Rewind 2018: Only 1 stock in the BSE 500 pack gave over 100% returns

The equity market had quite a rough ride in calendar year 2018, owing to rising interest rates, sharp increase in oil prices and consistent decline in the value of the rupee

Pharma company Merck turned out to be the biggest wealth creator for investors in the calendar year 2018 (CY18), as the stock price zoomed 137 per cent on a year-to-date (YTD) basis. Not only this, Merck is the only stock in the BSE 500 universe to have given over 100 per cent returns during the year gone by. 

NIIT Technologies (up 78 per cent), the second on the list, is followed by V-Mart Retail (76 per cent), Indiabulls Integrated Services (71 per cent) and L&T Technology Services (67 per cent), ACE Equity data show.