Dalal Street witnessed a record breaking 2021, with the frontline indices – the S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 – surging over 20 per cent each and to hit new highs during the calendar year despite threats from Coronavirus variants – Delta and Omicron, high crude oil prices and change in monetary policy stance by central bankers around the world.
Sector-wise, 2021 belonged to power, metal, realty and information technology sectors that were among the top performers in the year gone by. The phenomenal subscription levels of some of the initial public offers (IPO) and stellar listing saw the BSE