NIFTY 50: What it means and the companies covered under this index

Owned and managed by NSE, NIFTY 50 is the representative index on NSE (National Stock Exchange of India). NSE was formerly known as India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL), and it is the first-ever firm founded in the country to focus exclusively on index as the main product.

NIFTY 50 indexes was launched in April 1996. This index comprises 50 enterprises from among the 1600 companies that are listed on the NSE. By capturing about 65% of the market capitalization (float-adjusted), NIFTY 50 is the characteristic reflection of the country’s stock market.

In fact, renowned investors like Warren Buffett recommend index funds as the most advocated medium for investments for retail investors.

The position of NIFTY 50 members in the Indian stock market domain

In the world of investments, NIFTY 50 is no more the most popular large capital companies of the bygone days. This name today stands for the stock index on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE).

Today, the NIFTY 50 index is diversified across 13 sectors of the nation’s Indian economy including automobiles, cement and cement products, construction, consumer goods, fertilizers and pesticides, financial services, information technology, media and entertainment, metals, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, power, and telecommunications.

NIFTY 50 comprises 50 large capital stocks that are traded with the highest valuations in the Indian stock market domain.

List of Nifty 50 companies

Here is the full list of Nifty 50 companies as per the latest data.

Sl. No.	Name of the company	Symbol
	Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited	ONGC
	Tata Motors Limited	TATAMOTORS
	Axis Bank Limited	AXISBANK
	Indian Oil Corporation Limited	IOC
	SBI Life Insurance Company Limited	SBILIFE
	HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited	HDFCLIFE
	Bajaj Auto Limited	BAJAJ-AUTO
	State Bank of India	SBIN
	GAIL (India) Limited	GAIL
	ICICI Bank Limited	ICICIBANK
	Hindalco Industries Limited	HINDALCO
	Bharti Airtel Limited	BHARTIARTL
	Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited	HDFC
	HDFC Bank Limited	HDFCBANK
	JSW Steel Limited	JSWSTEEL
	NTPC Limited	NTPC
	Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited	KOTAKBANK
	Coal India Limited	COALINDIA
	Bajaj Finance Limited	BAJFINANCE
	Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited	BPCL
	Reliance Industries Limited	RELIANCE
	Divi's Laboratories Limited	DIVISLAB
	Tata Steel Limited	TATASTEEL
	Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited	ADANIPORTS
	Hindustan Unilever Limited	HINDUNILVR
	IndusInd Bank Limited	INDUSINDBK
	Hero MotoCorp Limited	HEROMOTOCO
	Bajaj Finserv Limited	BAJAJFINSV
	UltraTech Cement Limited	ULTRACEMCO
	Power Grid Corporation of India Limited	POWERGRID
	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited	SUNPHARMA
	Titan Company Limited	TITAN
	UPL Limited	UPL
	Maruti Suzuki India Limited	MARUTI
	ITC Limited	ITC
	Eicher Motors Limited	EICHERMOT
	Britannia Industries Limited	BRITANNIA
	Larsen & Toubro Limited	LT
	Tata Consultancy Services Limited	TCS
	HCL Technologies Limited	HCLTECH
	Cipla Limited	CIPLA
	Tech Mahindra Limited	TECHM
	Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited	DRREDDY
	Asian Paints Limited	ASIANPAINT
	Grasim Industries Limited	GRASIM
	Shree cement limited	SHREECEM
	Wipro Limited	WIPRO
	Mahindra & Mahindra Limited	M&M
	Nestle India Limited	NESTLEIND
	Infosys Limited	INFY