What the record shows
Short, data-backed reads on the Indian stock market, written from NSE prices and company filings. Every figure is recomputed whenever the data updates (latest: 26 Oct 2026), and every piece explains how it was worked out and what the record cannot tell you.
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Results season
Essays with live figures
What missing its biggest up days did to the Nifty 50's record
How much of the Nifty 50's rise came from a handful of days, and how close those days sat to the worst ones. Recomputed from NSE closes.
How often has a year in the Nifty 50 ended lower?
Every one-, three- and five-year stretch in the Nifty 50's record: how many ended lower, and the lowest and highest changes.
The Nifty's deepest falls, and how long the climb back took
The largest falls from a previous high in the Nifty 50 and Nifty 500, how long each took, and how long the recovery took.
The index and the median stock are not the same thing
Five-year returns across every NSE stock with the history, how many ended lower, and how many companies from the start of the record still trade.
How far is the typical NSE stock from its 52-week high?
The spread of NSE stocks by distance from their 52-week high, and what that measure does and does not say.
Yearbooks: stock splits and bonus issues
Every split and bonus issue that went ex on NSE, year by year, with what each does to the share count.