At 12:41 PM on Thursday, the Nifty India Defence index was the top gainer among thematic indices up 2.6% at 9,641.
While renewed geopolitical tensions in West Asia are likely to keep markets choppy, the Nifty 50 could rise to 26,500 by June 2027, around 10 per cent upside from current levels, Goldman Sachs said.
Kotak Institutional Equities said that defence companies are well-positioned to benefit from rising geopolitical tensions, accelerating modernisation programmes and an expanding export opportunity.
Among the defence stocks, Paras Defence, Bharat Dynamics, Apollo Micro Systems, BEML, Midhani, Bharat Electronics and Astra Microwave gained between 8% and 10% in Wednesday's intra-day trade.
Cochin Shipyard, GRSE, BDL, BEML, Paras Defence, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and Unimech Aerospace have plunged between 40% and 51% from their respective 52-week highs.
The brokerage in its note highlighted that the global defence sector has entered a structurally elevated growth phase, driven by persistent geopolitical conflicts
In the past one month, the Nifty India Defence index has rallied 11 per cent, as against 4 per cent fall in the Nifty 50.
Mazagon Dock, Concor, IRCTC, DLF and SRF can bounce back from oversold levels owing to a positive divergence on the RSI indicator, explains Muthuselvaraj, technical analyst at Mirae Asset ShareKhan.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders has officially confirmed that Contract Negotiation Committee negotiations for P-75 (India) project between the company and the government have been completed.
At 01:58 PM on Thursday, the Nifty CPSE index was the the top gainer among sectoral and thematic indices, up 2.8 per cent, as compared to 0.4 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
At 09:22 AM on Monday, the Nifty Defence index rose 1.1 per cent, as compared to 1 per cent decline in the Nifty 50 amid rising US-Iran tensions.