Movement of Sector Index Return of Indian Security Market in Different Conditions

An investor is always willing to enjoy profits on its investments, but due to market fluctuations the risk is associated with the investment. In a dynamic economic environment, knowledge of the stock market structure is important for the market participants. Various theories in finance, suggest that individual and institutional investors should hold a well diversified portfolio to reduce risk. To know the real picture of the market it is important to know the performance of all the sectors of the market. Present paper tried to analyse the different sectors, performance during pre and post recession period. Data has been collected from NSE website from 2004 to 2012. The result showed that most of the sectors were highly volatile but some of them were performing continuously. Investors can be benefited by going through this paper and can make rational investment decisions