The RBI hiked the repo rate to 5.50% on 7 October, its first hike since February 2023.
The usual reflex: higher rates, weaker stocks.
We tested that against every RBI hike since 2006. Here’s what the Nifty 500 actually did 🧵
What this means for investors:
1. A rate hike isn’t automatically bearish
2. Continued tightening hasn’t meant greater weakness
3. The bigger swings came when the hiking stopped
Phoenix Mills: FY26 mall sales were ₹16,587cr, up 21%. Rent lags sales by design, with 20–30% step-ups on renewal. It also bought out Island Star Mall for ₹5,450cr. smallcase.com/blog/phoenix-m…
We tracked 1,075 Indian companies from Dec 2017 to Jun 2026.
Every listed company worth ₹500cr+ at the start. 18 six-month snapshots. Tracked by ISIN so mergers and renames don't break the trail.
The multibagger numbers you've read are mostly wrong. Here's why 🧵
Half of today's market wasn't even here.
The ₹500cr+ club nearly doubled: 1,075 to 1,841.
880 from the 2017 class. 961 new.
Recent IPOs, demergers, and small caps that just grew. CG Power, BSE and Adani Green all started under ₹10,000cr and are large caps today.


