Should I invest in Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth is suitable for an investor whose:understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizonCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 16.7%. 5-year CAGR: 9.02%.

Franklin Templeton

Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth

Latest NAV

₹192.7160

As of

24 Jul 2026

4,999 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	-0.36%	-0.22%	-0.14	59 / 77	Q4
1W	-2.27%	-1.26%	-1.00	56 / 77	Q3
2W	-1.74%	-1.05%	-0.68	45 / 77	Q3
1M	-0.92%	-0.37%	-0.55	53 / 74	Q3
3M	-0.06%	+1.28%	-1.35	47 / 62	Q4
6M	-4.74%	-0.22%	-4.53	47 / 62	Q4
YTD	-8.70%	-3.35%	-5.35	46 / 61	Q4
1Y	-4.57%	+0.16%	-4.72	46 / 61	Q4
2Y	-0.66%	+1.79%	-2.45	38 / 54	Q3
3Y	+7.17%	+9.29%	-2.12	35 / 52	Q3
4Y	+9.88%	+10.96%	-1.08	22 / 36	Q3
5Y	+9.02%	+8.95%	+0.07	11 / 24	Q2
7Y	+11.59%	+11.49%	+0.10	10 / 23	Q2
10Y	+10.94%	+10.88%	+0.06	13 / 22	Q3
Inception	+10.06%	+7.35%	+2.71	20 / 77	Q2

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2026 YTD	-8.70%	-3.35%	-5.35	46 / 61
2025	+10.81%	+7.96%	+2.85	17 / 57
2024	+9.42%	+12.60%	-3.17	25 / 52
2023	+19.71%	+21.36%	-1.65	25 / 46
2022	+4.94%	+3.06%	+1.88	16 / 30
2021	+23.98%	+23.37%	+0.60	10 / 23
2020	+14.62%	+15.15%	-0.54	15 / 23
2019	+11.52%	+11.82%	-0.29	20 / 23
2018	+4.11%	+4.05%	+0.06	16 / 22
2017	+27.23%	+27.94%	-0.71	16 / 22
2016	+3.05%	+2.43%	+0.62	10 / 22

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+12.58%

236 windows

min -55.6% · max 96.6%

78% positive

3-Year rolling

+11.04%

211 windows

min -2.6% · max 27.3%

97% positive

5-Year rolling

+10.92%

187 windows

min -1.0% · max 23.5%

98% positive

7-Year rolling

+10.71%

163 windows

min 4.3% · max 17.4%

100% positive

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

Period

Total invested

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

10.96%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.10

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

0.14

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-15.54%

Sep 2024 → Mar 2025

% positive months

66.7%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Peers in Index Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC BSE Sensex Index Fund - Growth Plan	HDFC	₹709.2343	24 Jul 2026
Nippon India Index Fund - BSE Sensex Plan - Growth Plan - Bonus Option	Nippon India	₹38.9168	24 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential BSE Sensex Index Fund - Cumulative Option	ICICI Prudential	₹25.0502	24 Jul 2026
Franklin India INDEX FUND- NSE NIFTY 50 INDEX FUND - IDCW	Franklin Templeton	₹166.6511	24 Jul 2026
UTI Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option	UTI	₹164.6629	24 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth - Regular Plan	Birla Sun Life	₹242.0041	24 Jul 2026
LIC MF BSE Sensex Index Fund-Regular Plan-Growth	LIC	₹142.4540	24 Jul 2026
Tata Nifty 50 Index Fund -Regular Plan	Tata	₹148.4852	24 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
24 Jul 2026	₹192.7160
23 Jul 2026	₹193.4156
22 Jul 2026	₹194.4422
21 Jul 2026	₹195.9928
20 Jul 2026	₹196.4052
17 Jul 2026	₹197.1884
16 Jul 2026	₹195.0534
15 Jul 2026	₹195.1030
14 Jul 2026	₹194.8731
13 Jul 2026	₹196.1551

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

As of 24 Jul 2026, the NAV of Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth is ₹192.7160. It's a Index Fund from Franklin Templeton, run as a Unknown plan Growth option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth has NAV history starting from 03 Apr 2006, a track record of about 20 years 3 months. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth is managed by Franklin Templeton. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Index Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth has delivered a absolute return of -4.57% — -4.72 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 0.16%. The fund ranks #46 of 61 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 7.17% — -2.12 pp behind the Index Fund category average of 9.29%. The fund ranks #35 of 52 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth has delivered a CAGR of 9.02% — +0.07 pp ahead of the Index Fund category average of 8.95%. The fund ranks #11 of 24 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹282,531 today — a multiplier of 2.83×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 10.94%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹280,953.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹710,061 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 6.67%.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP for 10 years in Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth = ₹1,200,000 invested. It would currently be worth ₹2,085,062 (multiplier 1.74×). XIRR: 10.65%. Long-horizon SIP results matter more than point-to-point returns because they smooth out entry timing.

On a 5-year basis, Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth ranks #11 out of 24 funds in the Index Fund category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is 8.95%; this fund delivered 9.02%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth has experienced over the last 5-year window is 16.66% — its NAV fell from a high on 18 Oct 2021 to a low on 17 Jun 2022. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 5-year rolling windows, Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth averaged 10.92% (best 23.52%, worst -0.96%). 98% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.24 — weak risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2025, Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth returned 10.81% — beating the Index Fund category average of 7.96% by 2.85 pp. It ranked #17 of 57 in its category that year.

Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth doesn't fit cleanly into the standard Equity/Debt buckets in our taxonomy. Tax treatment depends on actual asset allocation as disclosed by the AMC — check the factsheet or AMFI's classification table.

We don't give personal investment advice. Franklin India Index Fund- NSE Nifty 50 Index Fund - Growth is suitable for an investor whose:

understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)
matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizon

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 16.7%. 5-year CAGR: 9.02%.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.