Gold Outperforms All Asset Classes; Leads With Robust 41% Return In FY25 To Date

Mumbai: Gold has emerged because the best-performing asset magnificence in FY25, handing over a exceptional go back of 41 in line with cent in USD phrases and 33 in line with cent in INR (rupee) phrases, in step with a National Stock Exchange (NSE) launched on Monday. 

In a 12 months marked by means of international uncertainties and transferring funding tendencies, gold’s safe-haven attraction surged, making it the best choice for buyers international, together with in India.

The NSE ‘Market Pulse report for April’ highlights that international gold call for rose to a 15-year prime of 4,974 tonnes, pushed by means of a 25 in line with cent building up in funding call for.

Central banks internationally persisted their purchasing spree, buying over 1,000 tonnes of gold for the 3rd consecutive 12 months — greater than double the once a year reasonable observed between 2010 and 2021.

Reflecting this international pattern, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) additionally larger gold’s proportion in its foreign exchange reserves to 11.4 in line with cent in 2024, up from 6.7 in line with cent in 2014.

Despite gold’s outperformance this fiscal 12 months, the NSE document identified that over an extended duration of 20 years, Indian fairness markets have given upper returns.

The Nifty’s value go back of 13 in line with cent and general go back of 14.4 in line with cent have outpaced gold’s 10.5 in line with cent go back over the similar time period.

Investor participation in India continues to develop at a fast tempo. NSE’s general registered investor base reached 11.3 crore in March 2025, with 2.1 crore new buyers added in FY25 on my own — the perfect within the remaining 5 years.

The per month reasonable of investor additions has greater than doubled since FY21. States like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh noticed the biggest building up in new buyers, stated the document.

On the buying and selling entrance, fairness money marketplace turnover noticed spectacular expansion. The turnover jumped from Rs 90 lakh crore in FY20 to Rs 281 lakh crore in FY25, rising at a compound annual charge of 26 in line with cent.

The reasonable day-to-day turnover within the money marketplace reached a report Rs 1.1 lakh crore.

While index choices turnover dipped somewhat, Nifty’s top rate turnover surged by means of 37 in line with cent, now commanding just about part the marketplace proportion in index possibility premiums.