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Market data to 30 Sept 2026 · Data status

World markets

How the world's markets did, in rupees too

Returns for the major markets against the Nifty 50, in local currency and converted to rupees, and how closely India moves with each. Returns only: index levels belong to their providers.

For: investors in international funds, and anyone asking whether India is moving with the world.

Nifty 50 and S&P 500: 1-year correlation of weekly returns
0.41
30 Sept 2026 · a year ago 0.31
Higher than 41% of readings since 2005
Nifty 50: median correlation with 11 markets
0.33
30 Sept 2026 · a year ago 0.32
Higher than 15% of readings since 2005

Returns

Price returns to 30 Sept 2026, %. 3- and 5-year returns are annualised. * Built from a broker's index quotes, which drift slightly from official closes since November 2024 (median 0.3%); see the method note.
MarketRegion1 week1 monthThis year1 year3 years, a year5 years, a yearThis year, in ₹
Nifty 50India-3.5%-6.4%-13.4%-8.1%4.8%5.1%-13.4%
S&P 500United States-0.7%-0.8%11.8%14.4%21.3%12.2%19.2%
Dow Jones Industrial Average *United States-1.2%-5.0%5.9%9.7%15.0%8.5%12.9%
Nasdaq CompositeUnited States-0.3%1.7%15.6%18.5%26.6%13.2%23.2%
Nasdaq-100United States-0.2%3.3%20.4%23.2%27.3%15.7%28.4%
FTSE 100 *United Kingdom-1.0%-1.9%6.8%13.3%11.7%8.4%12.4%
DAX *Germany-1.5%-5.0%2.9%5.5%17.8%10.6%6.0%
CAC 40 *France-2.3%-5.2%-2.3%0.9%3.7%4.1%0.7%
Nikkei 225 *Japan2.6%0.7%32.5%48.5%28.0%17.8%40.5%
Hang Seng *Hong Kong-0.8%-3.8%-4.0%-8.4%11.4%0.0%1.6%
Shanghai Composite *China-2.3%-2.8%-3.1%-1.0%7.3%1.5%7.9%
S&P/ASX 200 *Australia0.5%-3.1%1.0%-0.6%7.7%3.7%12.3%
Calendar-year price return in local currency, %. Colour saturates at ±40%.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 YTD
Nifty 50 −4+3+29+3+12+15+24+4+20+9+11−13
S&P 500 −1+10+19−6+29+16+27−19+24+23+16+12
Dow Jones Industrial Average −2+13+25−6+22+7+19−9+14+13+13+6
Nasdaq Composite +6+8+28−4+35+44+21−33+43+29+20+16
Nasdaq-100 +8+6+32−1+38+48+27−33+54+25+20+20
FTSE 100 −5+14+8−12+12−14+14+1+4+6+22+7
DAX +10+7+13−18+25+4+16−12+20+19+23+3
CAC 40 +9+5+9−11+26−7+29−10+17−2+10−2
Nikkei 225 +90+19−12+18+16+5−9+28+19+26+32
Hang Seng −70+36−14+9−3−14−15−14+18+28−4
Shanghai Composite +9−12+7−25+22+14+5−15−4+13+18−3
S&P/ASX 200 −2+7+7−7+18−1+13−5+8+7+7+1

Is India moving with the world?

Nifty 50 and S&P 500: rolling 1-year correlation

Correlation of weekly returns over the past 52 weeks.

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Source: Overseas indices: Kite Connect GLOBAL daily candles (internal, personal-use licence), replaced by official series where public ones exist (S&P 500: FRED SP500 from 2016-05-31; Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq-100: Nasdaq Global Index Watch). Nifty 50: niftyindices price index. FX: ECB euro reference rates.
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Nifty 50's correlation with four markets

Rolling 52-week correlation of weekly returns.

S&P 500Hang SengNikkei 225FTSE 100

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Source: Overseas indices: Kite Connect GLOBAL daily candles (internal, personal-use licence), replaced by official series where public ones exist (S&P 500: FRED SP500 from 2016-05-31; Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq-100: Nasdaq Global Index Watch). Nifty 50: niftyindices price index. FX: ECB euro reference rates.
Method JSON

Nifty 50's beta to the S&P 500 and Hang Seng

Rolling 52-week. A beta of 0.5: Nifty moved half as much as that market, on average.

S&P 500Hang Seng

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Source: Overseas indices: Kite Connect GLOBAL daily candles (internal, personal-use licence), replaced by official series where public ones exist (S&P 500: FRED SP500 from 2016-05-31; Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq-100: Nasdaq Global Index Watch). Nifty 50: niftyindices price index. FX: ECB euro reference rates.
Method JSON

Distance from the high

Fall from the previous peak

Weekly, price index, %.

Nifty 50S&P 500Nikkei 225Hang Seng

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Source: Overseas indices: Kite Connect GLOBAL daily candles (internal, personal-use licence), replaced by official series where public ones exist (S&P 500: FRED SP500 from 2016-05-31; Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq-100: Nasdaq Global Index Watch). Nifty 50: niftyindices price index. FX: ECB euro reference rates.
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Currencies and commodities

Percent moves. For currencies, positive means the rupee (or the dollar's counterpart) weakened.
Series1 week1 monthThis year1 year5 years, a year
US dollar in rupees (CCIL)0.2%0.5%6.7%8.0%5.3%
Euro in rupees (ECB)-0.2%-1.1%3.1%4.6%4.8%
Pound in rupees (ECB)0.5%-0.8%5.3%6.7%4.9%
Yen in rupees (ECB)0.9%2.9%6.3%1.1%-1.8%
US dollar index (ICE)0.4%2.0%3.0%3.5%1.4%
Fed broad dollar index0.7%1.8%0.5%-0.2%1.1%
Gold in India, rupees (WGC)-3.3%-7.5%9.8%28.1%26.1%
Gold in dollars (LBMA, WGC)-2.8%-4.1%-4.9%7.3%18.8%
Brent crude, dollars (EIA via FRED)-0.8%27.0%85.8%65.2%7.9%
Brent crude, rupees-0.5%27.7%98.2%78.5%13.6%
Calendar-year % change. Colour saturates at ±30%.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 YTD
US dollar in rupees (CCIL) +5+3−6+9+2+2+2+11+1+3+5+7
Euro in rupees (ECB) −6−1+7+4+1+12−6+5+4−3+19+3
Pound in rupees (ECB) 0−15+3+3+6+6+1−1+6+1+13+5
Yen in rupees (ECB) +4+6−2+12+4+8−9−3−6−7+5+6
US dollar index (ICE) +9+4−10+40−7+7+8−2+7−9+3
Fed broad dollar index +11+4−7+5−1−3+4+5−2+9−70
Gold in India, rupees (WGC) −7+11+5+8+23+28−4+14+16+20+76+10
Gold in dollars (LBMA, WGC) −12+8+13−1+18+25−40+15+26+67−5
Brent crude, dollars (EIA via FRED) −34+50+21−24+34−24+51+7−6−4−18+86
Brent crude, rupees −30+54+15−17+37−23+53+19−6−1−14+98