FY25 wrap-up: 11 sectoral indices that drove market gains

The Indian stock market wrapped up FY2025 with modest gains, despite strong FPI outflows in the second half. The Nifty 50 rose 5.3% for the year, while the Nifty Midcap 150 and Smallcap 250 gained 5.

73% and 2.32%, respectively. Despite foreign portfolio investors offloading Rs 1.



25 lakh crore worth of equities, strong domestic participation — with mutual funds and retail investors infusing over Rs 6 lakh crore — provided crucial support. Let’s take a look at the best-performing sectors of FY25, as compiled by ET: The Nifty India Defence index rose 33.3% in FY25.

The Nifty Financial Services index gained 18.3% in FY25. The Nifty Healthcare index ended FY25 with a 12.

3% gain The Nifty Services Sector index rose 11.1% during FY25. The Nifty Pharma index delivered a 10.

0% return in FY25. FY25 Gain: 9.6% Consumer Durables saw a rebound amid festive demand, rural recovery, and pickup in discretionary spending.

The Nifty Consumer Durables index gained 9.6% in FY25. The Nifty Bank index rose 8.

4% during the financial year. The Nifty Metal index was up 6.2% in FY25.

The Nifty IT index ended FY25 with a 5.3% rise. ( Disclaimer : Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own.

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