Quarterly Results

Data Patterns, Bharat Electronics, CG Power and Industrial Solutions, Siemens Energy India and ABB India rallied in the range of 8 per cent to 14 per cent on the BSE in Wednesday's intra-day trade.

Stocks to buy from agri, defence ahead of Union Budget: Gaurang Shah of Geojit Investments prefers defence shares such as - Bharat Electronics, Cochin Shipyard, MTAR Technologies and BHEL.

Defence Stocks Today: At 11:03 AM on Friday; Nifty India Defence index was up 1.3 per cent, as compared to 0.24 per cent decline in the Nifty 50.

Defence related stocks have rallied up to 5% this year. Sachin Gupta of Choice Broking believes that there is pre-Budget optimism, and projects up to 12% upside in 5 shares based on technical charts.

In its winter session, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved capital acquisition proposals worth ₹79,000 crore, taking total approvals in FY26 year-to-date (Y-T-D) to around ₹3.3 trillion.

The Nifty Defence index has shed nearly 7 per cent so far in December; the index was seen quoting below the long-term average for the first-ever time.

Motilal Oswal remains positive on Bharat Electronics, Hindustan Aeronautics and Bharat Dynamics, assigning 'Buy' ratings with target prices of ₹500, ₹5,800 and ₹2,000, respectively

The Nifty Defence index has shed nearly 3 per cent in November, with stocks such as BEML, MIDHANI and HAL among others falling up to 17% despite 1% gain on the Nifty 50.

At 12:03 PM on Monday; NSE India Defence index was the top loser among sectoral indices, down 2 per cent, as compared to 0.08 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.

While export sentiment may see a temporary setback, brokerage believes the near- to medium-term focus remains firmly on domestic deliveries, particularly the production ramp-up of the Tejas Mk-1A