Seasonality
LT seasonality.Since 2000, month by month.
LT share price seasonality since 2000: best month May (+4.70% average), worst Mar, weekday patterns and how LT moves on Budget and RBI policy days.
Best month
May
avg +4.70%, up 63% of yearsWorst month
Mar
avg -1.07%, up 52% of yearsYears of data
27
since Jan 2000Latest close
3,632.00
15 Oct 2026Around India’s big market days
How LT moved on the day, and 5 days later.
| Event | Average on the day | Closed higher | +5 days | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Budget day | -1.03% | 50% | -1.62% | 32 |
| RBI policy day | -0.04% | 50% | -0.40% | 114 |
| Lok Sabha election results | +3.44% | 80% | +5.11% | 5 |
| Diwali Muhurat trading | +0.65% | 70% | +2.57% | 20 |
Month by month, last 15 years
Monthly % change; averages and up-years use the full history since 2000.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3.7 | +8.8 | -18.1 | +14.6 | +1.6 | +1.6 | -4.9 | +2.7 | -7.0 | -3.4* | ||
| 2025 | -1.1 | -11.3 | +10.4 | -4.3 | +10.0 | -0.1 | -0.9 | -1.0 | +1.6 | +10.2 | +1.0 | +0.3 |
| 2024 | -1.3 | -0.1 | +8.2 | -4.5 | +2.1 | -3.3 | +7.5 | -2.9 | -0.8 | -1.4 | +2.8 | -3.1 |
| 2023 | +1.9 | -0.7 | +2.6 | +9.3 | -6.7 | +12.2 | +8.3 | +0.8 | +11.9 | -3.1 | +6.2 | +13.4 |
| 2022 | +0.7 | -4.8 | -2.7 | -4.1 | -2.4 | -5.8 | +16.0 | +6.3 | -3.9 | +9.5 | +2.6 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +3.7 | +8.1 | -1.6 | -5.5 | +9.5 | +2.2 | +6.7 | +4.4 | +1.8 | +3.7 | -0.1 | +7.4 |
| 2020 | +5.5 | -13.3 | -31.9 | +11.0 | +3.9 | +1.2 | -3.2 | +3.4 | -4.6 | +3.1 | +20.8 | +14.7 |
| 2019 | -8.6 | -1.6 | +7.1 | -2.7 | +15.5 | -0.3 | -10.7 | -4.3 | +11.0 | -0.1 | -9.7 | -2.4 |
| 2018 | +12.6 | -6.9 | -0.6 | +6.9 | -2.2 | -7.0 | +2.1 | +5.2 | -7.1 | +2.0 | +10.4 | +0.4 |
| 2017 | +7.2 | +1.6 | +7.2 | +11.1 | +0.6 | -4.2 | +6.1 | -4.8 | +0.5 | +7.0 | -0.5 | +3.4 |
| 2016 | -13.6 | -2.3 | +13.1 | +3.1 | +17.5 | +1.6 | +4.2 | -2.9 | -5.3 | +2.9 | -6.3 | -2.4 |
| 2015 | +13.8 | +4.0 | -2.7 | -5.1 | +1.4 | +7.8 | +0.5 | -10.5 | -8.5 | -3.8 | -2.6 | -7.2 |
| 2014 | -7.9 | +12.6 | +14.6 | +1.7 | +19.4 | +10.1 | -11.7 | +1.6 | -4.5 | +13.5 | -1.0 | -8.8 |
| 2013 | -4.1 | -11.3 | -0.1 | +10.7 | -7.4 | +0.5 | -9.7 | -14.5 | +8.9 | +23.4 | +7.4 | +2.3 |
| 2012 | +31.8 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -6.3 | -4.4 | +19.2 | -2.0 | -1.9 | +18.9 | +1.9 | +2.5 | -3.6 |
| Average | +0.84% | -0.20% | -1.07% | +2.14% | +4.70% | +4.69% | +1.57% | +0.71% | +0.09% | +4.10% | +3.76% | +2.54% |
| Up years | 50% | 41% | 52% | 44% | 63% | 67% | 48% | 52% | 52% | 62% | 58% | 69% |
Monthly % change, close to close. Averages use 26+ complete years; * marks the month in progress.
Day of the week
Average daily change by weekday, share of up days, and the last five years.
Monday+0.066%51% uplast 5y +0.045%
Tuesday+0.025%50% uplast 5y +0.061%
Wednesday+0.120%49% uplast 5y +0.063%
Thursday+0.058%50% uplast 5y +0.011%
Friday+0.164%52% uplast 5y +0.178%
Historical statistics from daily closing prices (adjusted for bonuses and splits). Past patterns do not guarantee future results. This is information, not investment advice.