Nifty at 20,000: Stocks that created and destroyed most wealth for investors in the last 10 years

The Nifty crossed the 20,000 mark last week. The index has given annualised returns of a little over 13% in the past 10 years, rising from 5,850 on 13 September 2013 to nearly 20,000 now. This journey has been bumpy, marked with extreme volatility as well as extended periods of flat returns. We looked at how long the index took to rise by 15%. The first 15% rise was achieved in just 144 trading days. The next 15% rise was even quicker and took