India's main stock market index, the SENSEX, fell to 80600 points on August 1, 2025, losing 0.72% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has declined 3.37% and is down 0.47% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from India. BSE SENSEX Stock Market Index - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

This statistic depicts the average annual performance of the S&P BSE Sensex Index in India from years 2012 to 2024. In 2024, the year-end value S&P BSE Sensex Index was reported at *********, an increase from the previous year where the value was *********.

Stock market return (%, year-on-year) in India was reported at 21.5 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. India - Stock market return (%, year-on-year) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Between 2015 and 2025, the S&P 500 recorded a ** percent annualized return, the highest among major stock markets worldwide. Second in the ranking were Bovespa and BSE Sensex, the main indices for the Brazilian and for the Indian stock markets, with ** percent annualized returns.

The average for 2021 based on 87 countries was 32.21 percent. The highest value was in Venezuela: 991.39 percent and the lowest value was in Botswana: -6.38 percent. The indicator is available from 1984 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Key information about India Sensitive 30 (Sensex)

• India Sensitive 30 (Sensex) closed at 73,198.1 points in Feb 2025, compared with 77,500.6 points at the previous month end
• India Equity Market Index: Month End: BSE: Sensitive 30 (Sensex) data is updated monthly, available from Apr 1979 to Feb 2025, with an average number of 4,285.0 points
• The data reached an all-time high of 84,299.8 points in Sep 2024 and a record low of 115.6 points in Nov 1979

• In the latest reports, SENSEX recorded a daily P/E ratio of 20.6 in Mar 2025

Stock market return (%, year-on-year) in Mexico was reported at 26.44 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Mexico - Stock market return (%, year-on-year) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Belgium: Stock market return, percent: The latest value from 2021 is 17.82 percent, an increase from -15.98 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Belgium from 1998 to 2021 is 4.13 percent. The minimum value, -30.36 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 35.66 percent was recorded in 1998.

The S&P BSE Sensex index, one of India's two main stock indices, lost almost *********** of its value between the end of February and the end of March 2020, owing to the economic impact of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It has since recovered, surpassing its pre-corona level in *************.The S&P BSE Sensex index includes 30 companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange which are representative of various industrial sectors of the Indian economy. It is considered one of the main Indicators of the Indian stock market, along with the CNX Nifty Index (which includes shares from India's other main stock exchange, the National Stock Exchange).

Using the MSCI emerging markets index, stock markets in emerging economies performed above those of developed economies in 2020, with an annual return of 18.31 percent. This compares to a 2020 annual return of 15.9 percent for the MSCI World Index, which tracks the stock markets of 23 developed economies.

Stock market return (%, year-on-year) in Switzerland was reported at 15.15 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Switzerland - Stock market return (%, year-on-year) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Stock price, because it is a forward-looking variable, forecasts economic activities. An unexpected increase in stock price reflects that (1) future dividend growth is higher and/or (2) future discount rates are lower than previously anticipated. Therefore, the increase predicts higher output and investment. As well, other studies argue for an important relation between the expected stock market return and investment. In this paper, the author analyses the relative importance of these mechanisms by using Campbell and Shiller's (1988) method to decompose stock market return into three parts: expected return, a shock to the expected future return, and a shock to the expected future dividend growth. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the author finds that dividend shocks are a rather weak predictor for future economic activities. Moreover, the expected return and shocks to the expected future return display different predictive patterns. The results shown here, collectively, explain why the forecasting power of stock market return is rather limited.

Poland: Stock market return, percent: The latest value from 2021 is 21.25 percent, an increase from -20.29 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Poland from 1995 to 2021 is 5.8 percent. The minimum value, -31.66 percent, was reached in 2001 while the maximum of 67.59 percent was recorded in 1996.

The average for 2021 based on 26 countries was 23.59 percent. The highest value was in Mongolia: 100.77 percent and the lowest value was in Laos: -2.77 percent. The indicator is available from 1984 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Ireland: Stock market return, percent: The latest value from 2021 is 28.22 percent, an increase from 1.45 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Ireland from 1987 to 2021 is 11.26 percent. The minimum value, -44.57 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 138.07 percent was recorded in 1987.

China: Stock market return, percent: The latest value from 2021 is 13.47 percent, an increase from 7.07 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for China from 1991 to 2021 is 20.88 percent. The minimum value, -33.59 percent, was reached in 1994 while the maximum of 308.94 percent was recorded in 1992.

The average for 2021 based on 8 countries was 15.95 percent. The highest value was in Vietnam: 46.82 percent and the lowest value was in Laos: -2.77 percent. The indicator is available from 1984 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Experimental studies in the area of Psychology and Behavioral Economics have suggested that people change their search pattern in response to positive and negative events. Using Internet search data provided by Google, we investigated the relationship between stock-specific events and related Google searches. We studied daily data from 13 stocks from the Dow-Jones and NASDAQ100 indices, over a period of 4 trading years. Focusing on periods in which stocks were extensively searched (Intensive Search Periods), we found a correlation between the magnitude of stock returns at the beginning of the period and the volume, peak, and duration of search generated during the period. This relation between magnitudes of stock returns and subsequent searches was considerably magnified in periods following negative stock returns. Yet, we did not find that intensive search periods following losses were associated with more Google searches than periods following gains. Thus, rather than increasing search, losses improved the fit between people’s search behavior and the extent of real-world events triggering the search. The findings demonstrate the robustness of the attentional effect of losses.

Panama: Stock market return, percent: The latest value from 2021 is -4.9 percent, an increase from -11.63 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Panama from 1996 to 2021 is 11.28 percent. The minimum value, -16.41 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 82.08 percent was recorded in 1998.

Luxembourg: Stock market return, percent: The latest value from 2021 is 42.2 percent, an increase from -18.09 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 32.21 percent, based on data from 87 countries. Historically, the average for Luxembourg from 2000 to 2021 is 4.54 percent. The minimum value, -38.03 percent, was reached in 2009 while the maximum of 48.02 percent was recorded in 2000.