Do you think you are better off staying out of the stocks during the last four years of turmoil? Think Again. While the Sensex itself gained just 36 per cent since the Lehman collapse, 10 of its components would have doubled your money if you had bought them on September 15, 2008. If you had bought Bajaj Auto stock worth Rs 1 lakh then, today it would be worth Rs 5.69 lakh. Here are the stars of the crisis:
| Name |
Share price in Rs on BSE | Your 1 lakh would be (Rs) | |
| Sep 15, ‘08 | Sep 14, ‘12 | ||
| Bajaj Auto | 306.00 | 1743.70 | 5,69,837 |
| TCS | 373.62 | 1411.95 | 3,77,911 |
| Tata Motors | 78.12 | 270.30 | 3,46,006 |
| Dr Reddy's Labs | 561.00 | 1745.95 | 3,11,221 |
| ITC | 92.28 | 268.10 | 2,90,529 |
| Mahindra & Mahindra | 267.78 | 777.05 | 2,90,182 |
| HDFC Bank | 240.81 | 612.10 | 2,54,184 |
| Hero MotoCorp | 793.65 | 1858.65 | 2,34,190 |
| Sun Pharma | 294.36 | 677.85 | 2,30,279 |
| Hindustan Unilever | 242.80 | 547.40 | 2,25,453 |
| Source: BS Research Bureau Compiled by N Sundaresha Subramanian | |||
