13.1% | +33.5% | -20.4 pp |
| 2011 | -40.5% | -26.4% | -14.1 pp |
| 2010 | +14.9% | +15.3% | -0.4 pp |
| 2009 | +110.1% | +91.0% | +19.1 pp |
| 2008 | -68.4% | -56.5% | -11.8 pp |
| 2007 | +74.1% | +64.6% | +9.5 pp |
| 2006 | +44.6% | +36.2% | +8.4 pp |
| 2005 (partial) | +68.1% | +38.5% | +29.6 pp |