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JULY 2014 AUDIT: AN ALMOST FLAT MONTH

Nifty +1.44% · best Pharma +9.46% · worst PSU Bank -9.35%

Published by The Retail Trader · JUL 31, 2014 · Monthly Audit

The July 2014 audit — what every major index and every sector did across the month's 22 sessions, all measured from the 2014-06-30 close to the 2014-07-31 close.

July 2014 index and sector returns
2014-06-30 to 2014-07-31 — the return of every index and sector

INDEX LEVEL

An account of 22 sessions, best to worst:
• Sensex — +1.89%, close 25894.97
• Nifty 50 — +1.44%, close 7721.30
• Nifty 500 — +0.33%, close 6194.45
• Bank Nifty — +0.17%, close 15267.60
• Midcap 100 — -2.33%, close 10838.20

Of the Nifty's 22 sessions, 13 were up and 9 down. The best day was 2014-07-16 (+1.30%), the worst 2014-07-08 (-2.11%). There were 3.8 points between the Midcap 100 and the Nifty — large caps were ahead of the broad market.

SECTOR LEVEL

There were 18.8 percentage points between the best and the worst sector:
• Pharma — +9.46%
• FMCG — +7.71%
• IT — +3.96%
• Bank — +0.17%
• Metal — -0.39%
• Media — -4.44%
• Realty — -8.37%
• PSU Bank — -9.35%

VOLATILITY AND DRAWDOWN

India VIX ranged between 13.82 and 19.41 during the month and closed at 13.82. The deepest peak-to-trough fall in the Nifty inside the month was -4.3% — so despite the month's net number of +1.44%, a decline of that depth was seen along the way.

All figures in this article were computed from The Retail Trader daily index database through 24 July 2026. Past performance does not indicate future performance. This analysis is educational only and is not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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