The monthly Nifty move for May 2013 shows a headline gain of 0.94%, which masks the extreme volatility the month showed – the Nifty went all the way to nearly 6200 before retreating back to close at 5986.
The Sensex was marginally better:
And here is, as usual, the year-to-date gain till May over the years.
There’s nothing special about 2013, but then there are seven months left; even 2007 was relatively benign till it went nuts towards the end.