The historical data of the Nifty 50 index from Yahoo Finance can be used in various applications:
| Parameter | Options | |-----------|---------| | period | 1d , 5d , 1mo , 3mo , 6mo , 1y , 2y , 5y , 10y , max | | interval | 1m , 5m , 15m , 30m , 1h , 1d , 1wk , 1mo | | auto_adjust | True (returns only Adj Close) or False | nifty yahoo finance historical data
Navigate directly to the official Yahoo Finance ^NSEI Dashboard. The historical data of the Nifty 50 index
| Source | Access | Cost | |--------|--------|------| | | nseindia.com → Historical data | Free | | Alpha Vantage | API key required | Free tier | | Investing.com | Manual CSV download | Free | | Quandl (Nasdaq Data Link) | Some free Nifty datasets | Freemium | | Pandas Datareader | Uses Yahoo/Google sources | Free | max | | interval | 1m
Set the parameter choice to Daily , Weekly , or Monthly data intervals depending on your backtesting grain.