Where both indices stand vs end-2024
Indexed to each benchmark's Dec 2024 close = 100
Nifty 50Sensex
Nifty 50 · CY2025
+10.5%
23,644.80 → 26,129.60
Nifty's tenth straight calendar-year gain, though the return lagged most emerging-market peers in 2025.
Sensex · CY2025
+9.1%
78,139 → 85,220.60
Sensex closed 2025 up about 9%. A December rally took it close to its record level.
Nifty 50 · 2026 year to date
−12.8%
26,129.60 → 22,780.25
Close on 28 Sep 2026. On 24 Sep the index logged its worst session in 10 weeks as global bond yields and crude oil jumped.
Sensex · 2026 year to date
−14.6%
85,220.60 → 72,771.72
The Sensex has fallen more than the Nifty this year. YTD is calculated from the 2025 year-end close.
Sensex record high
86,159.02
Intraday record, Dec 2025
At 72,772 the Sensex sits about 15.5% below its record.
Nifty 50 · record high
26,373.20
Intraday, 5 Jan 2026
The Nifty now trades about 13.6% below the record it set in the first week of 2026.
Nifty 50 · 2026 low
22,182.55
Intraday low, 2 Apr 2026
The Nifty fell nearly 16% from its January peak to this April low. The 28 Sep close of 22,780.25 is about 2.7% above it.
Since Dec 2024 · Nifty | Sensex
−3.7% | −6.9%
2025 gains fully erased
Both indices are below their Dec 2024 closes (23,645 and 78,139). A 2026 finish near here would end Nifty's ten-year run of annual gains.