How does S&P 500 Index Returns compare with NIFTY 50 Index

How does the performance of S&P 500 index compare with India’s NIFTY 50 index. Although there is strong connection between S&P 500 & NIFTY 50 indices, they do reflect distinct economic and market environments, with different drivers influencing their growth over time. For example, S&P 500’s performance is significantly influenced by tech giants like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet, whereas the NIFTY 50 relies more on financial services, energy, and IT sectors.

Here we compare the performance of S&P 500 index with Indian stock market’s NIFTY 50 index, over time but at few different starting time.

S&P 500 vs NIFTY 50: 2024

First we will compare the performance of S&P 500 & NIFTY 50 this year so far. If you invested in both S&P 500 and NIFTY in the beginning of the 2024, you would have about 25% gain from S&P 500 , while just about 10% from NIFTY 50 index.

S&P 500 vs NIFTY 50: If you invested in 2023

If you invested in both S&P 500 and NIFTY in the beginning of the 2023, you would have about 56% gain from S&P 500, while just about 31% from NIFTY 50 index.

S&P 500 vs NIFTY 50: If you invested in 2022

If you invested in both S&P 500 and NIFTY in the beginning of the 2022, you would have about 24% gain from S&P 500, while about 35% gain from NIFTY 50 index.

S&P 500 vs NIFTY 50: If you invested in 2020

If you invested in both S&P 500 and NIFTY in the beginning of the 2020, you would have about 83% gain from S&P 500 , while about 96% from NIFTY 50 index.