Sectoral Indices: Nifty Auto
At a glance Fri, 9 Oct 2026 · end of day. It describes the session; it does not call the next one.
Nifty Auto closed at 24,859.90 on 9 Oct 2026: +1.42% on the day, -10.50% over 1 month, -6.50% over 1 year.
Sector returns heatmap Price returns of NSE sector and theme indices. Click a sector to open it; click a column to sort.
| Index | 1D | 1W | 1M | 3M | 1Y | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIFTY 50 | +1.30% | +0.44% | -4.72% | -6.97% | -10.57% | -13.81% |
| Nifty Bank | +1.36% | +1.48% | -2.68% | -4.81% | -1.66% | -7.26% |
| Nifty Private Bank | +1.32% | +1.97% | -0.92% | -3.07% | -1.07% | -5.22% |
| Nifty PSU Bank | +1.63% | +2.38% | -3.40% | -3.85% | +7.36% | -4.77% |
| Nifty Financial Services | +1.33% | +1.68% | -2.83% | -6.94% | -6.57% | -9.58% |
| Nifty IT | +3.02% | +0.95% | -4.38% | +2.02% | -19.80% | -24.57% |
| Nifty Auto | +1.42% | -2.07% | -10.50% | -7.45% | -6.50% | -11.81% |
| Nifty Pharma | +0.54% | -1.33% | -3.42% | +1.12% | +18.35% | +14.25% |
| Nifty Healthcare | +1.09% | -1.49% | -4.63% | -2.95% | +8.65% | +8.30% |
| Nifty FMCG | +2.20% | +2.45% | -1.94% | -9.02% | -17.99% | -19.13% |
| Nifty Metal | +1.10% | -3.69% | -8.78% | -5.42% | +15.88% | +7.46% |
| Nifty Realty | +0.92% | -3.72% | -9.88% | -14.35% | -8.84% | -8.43% |
| Nifty Energy | +0.38% | -1.65% | -6.06% | -8.81% | +1.54% | +1.30% |
| Nifty Oil & Gas | -0.09% | -1.24% | -6.33% | -7.44% | -9.78% | -15.42% |
| Nifty Media | +1.23% | +0.45% | +0.82% | +4.65% | -0.27% | +7.52% |
| Nifty Consumer Durables | +1.00% | +0.12% | -8.30% | -5.86% | -5.97% | -2.14% |
| Nifty Chemicals | +0.58% | +0.09% | -7.28% | -6.20% | -4.20% | -3.72% |
| Nifty Infrastructure | +0.83% | -0.36% | -6.23% | -9.07% | -6.32% | -10.83% |
| Nifty Commodities | +0.81% | -2.27% | -7.78% | -9.79% | -2.25% | -6.22% |
| Nifty Consumption | +1.51% | +0.37% | -5.76% | -7.11% | -10.83% | -11.28% |
| Nifty MNC | +0.92% | -0.78% | -7.26% | -9.03% | -0.53% | -2.72% |
| Nifty PSE | +0.75% | -1.42% | -6.51% | -8.41% | -8.17% | -7.87% |
| Nifty CPSE | +0.82% | -1.90% | -6.92% | -9.66% | -7.49% | -5.68% |
| Nifty Defence | +0.51% | -1.49% | -9.92% | -5.05% | +11.04% | +16.25% |
| Nifty Capital Markets | +0.07% | +2.76% | -4.60% | -6.48% | +17.58% | +11.27% |
| Nifty Manufacturing | +0.73% | -1.60% | -7.97% | -6.19% | -0.24% | -2.98% |
| Nifty Digital | +1.96% | +1.87% | -5.82% | +0.43% | -11.17% | -13.28% |
| Nifty Services | +1.63% | +0.46% | -3.63% | -6.67% | -11.44% | -13.57% |
Sector rotation Each dot: a sector. Right = beat NIFTY 50 over 3 months; up = beat it over 1 month. Leading (top right), weakening (bottom right), lagging (bottom left), improving (top left).
Nifty Auto vs NIFTY 50 Top: sector candles with EMA 20 / 50 / 100 / 200. Bottom: relative strength (sector ÷ NIFTY 50, start = 100) with its 20-session average in black. Rising line: the sector is beating the market.
Leadership ranks Rank of each sector by return over 1 week, 1 month and 3 months (1 = best).
Daily % change, last 20 sessions Each cell: the index's change that day.
What our backtest found NSE sector index closes, Apr 2023 - Oct 2026: 41 monthly rebalances, 21 sector and theme indices
Every 21 sessions, sectors ranked by their return over the previous 21 (or 63) sessions. Figure: the average next-21-session return of the top 3 (or bottom 3) minus NIFTY 50's. Beat = share of months above NIFTY 50.
| Group | Months | Next month vs NIFTY 50: avg / median / beat | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 3 by past 1-month return | 41 | +1.59% / +1.48% / 66% | Leaders kept a small lead |
| Bottom 3 by past 1-month return | 41 | 0.00% / -0.06% / 49% | Coin flip |
| Top 3 by past 3-month return | 41 | +0.82% / +0.22% / 54% | Weak |
| Bottom 3 by past 3-month return | 41 | -0.10% / +0.23% / 51% | Coin flip |
Sector levels: NSE's daily index closing file. Relative strength: sector index divided by NIFTY 50 on the same session, set to 100 at the start of the stored data. Rotation chart: sector return minus NIFTY 50's over the same period. For education only; not investment advice.
What the Sectoral Indices Page Shows
Sector heatmap
Price returns of every NSE sector and theme index over 1 day to 1 year. Green cells rose, red cells fell; the deeper the colour, the bigger the move for that period.
Relative strength against NIFTY 50
The Nifty Auto index divided by NIFTY 50. A rising line means the sector is doing better than the market, a falling line worse, whatever the market itself does.
Rotation
Leadership in the market moves between sectors. The rotation chart places every sector by how it did against NIFTY 50 over 3 months (across) and 1 month (up): leading sectors sit top right, weakening ones bottom right, lagging ones bottom left and improving ones top left.
Leadership ranks
Each sector ranked by 1-week, 1-month and 3-month return. A sector climbing from a low 3-month rank to a high 1-week rank has had a recent change in fortune.
How We Calculate It
Data
NSE's official end-of-day index file for every session since January 2023, covering 16 sector indices and 11 theme indices.
Sectors and themes
Sector indices hold companies of one industry (Bank, IT, Pharma...). Theme indices cut across industries (PSE, MNC, Defence, Consumption...). Use the buttons above the heatmap to see one group.
What Our Backtest Found
Short-term leadership
Over 41 monthly checks from April 2023 to October 2026, the three NSE sector or theme indices with the best previous month beat NIFTY 50 over the next month 66% of the time, by 1.6% on average. The three weakest sectors did as well as the market, not worse.
Longer windows
Ranking on 3-month returns gave a smaller lead (+0.8%, 54% of months). Sector indices overlap (Bank, Private Bank and Financial Services share many stocks), so the effective sample is smaller than 21 sectors suggest.
How to use it
Rotation charts show which parts of the market have led. 41 months is a short history and costs are ignored; for education only, not a buy or sell call.
Sectoral Indices: Frequently Asked Questions
Which sector is performing best today?
Sort the heatmap by the 1D column. It ranks every NSE sector and theme index by the latest session's change.
How is Nifty Auto doing against NIFTY 50?
The relative strength chart divides Nifty Auto by NIFTY 50. If the line is rising, the sector has beaten the market over that stretch.
What is sector rotation?
The shift of market leadership from one group of sectors to another over time, for example from defensives such as FMCG and pharma to cyclicals such as metals and banks.
Does buying the strongest sectors work?
Our backtest on NSE sector indices compares the top three and bottom three sectors by past return with their next month against NIFTY 50. The results are in the table above; they are history, not a forecast.
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Data: NSE end-of-day files (capital-market bhavcopy, delivery, index closes, price-band hits, F&O market activity, bulk / block / short-selling reports). This page explains how market participants commonly read this data. It is for education only and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.