Midcap Smallcap

CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex gained 732 points from the day's low, while the Nifty 50 jumped 218 points in intra-day trades, partly on account of short-covering owing to the monthly F&O expiry.

Among individual stocks, Union Bank of India has soared 44% so far in November. Bank of India, Amara Raja Batteries, Redington and Jindal Stainless have also logged strong gains.

Large-cap companies are known to weather the market storm better, while smaller stocks tend to fall more during volatile market conditions

CLOSING BELL: Equity markets settled near the low point of the day as investors chose to stay on the sidelines ahead of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy outcome on Wednesday

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Smallcap World Fund Inc on Wednesday offloaded 25 lakh shares of life science firm Hikal Ltd for over Rs 62 crore through an open market transaction. According to the bulk deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Smallcap World Fund sold 25,00,000 shares at an average price of Rs 249.02 apiece, valuing the transaction size at Rs 62.25 crore. As of March 2022, Smallcap World Fund owned a 3.47 per cent stake in the company. Shares of Hikal Ltd closed 2.39 per cent lower at Rs 249.25 apiece on BSE.

Stock market highlights: Over 35 Nifty stocks ended the session in the red with Bajaj Finance, HDFC, Kotak Bank, Hindalco, Wipro, Reliance Industries, Tech M, and Infosys falling between 2.5-4%

While investors dumped mid-and small-cap stocks as the markets remained choppy over the past few weeks, analysts still expect these two segments to see good interest from a medium-to-long term

The central bank also retained the GDP growth forecast at 9.5% for the on-going fiscal year and revised CPI inflation projection downward to 5.3% which also supported sentiment

However, healthy buying in the broader market kept overall market breadth in the favour of the buyers

Avoiding markets is not a good idea. One should stay invested and selectively look at quality stocks and exit the weaker ones, he advises

Higher earnings growth, lower costs, and valuations favour smaller companies

Midcap stocks are showing a healthy momentum. Select stocks are set to rise even more. Here are a few that look good on the technical charts and can move up by 10% in the coming sessions

The S&P BSE Small-cap index has recovered 26 per cent as compared to a 23 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex

Analysts remain bullish on the road ahead for the mid-and small-cap segments and suggest investors use the recent correction to buy from a long-term perspective