Bengaluru, June 16 -- National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), through its index services arm NSE Indices, has introduced 11 new sectoral indices to expand its benchmarking ecosystem. This move comes in response to the rising popularity of passive investing in India, where investors increasingly prefer index-based products such as ETFs and index funds.

With these additions, the number of sectoral indices under the Nifty umbrella has increased to 34, providing more detailed and targeted exposure to different segments of the Indian economy and enabling investors to better track, analyze, and participate in specific industry performance trends across the market over time and growth.

What Are Sectoral Indices?

Sectoral indices track the per...