The last year has been a pretty good one for the Indian stock market. The BSE Sensex overall has risen an impressive 30%, and recovered from some volatility earlier this year. The markets weathered demonetization, the GST rollout, and state elections, still ending the year sharply up, with company performance defying the initial pessimistic assessments post-demonetization.
The top gainers in share price have been an interesting mix. Here we identify the big winners of 2017 from the BSE500, and the superstar shareholders who were the lucky ones holding these stocks. For the full list of top gainer stocks check out the Price Gainers Screener.
| Stock | Change % (Year) | In Portfolios |
| Rain Industries Limited | 569% | Dolly Khanna |
| Bombay Dyeing | 513% | Chinappa MB |
| Avanti Feeds | 427% | No superstars listed |
| Adani Transmission | 314% | No superstars listed |
| Sunteck Realty | 282% | Ajay Piramal |
| Future Consumer | 276% | No superstars listed |
| Puravankara Projects | 275% | No superstars listed |
| IFB Industries | 224% | Dolly Khanna |
| Indiabulls Real Estate | 217% | No superstars listed |
| Bombay Burmah Trading | 216% | No superstars listed |
| Edelweiss Financial Services | 206% | |
| Sterlite Technologies | 206% | No superstars. Pledges initiated |
| GVK Power & Infrastructure | 205% | Mukul Agrawal |
| VIP Industries | 202% | Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Sudhir Jatia |
| DCM Shriram | 200% | No superstars listed |
| Delta Corp | 197% | Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Rekha Jhunjhunwala |
Of the stocks that delivered greater than or almost 200% returns in the last one year, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala held three - Edelweiss Financial Services, VIP Industries and Delta Corp. Dolly Khanna was another superstar investor who had more than one stock in the top list - holding Rain Industries (the chart topper) and IFB Industries in her portfolio. Other big investors including Chinappa MB and Mukul Agrawal held top performer stocks in their portfolios.
