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Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex

Q: What is the NAV of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

As of 01 Oct 2026, the NAV of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is ₹39.14 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

Q: What returns has Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex delivered?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex has returned -10.48% over 1 year, +3.92% per year over 3 years, +5.15% per year over 5 years and +10.77% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

Q: What is the expense ratio of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex charges an expense ratio of 0.21% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

Q: What are the top holdings of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex's largest holdings are HDFC Bank Limited (11.8%), ICICI Bank Limited (11.4%), Reliance Industries Limited (9.5%), Bharti Airtel Limited (6.1%) and Larsen & Toubro Limited (5.2%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

Q: How risky is Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 13.3% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -37.2%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

Q: What does the Sharpe ratio of -0.19 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex's -0.19 means it has not compensated investors for its volatility over the window. Higher is better.

Q: What is the benchmark of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is benchmarked against the BSE Sensex TRI. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Q: Who manages Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is managed by Himanshu Mange at Nippon India.

Q: How is Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex taxed?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.

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NAV

₹39.14

-0.79% 1D

as of 01 Oct 2026

This is the Direct plan of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex — bought from the fund house, with no distributor commission in its expense ratio.

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Performance

-9.66%CAGR

52-week rangePrev NAV ₹39.45

Latest ₹39.14

Low ₹38.893rd percentile of its 52-week rangeHigh ₹46.34

Scorecard

Not rated

How this is computed

Each verdict is computed from this fund's own metrics against its sub-category — the number behind it is shown, not a black-box rating. Not rated — too few comparable Index funds (same plan and option) to rank against yet.

PerformanceBelow avg

3Y CAGR +3.92% · ranks 165 of 175 Index Funds

RiskModerate

Volatility 13.3% vs 12.3% category avg

CostLow

0.2% expense vs 0.5% category avg

ConsistencyHigh

99% of rolling 3Y windows were positive

Strengths & concerns

Generated from this fund's own numbers against its sub-category — each point names the figure behind it.

Strengths

Low expense ratio (0.21%) vs the Index Funds average of 0.50%
Consistent — positive in 99% of rolling 3-year windows

Concerns

Trails the Index Funds average on 1M/3M/6M/1Y — 1Y by 10.39pp
3-year return (+3.92%) trails the Index Funds average (+8.96%)
5-year return (+5.15%) trails the Index Funds average (+8.49%)
Ranks #307 of 331 on 1-year return in its Index Funds cohort
Weaker risk-adjusted returns — Sharpe -0.19 below the Index Funds average of 0.44

Key Metrics

Annual fee charged by the fund, already deducted from NAV

0.21%

Category 0.50%▼0.29%

Portfolio-weighted harmonic mean P/E across the fund's equity holdings

18.49

Category 22.27▼3.78

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

-0.19

Category 0.44▼0.63

Scheme Info

Definitions

Plan

Direct

Period before units can be redeemed — 3 years for ELSS, none for most open-ended funds

None

Exit Load

None

Statutory levy on every mutual-fund purchase since 1 Jul 2020 (SEBI / Govt of India) — the same for every scheme

0.005%

SIP Inv.

Allowed

Smallest recurring SIP instalment the scheme accepts

₹100

Smallest one-time (lumpsum) investment the scheme accepts

₹5,000

BSE Sensex TRI

Start of our NAV history for this plan. Direct plans begin 1 Jan 2013, so this is the plan's inception — not necessarily the scheme's original launch date.

09 Jan 2013

Period returns (<1Y, absolute — not annualized)

Definitions

Absolute return over the last 1 month (not annualized)

-6.54%

Absolute return over the last 3 months (not annualized)

-6.30%

Absolute return over the last 6 months (not annualized)

-0.99%

Absolute return since 1 Jan of this year (not annualized)

-15.01%

Annualized returns (≥1Y — CAGR)

Definitions

1-year point-to-point return, annualized (CAGR)

-10.48%

3-year annualized return (CAGR)

+3.92%

5-year annualized return (CAGR)

+5.15%

10-year annualized return (CAGR)

+10.93%

Annualized return (CAGR) since the first NAV we hold for this plan — the Inception date under Key metrics. AMFI's history starts in April 2006, so an older scheme is measured from there.

+10.77%

Advanced metrics — risk and benchmark ratios

Risk (trailing 3Y)

Definitions

Annualized standard deviation of daily returns

13.29%

Excess return per unit of total volatility (rf = 6.5%)

-0.19

Excess return per unit of downside deviation — upside swings aren't penalized (rf = 6.5%)

-0.27

Largest peak-to-trough decline over full history

-37.16%

Benchmark ratios (vs Nifty 50 TRI · 36 monthly returns)

Definitions

Jensen's alpha (annualized): return above what CAPM predicts for the fund's beta vs Nifty 50 TRI

-1.89%

Sensitivity to Nifty 50 TRI moves; 1 = moves with the index

0.98

How much of the fund's movement Nifty 50 TRI explains

99.0%

Excess return per unit of beta (market risk)

-2.33

Active return over the benchmark per unit of tracking error

-1.37

Annualized std dev of fund-minus-benchmark returns

1.44%

Fund's share of benchmark gains in up months (100 = matches index)

94.9%

Fund's share of benchmark losses in down months (lower is better)

105.0%

Computed vs the Nifty 50 TRI over the last 36 complete months — the closest match to this fund's mandate. TRI means dividends reinvested, as they are in the fund's own NAV; ₹ means a US index converted at each day's USD/INR, since the fund is priced in rupees. Needs ~3 years of history; a low R² means the fund tracks the index loosely.

Fund vs category average (Index Funds)

Period	Fund	Category avg.	Diff
1M abs	-6.54%	-4.53%	-2.01%
3M abs	-6.30%	-2.94%	-3.36%
6M abs	-0.99%	+5.50%	-6.49%
1Y CAGR	-10.48%	-0.09%	-10.39%
3Y CAGR	+3.92%	+8.96%	-5.04%
5Y CAGR	+5.15%	+8.49%	-3.34%

Category average across peers in Index Funds (374 of 382 carry a figure for at least one period), same plan and option, excluding this fund. Under-1-year figures are absolute; 1Y and beyond are annualised (CAGR).

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Category rank

Vs 382 peers in Index Funds

1Y return

-10.48%

Beats 7% · rank #307

3Y return

+3.92%

Beats 5.2% · rank #165

5Y return

+5.15%

Beats 8% · rank #46

Sharpe

-0.19

Beats 5.2% · rank #164

Sortino

-0.27

Beats 4.6% · rank #164

Backtest this fund

What a SIP or one-time investment would have grown to over this fund’s real NAV history.

Monthly investment (₹)

Period

Invested

₹6.00L

Current value

₹6.40L

Absolute

+6.59%

XIRR

+2.60%

Value vs. invested

ValueInvested

60 monthly installments of ₹10,000 into Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex, valued at the latest NAV. XIRR annualizes for each installment’s timing.

Calendar-year returns

What the fund actually returned in each year, not the smoothed average.

Year	Fund	Nifty 50 TRI	Diff
2026part	-15.01%	-12.85%	-2.16%
2025	+10.11%	+11.97%	-1.86%
2024	+9.16%	+10.16%	-1.00%
2023	+20.12%	+21.69%	-1.57%
2022	+5.57%	+5.68%	-0.11%
2021	+22.86%	+25.49%	-2.63%
2020	+16.96%	+16.57%	+0.39%
2019	+15.13%	+13.43%	+1.70%
2018	+6.89%	+4.40%	+2.49%
2017	+28.76%	+30.12%	-1.36%

January–December, from this fund's NAV history. Absolute return, not annualised. “part” marks a year the fund didn't run end to end — its first year, the current year so far, or one it stopped reporting in; those years show no benchmark comparison.

History points

3,378

Expense ratio

0.21%

AUM

₹908.92Cr

Portfolio turnover

10%

Exit load

Nil

Portfolio, AUM & scheme details shown from another plan of this scheme (same underlying portfolio).

P/E ratio

18.5

P/B ratio

4.1

Avg market cap

₹7,21,612Cr

P/E & P/B are portfolio-weighted harmonic means across 29 of 30 equity holdings (99% of the portfolio); loss-making companies are excluded.

Taxation

Taxed as equity

This is an equity-oriented fund (≥65% in Indian equities), so gains get the concessional capital-gains rates below — they do not add to your income-tax slab.

Short-term (STCG)

20%

Held under 1 year

Flat, on the whole gain

Long-term (LTCG)

12.5%

Held 1 year or more

On gains above ₹1.25 L per financial year

Applies to capital gains on redemption. Excludes IDCW/dividend tax, STT, surcharge and cess, and pre-2018 equity grandfathering. For research only — consult a tax advisor before filing.

Peer comparison · Index Funds

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Nippon India Index Fund - BSE SensexThis fund Nippon India · Direct	—	-10.48%	+3.92%	+5.15%	—	0.21%	₹908.92Cr
ICICI Prudential NASDAQ 100 Index Fund ICICI Prudential · Direct · Growth	★★★★☆	+32.94%	+33.72%	+20.60%	—	0.63%	₹3,348Cr
ICICI Prudential NASDAQ 100 Index Fund ICICI Prudential · Direct · IDCW	—	+32.94%	+33.72%	+20.60%	—	0.63%	₹3,348Cr
Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index Fund Motilal Oswal · Direct · Growth	★★★★☆	+24.33%	+27.72%	+18.70%	—	0.64%	—
ICICI Prudential Nifty Pharma Index Fund ICICI Prudential · Direct · IDCW	—	+21.21%	+19.50%	—	—	0.51%	₹121.63Cr
ICICI Prudential Nifty Pharma Index Fund ICICI Prudential · Direct · Growth	★★★★★	+21.21%	+19.50%	—	39.43	0.51%	₹121.63Cr

Market-cap allocation · AMFI bands, Jul 2026

Equity holdings by company size — 100% of the equity sleeve priced.

Large cap100.0%
Mid cap0.0%
Small cap0.0%

Asset allocation

As on 31 Aug 2026 · AMC disclosure

Equity99.92%
Cash & Equivalents0.08%

Holds the same stocks as (by portfolio overlap, not by category)

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Fund	Overlap	Rating	TER	3Y
Tata BSE Sensex Index Fund Tata · Index Funds	100.0%	★★☆☆☆	0.33%	+3.81%
UTI BSE Sensex Index Fund UTI · Index Funds	100.0%	★★☆☆☆	0.23%	+3.93%
SBI BSE Sensex Index Fund SBI · Index Funds	100.0%	★☆☆☆☆	0.24%	+3.86%
HDFC BSE Sensex Index Fund HDFC · Index Funds	100.0%	★★☆☆☆	0.22%	+3.91%
UTI BSE Sensex ETF UTI · Equity ETF	100.0%	★★★☆☆	—	+4.12%
Nippon India ETF BSE Sensex Nippon India · Other ETFs	100.0%	—	0.04%	+4.13%
ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund ICICI Prudential · Index Funds	100.0%	★★★☆☆	0.22%	+3.94%
Axis BSE Sensex Index Fund Axis · Index Funds	100.0%	★★☆☆☆	0.21%	—

Overlap is the share of each fund's equity book invested in the same stocks, by weight, across the Direct-plan universe — so a fund that is only part equity is labelled as such. ! marks a pair holding more in common than nine pairs in ten of its type, where that type has a measured distribution.

Worst falls, and the wait to get back

How far this fund has dropped from a high, and how long it took to reclaim it.

-37.2%14 Jan 2020 → 23 Mar 2020
Fell over 2 months, back to the old high on 06 Nov 2020 — 7 months under water after the low.
-21.8%29 Jan 2015 → 11 Feb 2016
Fell over 12 months, back to the old high on 14 Mar 2017 — 13 months under water after the low.
-16.1%18 Oct 2021 → 17 Jun 2022
Fell over 8 months, back to the old high on 01 Nov 2022 — 5 months under water after the low.

Measured on this fund’s own NAV history, peak to trough to the day it regained the peak. Falls shallower than 5% are left out. A recovery date is when the NAV got back, not when any particular investor did — that depends on when they bought.

Fund size over time

Quarterly average AUM · AMFI

₹908.92Cr

April - June 2026

-4%

since January - March 2026

+₹49.90Cr

est. net flow, last quarter

At or near its largest, ₹942.67Cr in January - March 2026. Size matters most where the mandate is narrow — a large small-cap or a very large flexi-cap book is harder to move without moving the price.

Net flow is an estimate: AMFI publishes a quarterly average AUM, not a closing balance, and it covers every plan and option of this scheme together, so it is a read on direction and rough size rather than a cash-flow statement.

AMC Profile

Nippon India Mutual Fund is managed by Nippon Life India Asset Management, which took control of the former Reliance Mutual Fund in 2019 when Nippon Life of Japan bought out the Reliance Capital stake. It is among India's largest fund houses by assets and is best known for its small- and mid-cap franchise.

Launched

29 Jun 1995

Total AUM

₹7,87,053Cr+4.7% QoQ

Avg AUM · July - September 2026

Website

mf.nipponindiaim.com

Fund Managers

HMHimanshu MangeStart date not disclosed

Education

Chartered Accountant

Experience

Over 6 years of experience From Dec 23, 2023 onwards Fund Manager & Dealer - ETF, NAM India Feb 02, 2022 - December 22, 2023 Dealer - ETF, NAM India Dec 04, 2019 - Feb 01, 2022 TATA AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd.: ETF Nifty Midcap 150, Nippon India ETF BSE Sensex Assistant Manager (Investment Operations – Finance & Accounts)

Funds managed (29)

All schemes Himanshu Mange runs →

Fund manager, benchmark and dealing terms from this scheme's SEBI-filed Scheme Information Document on AMFI. Each manager's qualifications and role are reconciled across every filing this fund house makes for them, including its Statement of Additional Information. Total AUM via AMFI.

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Fund managers

Himanshu Mange

Top holdings

HDFC Bank Limited ICICI Bank Limited Reliance Industries Limited Bharti Airtel Limited Larsen & Toubro Limited State Bank of India Infosys Limited Axis Bank Limited Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited Mahindra & Mahindra Limited Bajaj Finance Limited ITC Limited

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Returns and risk are computed from NAV history and may differ slightly from other portals due to methodology (rolling vs point-to-point, dividend treatment). For research only — not investment advice.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the NAV of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

As of 01 Oct 2026, the NAV of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is ₹39.14 per unit. NAV (net asset value) is the fund's per-unit price, published once each business day.

What returns has Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex delivered?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex has returned -10.48% over 1 year, +3.92% per year over 3 years, +5.15% per year over 5 years and +10.77% per year since inception. Figures beyond one year are annualised (CAGR) and are computed from AMFI NAV history, so they may differ slightly from other portals.

What is the expense ratio of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex charges an expense ratio of 0.21% per year. This annual fee is already deducted from the NAV, so the returns you see are net of it.

What are the top holdings of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex's largest holdings are HDFC Bank Limited (11.8%), ICICI Bank Limited (11.4%), Reliance Industries Limited (9.5%), Bharti Airtel Limited (6.1%) and Larsen & Toubro Limited (5.2%). Holdings are disclosed monthly and change over time.

How risky is Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is rated very high on SEBI's risk-o-meter, its trailing-3Y volatility (annualised) is 13.3% and its worst peak-to-trough fall in our sample was -37.2%. Higher volatility means the NAV swings more; the drawdown shows how far it has fallen from a peak historically.

What does the Sharpe ratio of -0.19 mean?

The Sharpe ratio is return earned per unit of total risk, above a 6.5% risk-free rate. Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex's -0.19 means it has not compensated investors for its volatility over the window. Higher is better.

What is the benchmark of Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is benchmarked against the BSE Sensex TRI. Its alpha and beta on this page are measured against that index.

Who manages Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is managed by Himanshu Mange at Nippon India.

How is Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex taxed?

Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex is an equity-oriented fund, so its capital gains get concessional rates: short-term gains (units held under 1 year) are taxed at 20%, and long-term gains (held 1 year or more) at 12.5% above a ₹1.25 lakh per-year exemption. These rates apply on redemption and don't add to your income-tax slab.