The Indian stock market crashed on Thursday, 3 October, with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty 50 witnessing sharp declines of over 2 per cent each, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and weak global cues. The broader markets followed suit, with Nifty Midcap and Nifty Smallcap indices tumbling more than 2 per … Read more
The Sensex and the Nifty 50, the key indices of the Indian stock market, hit fresh record highs in intraday trade on Friday, August 30. The Sensex reached the milestone of 82637, while the Nifty 50 made a fresh peak of 25,258.80. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose almost a per cent each and … Read more
Smallcap stocks have been outperforming the Nifty index for a while now, witnessing robust demand by retail investors, multiple new highs and improvement in corporate earnings. The Nifty Smallcap index has advanced over 25 percent in 2024 YTD as against a 13 percent rise in Nifty. Similarly in the last 1 year, the smallcap index … Read more
In last 12 months large-cap category has witnessed outflow of Rs. 615 crore whereas mid-cap category has witnessed inflow of Rs. 22,250 crore. Interestingly, large & mid-cap category together witnessed an inflow of Rs. 22,450 crore. This data highlights that there are a lot of investors who prefer the combination of largecaps and midcaps over … Read more
However, in March and February, the Nifty Midcap fell around 0.5 percent each while the Nifty Smallcap index declined 4.4 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the benchmark rose over 1 percent in both those months, strongly outperforming the broader markets. Read here: General Elections 2024: Will Nifty extend gains for 4th straight month in … Read more