Best performing Asset classes of 2019

BRENT CRUDE |

• Price as on December 31, 2018: $54 per barrel |
• Price as on December 13, 2019: $65 per barrel |
• Return: 21.39 percent |
• NAV (if you had invested Rs 10,000 at the beginning of the CY19): Rs 12,139

 GOLD |

• Price as on December 31, 2018: Rs 31,750 per 10 gram |
• Price as on December 13, 2019: Rs 37,870 per 10 gram |
• Return: 19.28 percent |
• NAV (if you had invested Rs 10,000 at the beginning of the CY19): Rs 11,928

 EQUITIES |

• Nifty50 as on December 31, 2018: 10,863 |
• Nifty50 as on December 31, 2019: 12,087 |
• Return: 11.27 percent |
• NAV (if you had invested Rs 10,000 at the beginning of the CY19): Rs 11,127

 PUBLIC PROVIDENT FUND |

• Return/Interest: 7.9% pa | 
• NAV (if you had invested Rs 10,000 at the beginning of the CY19): Rs 10,790

BANK FIXED DEPOSIT |

• Avg rate offered by Indian banks: 6.5 percent |
• NAV (if you had invested Rs 10,000 at the beginning of the CY19): Rs 10,650

CURRENCY (Rupee) |

• Value as on December 18, 2019: Rs 71.063 per dollar |
• Value as on December 31, 2018: 69.57 |
• Return: (-) 2.14% | 
• NAV (if you had invested Rs 10,000 at the beginning of the CY19): Rs 9,786