Five stocks that doubled your money in Samvat 2074

The Nifty IT index gained 37 per cent during Samvat 2074. Among individual stocks, Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro gained 49 per cent - 12 per cent during this period.

Samvat 2074 turned out to be a volatile period for the markets amid a bevy of headwinds – both local and global. Rate hikes, trade war fears, FII outflows, worsening macros (twin deficits – fiscal and current), surge in crude prices, fall in rupee, confusion over long-term capital gains tax among the Budget proposals and the IL&FS crisis were among the key factors that impacted sentiment.

Graphite manufacturer HEG has emerged as the top gainer in the BSE 500 index as the stock moved up 237 per cent during the period. L&T Infotech (118 per cent), L&T Technology Services (115