Historically, Apr has averaged the highest return (+3.4%); Feb the lowest (-1.7%).
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3.5%Negative MonthJan 2026: -3.46% | -1.2%Neutral MonthFeb 2026: -1.19% | -11.5%Negative MonthMar 2026: -11.49% | +6.9%Positive MonthApr 2026: +6.90% | -2.8%Negative MonthMay 2026: -2.78% | +2.3%Positive MonthJun 2026: +2.28% | +2.1%Positive MonthJul 2026: +2.11% | -1.5%*Neutral MonthAug 2026: -1.52% | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| 2025 | -0.8%Neutral MonthJan 2025: -0.82% | -5.6%Negative MonthFeb 2025: -5.55% | +5.8%Positive MonthMar 2025: +5.76% | +3.7%Positive MonthApr 2025: +3.65% | +1.5%Neutral MonthMay 2025: +1.51% | +2.6%Positive MonthJun 2025: +2.65% | -2.9%Negative MonthJul 2025: -2.90% | -1.7%Neutral MonthAug 2025: -1.69% | +0.6%Neutral MonthSep 2025: +0.57% | +4.6%Positive MonthOct 2025: +4.57% | +2.1%Positive MonthNov 2025: +2.11% | -0.6%Neutral MonthDec 2025: -0.57% |
| 2024 | -0.7%Neutral MonthJan 2024: -0.68% | +1.0%Neutral MonthFeb 2024: +1.04% | +1.6%Neutral MonthMar 2024: +1.59% | +1.1%Neutral MonthApr 2024: +1.13% | -0.7%Neutral MonthMay 2024: -0.70% | +6.9%Positive MonthJun 2024: +6.86% | +3.4%Positive MonthJul 2024: +3.43% | +0.8%Neutral MonthAug 2024: +0.76% | +2.3%Positive MonthSep 2024: +2.35% | -5.8%Negative MonthOct 2024: -5.83% | +0.5%Neutral MonthNov 2024: +0.52% | -2.1%Negative MonthDec 2024: -2.08% |
| 2023 | -2.1%Negative MonthJan 2023: -2.12% | -1.0%Neutral MonthFeb 2023: -0.99% | +0.0%Neutral MonthMar 2023: +0.05% | +3.6%Positive MonthApr 2023: +3.60% | +2.5%Positive MonthMay 2023: +2.47% | +3.3%Positive MonthJun 2023: +3.35% | +2.8%Positive MonthJul 2023: +2.80% | -2.5%Negative MonthAug 2023: -2.55% | +1.5%Neutral MonthSep 2023: +1.54% | -3.0%Negative MonthOct 2023: -2.97% | +4.9%Positive MonthNov 2023: +4.87% | +7.8%Positive MonthDec 2023: +7.84% |
| 2022 | -0.4%Neutral MonthJan 2022: -0.41% | -3.0%Negative MonthFeb 2022: -3.05% | +4.1%Positive MonthMar 2022: +4.13% | -2.6%Negative MonthApr 2022: -2.57% | -2.6%Negative MonthMay 2022: -2.62% | -4.6%Negative MonthJun 2022: -4.58% | +8.6%Positive MonthJul 2022: +8.58% | +3.4%Positive MonthAug 2022: +3.42% | -3.5%Negative MonthSep 2022: -3.54% | +5.8%Positive MonthOct 2022: +5.78% | +3.9%Positive MonthNov 2022: +3.87% | -3.6%Negative MonthDec 2022: -3.58% |
| 2021 | -3.1%Negative MonthJan 2021: -3.07% | +6.1%Positive MonthFeb 2021: +6.08% | +0.8%Neutral MonthMar 2021: +0.83% | -1.5%Neutral MonthApr 2021: -1.47% | +6.5%Positive MonthMay 2021: +6.47% | +1.0%Neutral MonthJun 2021: +1.05% | +0.2%Neutral MonthJul 2021: +0.20% | +9.4%Positive MonthAug 2021: +9.44% | +2.7%Positive MonthSep 2021: +2.73% | +0.3%Neutral MonthOct 2021: +0.31% | -3.8%Negative MonthNov 2021: -3.78% | +2.1%Positive MonthDec 2021: +2.08% |
| 2020 | -1.3%Neutral MonthJan 2020: -1.29% | -6.0%Negative MonthFeb 2020: -5.96% | -23.1%Negative MonthMar 2020: -23.05% | +14.4%Positive MonthApr 2020: +14.42% | -3.8%Negative MonthMay 2020: -3.84% | +7.7%Positive MonthJun 2020: +7.68% | +7.7%Positive MonthJul 2020: +7.71% | +2.7%Positive MonthAug 2020: +2.72% | -1.5%Neutral MonthSep 2020: -1.45% | +4.1%Positive MonthOct 2020: +4.06% | +11.4%Positive MonthNov 2020: +11.45% | +8.2%Positive MonthDec 2020: +8.16% |
| 2019 | +0.5%Neutral MonthJan 2019: +0.52% | -1.1%Neutral MonthFeb 2019: -1.07% | +7.5%Positive MonthMar 2019: +7.47% | +1.3%Neutral MonthApr 2019: +1.26% | +1.7%Neutral MonthMay 2019: +1.75% | -0.8%Neutral MonthJun 2019: -0.80% | -4.9%Negative MonthJul 2019: -4.86% | -0.4%Neutral MonthAug 2019: -0.40% | +3.6%Positive MonthSep 2019: +3.57% | +3.8%Positive MonthOct 2019: +3.78% | +1.7%Neutral MonthNov 2019: +1.66% | +1.1%Neutral MonthDec 2019: +1.13% |
| 2018 | +5.6%Positive MonthJan 2018: +5.60% | -5.0%Negative MonthFeb 2018: -4.95% | -3.6%Negative MonthMar 2018: -3.56% | +6.6%Positive MonthApr 2018: +6.65% | +0.5%Neutral MonthMay 2018: +0.46% | +0.3%Neutral MonthJun 2018: +0.29% | +6.2%Positive MonthJul 2018: +6.16% | +2.8%Positive MonthAug 2018: +2.76% | -6.3%Negative MonthSep 2018: -6.26% | -4.9%Negative MonthOct 2018: -4.93% | +5.1%Positive MonthNov 2018: +5.09% | -0.3%Neutral MonthDec 2018: -0.35% |
| 2017 | +3.9%Positive MonthJan 2017: +3.87% | +3.9%Positive MonthFeb 2017: +3.93% | +3.1%Positive MonthMar 2017: +3.05% | +1.0%Neutral MonthApr 2017: +1.01% | +4.1%Positive MonthMay 2017: +4.10% | -0.7%Neutral MonthJun 2017: -0.72% | +5.2%Positive MonthJul 2017: +5.15% | -2.4%Negative MonthAug 2017: -2.41% | -1.4%Neutral MonthSep 2017: -1.41% | +6.2%Positive MonthOct 2017: +6.17% | -0.2%Neutral MonthNov 2017: -0.19% | +2.7%Positive MonthDec 2017: +2.74% |
| 2016 | -4.8%Negative MonthJan 2016: -4.77% | -7.5%Negative MonthFeb 2016: -7.51% | +10.2%Positive MonthMar 2016: +10.17% | +1.0%Neutral MonthApr 2016: +1.04% | +4.1%Positive MonthMay 2016: +4.14% | +1.2%Neutral MonthJun 2016: +1.24% | +3.9%Positive MonthJul 2016: +3.90% | +1.4%Neutral MonthAug 2016: +1.43% | -2.1%Negative MonthSep 2016: -2.06% | +0.3%Neutral MonthOct 2016: +0.27% | -4.6%Negative MonthNov 2016: -4.61% | -0.1%Neutral MonthDec 2016: -0.10% |
| 2015 | +6.1%Positive MonthJan 2015: +6.12% | +0.1%Neutral MonthFeb 2015: +0.13% | -4.3%Negative MonthMar 2015: -4.32% | -3.4%Negative MonthApr 2015: -3.38% | +3.0%Positive MonthMay 2015: +3.03% | -0.2%Neutral MonthJun 2015: -0.17% | +1.2%Neutral MonthJul 2015: +1.20% | -6.5%Negative MonthAug 2015: -6.51% | -0.5%Neutral MonthSep 2015: -0.49% | +1.9%Neutral MonthOct 2015: +1.92% | -1.9%Neutral MonthNov 2015: -1.92% | -0.1%Neutral MonthDec 2015: -0.11% |
| 2014 | -3.1%Negative MonthJan 2014: -3.10% | +3.0%Positive MonthFeb 2014: +2.96% | +6.0%Positive MonthMar 2014: +5.99% | +0.1%Neutral MonthApr 2014: +0.14% | +8.0%Positive MonthMay 2014: +8.03% | +4.9%Positive MonthJun 2014: +4.94% | +1.9%Neutral MonthJul 2014: +1.89% | +2.9%Positive MonthAug 2014: +2.87% | -0.0%Neutral MonthSep 2014: -0.03% | +4.6%Positive MonthOct 2014: +4.64% | +3.0%Positive MonthNov 2014: +2.97% | -4.2%Negative MonthDec 2014: -4.16% |
| 2013 | +2.4%Positive MonthJan 2013: +2.41% | -5.2%Negative MonthFeb 2013: -5.19% | -0.1%Neutral MonthMar 2013: -0.14% | +3.5%Positive MonthApr 2013: +3.55% | +1.3%Neutral MonthMay 2013: +1.31% | -1.8%Neutral MonthJun 2013: -1.84% | -0.3%Neutral MonthJul 2013: -0.26% | -3.8%Negative MonthAug 2013: -3.75% | +4.1%Positive MonthSep 2013: +4.08% | +9.2%Positive MonthOct 2013: +9.21% | -1.8%Neutral MonthNov 2013: -1.76% | +1.8%Neutral MonthDec 2013: +1.82% |
| 2012 | +11.2%Positive MonthJan 2012: +11.25% | +3.3%Positive MonthFeb 2012: +3.25% | -2.0%Neutral MonthMar 2012: -1.96% | -0.5%Neutral MonthApr 2012: -0.49% | -6.4%Negative MonthMay 2012: -6.35% | +7.5%Positive MonthJun 2012: +7.47% | -1.1%Neutral MonthJul 2012: -1.11% | +0.8%Neutral MonthAug 2012: +0.84% | +8.0%Positive MonthSep 2012: +7.95% | -1.4%Neutral MonthOct 2012: -1.37% | +4.5%Positive MonthNov 2012: +4.51% | +0.4%Neutral MonthDec 2012: +0.45% |
| 2011 | -10.6%Negative MonthJan 2011: -10.64% | -2.8%Negative MonthFeb 2011: -2.75% | +9.1%Positive MonthMar 2011: +9.10% | -1.6%Neutral MonthApr 2011: -1.59% | -3.3%Negative MonthMay 2011: -3.31% | +1.9%Neutral MonthJun 2011: +1.85% | -3.4%Negative MonthJul 2011: -3.44% | -8.4%Negative MonthAug 2011: -8.36% | -1.3%Neutral MonthSep 2011: -1.34% | +7.6%Positive MonthOct 2011: +7.60% | -8.9%Negative MonthNov 2011: -8.93% | -4.1%Negative MonthDec 2011: -4.15% |
| 2010 | -6.3%Negative MonthJan 2010: -6.34% | +0.4%Neutral MonthFeb 2010: +0.44% | +6.7%Positive MonthMar 2010: +6.68% | +0.2%Neutral MonthApr 2010: +0.18% | -3.5%Negative MonthMay 2010: -3.50% | +4.5%Positive MonthJun 2010: +4.46% | +0.9%Neutral MonthJul 2010: +0.95% | +0.6%Neutral MonthAug 2010: +0.58% | +11.7%Positive MonthSep 2010: +11.67% | -0.2%Neutral MonthOct 2010: -0.18% | -2.6%Negative MonthNov 2010: -2.55% | +5.1%Positive MonthDec 2010: +5.06% |
| 2009 | -2.3%Negative MonthJan 2009: -2.31% | -5.7%Negative MonthFeb 2009: -5.65% | +9.2%Positive MonthMar 2009: +9.19% | +17.5%Positive MonthApr 2009: +17.46% | +28.3%Positive MonthMay 2009: +28.26% | -0.9%Neutral MonthJun 2009: -0.90% | +8.1%Positive MonthJul 2009: +8.12% | -0.0%Neutral MonthAug 2009: -0.02% | +9.3%Positive MonthSep 2009: +9.32% | -7.2%Negative MonthOct 2009: -7.18% | +6.5%Positive MonthNov 2009: +6.48% | +3.2%Positive MonthDec 2009: +3.18% |
| 2008 | -13.0%Negative MonthJan 2008: -13.00% | -0.4%Neutral MonthFeb 2008: -0.40% | -11.0%Negative MonthMar 2008: -11.00% | +10.5%Positive MonthApr 2008: +10.50% | -5.0%Negative MonthMay 2008: -5.04% | -18.0%Negative MonthJun 2008: -17.99% | +6.6%Positive MonthJul 2008: +6.64% | +1.5%Neutral MonthAug 2008: +1.45% | -11.7%Negative MonthSep 2008: -11.70% | -23.9%Negative MonthOct 2008: -23.89% | -7.1%Negative MonthNov 2008: -7.10% | +6.1%Positive MonthDec 2008: +6.10% |
| 2007 | +2.2%Positive MonthJan 2007: +2.21% | -8.2%Negative MonthFeb 2007: -8.18% | +1.0%Neutral MonthMar 2007: +1.04% | +6.1%Positive MonthApr 2007: +6.12% | +4.8%Positive MonthMay 2007: +4.84% | +0.7%Neutral MonthJun 2007: +0.73% | +6.1%Positive MonthJul 2007: +6.15% | -1.5%Neutral MonthAug 2007: -1.49% | +12.9%Positive MonthSep 2007: +12.88% | +14.7%Positive MonthOct 2007: +14.73% | -2.4%Negative MonthNov 2007: -2.39% | +4.8%Positive MonthDec 2007: +4.77% |
| 2006 | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | +2.0%Positive MonthJun 2006: +2.03% | +1.3%Neutral MonthJul 2006: +1.27% | +8.9%Positive MonthAug 2006: +8.89% | +6.5%Positive MonthSep 2006: +6.46% | +4.1%Positive MonthOct 2006: +4.07% | +5.7%Positive MonthNov 2006: +5.67% | +0.7%Neutral MonthDec 2006: +0.66% |
| AvgยฑSD |
Each cell is the percentage change in closing price from the end of the prior month to the end of this month. The bottom row shows the average return for that calendar month across the selected years, plus or minus one standard deviation โ the range that historically contained roughly two-thirds of outcomes. Past monthly patterns are not a forecast of future returns.
This aggregates every month by calendar position โ all Januaries together, all Februaries together, and so on โ to show whether a given month has leaned positive or negative historically. โSimpleโ counts each month as +1 or โ1. โWeightedโ gives larger moves more influence: +2 above +10%, โ2 below โ10%. With only 21 years of history for this asset, each monthโs score reflects a small number of observations โ read it as a historical tendency, not a reliable seasonal pattern.
This tracks a running tally across the assetโs full price history: each month adds or subtracts based on whether it was positive or negative. A rising line means more positive months than negative so far; a flattening or falling line means recent months have leaned negative. This measures historical month-to-month consistency, not expected future performance.
Year-to-date return is calculated by dividing each dayโs closing price by the price on January 1st of that year (or the assetโs first available price if it began trading mid-year). The custom average line shows the mean YTD return at each calendar day across the selected years. The standard deviation band shows the range within which returns have historically fallen โ at 1 SD, roughly two-thirds of years; at 2 SD, roughly 95%. Past year-to-date patterns do not predict future returns. The average and standard deviation band are computed from the year set chosen in โAverage fromโ, which is independent of which year lines are displayed. The current in-progress year is excluded from these calculations, since a partial year is not comparable to complete ones. Election-cycle groupings follow the US presidential calendar and are offered only for US and crypto assets.
Rule-based from financial data. Not advice.
The S&P BSE Sensex tracks 30 of the largest and most actively traded companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange. It is widely regarded as the pulse of the Indian equity market and is one of the most-quoted indices in the country alongside the Nifty 50.
Launched on 1 January 1986 with a base value of 100 set in the 1978โ79 financial year, the Sensex is the oldest stock index in Asia. It was originally compiled by the BSE and is now co-branded and maintained jointly with S&P Dow Jones Indices.
