As things stand, the small-and mid-caps look relatively more expensive, said Jyotivardhan Jaipuria, founder & managing director, Valentis Advisors, and can underperform in the early part of FY26
The IT sector defied the market's trend by adding gains, driven by positive global cues stemming from expectations of softer tariffs and a recent correction in valuations
BSE SmallCap index: Since March 18, the BSE MidCap index has advanced by 7.6 per cent (3,019 points) on the exchange, while the BSE SmallCap index has jumped 9.16 per cent (4,017 points)
Stock Market News: Investors have shown maturity till now and have continued to put faith in equities' long term potential
K&R Rail Engineering share price continued to trade under pressure on Wednesday, falling 20 per cent for the second straight day to Rs 169.80 per cent and hitting a two-year low on the BSE
Nifty SmallCap 100 index plunged as much as 1.95 per cent to an intraday low of 15,201.75, while Nifty MidCap 100 index slipped 1.60 per cent to an intraday low of 48,403
Stock Market Today: The Indian stock markets will remain range-bound in 2025 with a mild positive bias towards large-caps
Shares of Camlin Fine Sciences (CFSL) hit a 17-month high at Rs 169.70, as they rallied 5 per cent on the BSE in Thursday's intra-day trade on heavy volumes.
Notably, stocks like Infosys, M&M, Bharti Airtel, TCS, and HCLTech were the top contributors to the downward pressure on the indices
Stock Market News: Indian equity indices, on February 25, 2025, closed on a mixed note. The Sensex broke its five-day losing streak, rising by 147.71 points, or 0.20 per cent, to settle at 74,602.12
Stock Market Holiday: Maha Shivratri is an annual Hindu festival dedicated to the deity Shiva, celebrated between February and March.
Stock market crash today: The BSE Sensex declined more than 817.09 points to an intra-day low of 74,493.97 on Monday, while the Nifty 50 declined 247.55 points to touch an intraday low of 22,548.35
Keeping the price-earnings (PE) multiple intact, our (Nifty) index target gets revised to 27,000 levels i.e. nearly 21x PE on FY27 EPS of Rs 1,300
The Nifty SmallCap index surged 2.70 per cent, or 410.7 points, to hit an intraday high of 15,579.15. Similarly, the Nifty MidCap index increased 1.72 per cent to an intraday high of 50,609.25
Nava Ltd share price: Nava Ltd will buyback 7.2 million shares at Rs 500 per share
Fortunes of stock brokers and asset managers, analysts suggest, are directly linked with how the primary and secondary markets play out.
Nearly 60% of the SmallCap stocks registered a sharper loss compared to the Nifty SmallCap 100 and SmallCap 250 indices, which were down around 24% each from their respective peaks.
At 02:40 PM; the BSE Smallcap and BSE Midcap indices were down 3.1% and 2.3%, respectively, as against 0.3% decline in the BSE Sensex.
Analysts at Elara Capital analysed market breadth cycles in India stock markets in the last few years and highlighted the worrying points that are developing for the first time in five years.
Analysts expect the markets to remain volatile in the immediate short-term in the backdrop of tepid corporate earnings, Rupee movement and Donald Trump's tariff threats.