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Nifty 50
Nifty 50 is NSE’s flagship free-float market-cap index of fifty large Indian companies.
It is widely used as a benchmark for Indian equity funds and derivatives.
Nifty futures and options are among the most actively traded India equity index derivatives on NSE.
Constituency changes follow published eligibility and reconstitution rules.
Sector weights in Nifty shift as company free-float market caps change.
Part of the Market Pulse Term of the Day series — factual market vocabulary, not investment advice.