
In 1986, the dominance of industrial stocks was strong, representing 33% of the constituents, while consumer discretionary stocks comprised 30%. There were no stocks from banking or information technology sectors — the current giants.
At present, the weight of these two sectors collectively is more than 53% of the index. Banks and finance companies have 37% weight in Sensex followed by IT at 15%, oil and gas at 12%, and FMCG at 8%.

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