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Nifty Realty

Total Return Index · Available history 29-12-2006 to 28-10-2026 · 4,912 observations

Launch date: 30-08-2007. 3.4% 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 Realty and Nifty 500 on the same 4,912 observed dates, 29-12-2006 – 28-10-2026.

CAGR
-0.6%BT
Nifty 500: 11.2%
Annualized volatility
38.5%BT
Nifty 500: 19.9%
Max drawdown
-92.8%BT
Nifty 500: -63.7%
Sharpe
0.05BT
Nifty 500: 0.40
Sortino
0.07BT
Nifty 500: 0.55
Median rolling 5Y CAGR
5.7%BT
Nifty 500: 13.3%

Drawdown and recovery

Full history of Nifty Realty, 29-12-2006 – 28-10-2026. A drawdown is the fall from the highest close before it.

BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history

Current drawdown
-52.8%
High on 14-01-2008
Gain needed to recover
111.9%
From the latest close back to the high
Time below high
18y 9m
Since the last high
Worst decline
-92.8%
14-01-2008 to 25-02-2016; not yet recovered
Longest time below a high
18y 9m
14-01-2008 to still below
Time spent below a high
99.3%
2 declines of 20% or more

Outcomes by holding period

Every rolling window in the full history, ending on each trading day. Windows overlap, so this describes the past rather than predicting the future.

BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history

Held forLost moneyMedian CAGRWorst CAGRBest CAGRWindows
1 year52.2%-2.2%-88.0%180.9%4,658
3 years41.4%6.9%-43.4%50.0%4,157
5 years36.8%5.7%-30.7%42.3%3,670
7 years35.4%4.1%-27.1%26.1%3,171
10 years37.6%5.7%-16.0%21.1%2,432

Lost money: share of windows with a negative annualized return.

Versus Nifty 500

On the shared dates 29-12-2006 – 28-10-2026, using month-end returns for capture.

BT = Backtested history by NSE— = not enough history

Upside capture
159.8%
Average of 145 months Nifty 500 rose
Downside capture
213.3%
Average of 93 months Nifty 500 fell; lower is better
Months ahead
45.0%
Beat Nifty 500 in this share of 238 months
Longest stretch behind
18y 9m
Relative wealth below its high, 15-01-2008 to still behind

Now 90.6% behind its best point relative to Nifty 500, for 18y 9m. Relative wealth was below an earlier peak on 99.8% of shared trading days.

Backtest Hero? · vs its own history

28-10-2021 – 28-10-2026 · 5 years. Compared with 0 equal-length periods from the pre-launch backtest. Difference in CAGR versus Nifty 500: +1.8 pp.
CAGR
10.3%
Percentile unavailablemedian —
Volatility
27.0%
Percentile unavailablemedian —
Max drawdown
-43.1%
Percentile unavailablemedian —
Sharpe
0.33
Percentile unavailablemedian —

Growth of 100

On 4,912 shared dates from 29-12-2006: 100 became 89 vs 824 in Nifty 500. Shaded: backtested history before launch.

Drawdown

Percentage decline from the previous peak.

Rolling 3Y CAGR

Calendar-anniversary rolling annualized return. Shared input history starts 29-12-2006; the first plotted rolling-return observation is 31-12-2009, after a complete 3Y-year window.

Rolling 1-year volatility

Up to 252 daily observations, minimum 126, annualized. First plotted observation: 06-07-2007.

Calendar-year returns

Nifty Realty vs Nifty 500; the difference is in percentage points (pp). Incomplete historical years are labeled (partial); the ongoing year is labeled (YTD). Hover a year for its actual dates.
YearNifty RealtyNifty 500Difference
2026 (YTD)-8.7%-8.2%
-0.5 pp
2025-16.3%+7.8%
-24.1 pp
2024+34.8%+16.2%
+18.5 pp
2023+82.0%+26.9%
+55.1 pp
2022-10.5%+4.2%
-14.8 pp
2021+54.7%+31.6%
+23.1 pp
2020+5.7%+17.9%
-12.2 pp
2019+29.3%+9.0%
+20.3 pp
2018-32.7%-2.1%
-30.5 pp
2017+110.7%+37.7%
+73.0 pp
2016-3.5%+5.1%
-8.6 pp
2015-14.3%+0.2%
-14.6 pp
2014+10.8%+39.3%
-28.5 pp
2013-33.6%+4.8%
-38.4 pp
2012+53.6%+33.5%
+20.1 pp
2011-51.3%-26.4%
-24.9 pp
2010-25.3%+15.3%
-40.5 pp
2009+71.4%+91.0%
-19.6 pp
2008-82.5%-56.5%
-26.0 pp
2007+73.7%+64.6%
+9.1 pp