Where the index stands
The Nifty 50 closed at 22,888.95 on 19 October 2026. The last close of 2025 was 26,129.60, so the index is 12.4% lower for the year. A year ago, on 17 October 2025, it closed at 25,709.85, putting the one-year change at −11.0%.
The lowest close of 2026 so far came on 12 October, at 22,363.35, 14.4% below the 2025 year-end. The week since has recovered 2.3% from that close.
These are price-index figures, so dividends are not included. Nifty 50 index funds, which pay dividends into the NAV and charge small fees, show about −12% over the same period.
The same date in every year we hold
We have daily Nifty 50 closes from February 2012. For each year from 2013, the table compares the close on 19 October with the previous year-end, and then shows the full calendar year.
| Year | To 19 October | Full year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −12.4% | — |
| 2020 | −2.4% | +14.9% |
| 2018 | −2.2% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | −0.1% | −4.1% |
| 2022 | +0.9% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | +4.8% | +6.8% |
| 2019 | +7.4% | +12.0% |
| 2023 | +8.4% | +20.0% |
| 2025 | +8.7% | +10.5% |
| 2016 | +9.0% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | +14.4% | +8.8% |
| 2014 | +23.4% | +31.4% |
| 2017 | +24.0% | +28.6% |
| 2021 | +31.7% | +24.1% |
Sorted from weakest, 2026 is first by a wide margin: the next lowest, 2020, was −2.4%. Three years were negative on this date (2015, 2018 and 2020), and two of those finished the year higher.
What the table does not say
Full-year results ranged widely. The years that started weak finished anywhere from −4.1% (2015) to +14.9% (2020). The table is a record, not a forecast.
Fourteen data points is not a long history. Daily closes are only available here from 2012, so older drawdowns are not in this table; our post on how long the Nifty 50 took to regain each peak since 1999 covers the longer record.
Dividends matter at the margin. The price index understates a holder's return by roughly the dividend yield. Our dividend yield page tracks it.
What the valuation looks like now
The fall has also moved the multiples. Our Nifty 50 P/E post for October gives the trailing P/E against its own history, and the P/B post shows the price-to-book at its lowest since 2020. A lower P/E after a fall means prices have dropped faster than earnings, which says nothing certain about the direction from here.
Who has been selling
Foreign institutions were net sellers on 142 of the 197 sessions we have recorded in 2026, while domestic institutions were net buyers in every month of the year. The FII and DII flows page carries the daily figures, and our year-to-date FII post has the monthly totals.
If you invest monthly
A fall of this size is where monthly investments buy more units for the same rupees. Our SIP-in-a-crash post explains the arithmetic, and the post on a SIP started at the January peak shows what one started in January looks like now.
None of this is a recommendation to buy or sell.
Frequently asked questions
How much has the Nifty 50 fallen in 2026?
The Nifty 50 closed at 22,888.95 on 19 October 2026, against 26,129.60 at the end of 2025: a fall of 12.4%. The low close of the year so far was 22,363.35 on 12 October 2026, 14.4% below the 2025 year-end.
Is this the worst year-to-date in the data?
Among the 14 calendar years from 2013 to 2026, for which WealthTicker holds year-end and 19 October closes, yes. The next weakest at the same date was 2020, at −2.4%. Our daily Nifty 50 closes start in February 2012, so earlier years are not covered.
What happened in the rest of those years?
In the three years that were negative at 19 October (2015, 2018 and 2020), the Nifty 50 finished the calendar year between −4.1% and +14.9%. The spread is wide and says nothing about what 2026 will do.
This is commentary on published data, not investment advice. WealthTicker is not a SEBI-registered adviser or distributor. Figures are WealthTicker’s own calculations from public data — AMFI’s fund NAVs and disclosures, NSE’s index and FII/DII files, and the fund houses’ monthly portfolios (how we calculate). They are as of the dates stated and can be revised by their source.
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