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.
Thus far in the calendar year 2025, the BSE Smallcap index has underperformed the market by falling 8%, as against 9% rally in the BSE Sensex and 0.3% decline in the BSE Midcap index.