The markets are set to enter Samvat 2081 after a year where midcap and smallcap indices outperformed their larger peers. Jignesh Desai, chief executive officer of institutional equities at Centrum Broking, in conversation with Puneet Wadhwa in Mumbai, discusses how specific stocks in the largecap universe will continue to attract interest. He also shares his outlook on the midcap and smallcap rally, which he expects to persist over the next two to three years, albeit with intermittent corrections that could present buying opportunities. Edited excerpts:
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