Market Movers: Midcaps get spotlight; HDFC Bank fails to sustain gains

Market Movers: Midcaps get spotlight; HDFC Bank fails to sustain gains

MUMBAI: In what can be called a rarity, going by the past 10 days’ action, midcap stocks managed to outperform both their largecap and smallcap peers today. The Nifty Midcap 100 index ended in the green with gains of 0.3 per cent while the Nifty50 and Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 0.3 per cent each. While … Read more

Two out of every three traded stocks doubled in the last year

Two out of every three traded stocks doubled in the last year

In addition, 185 stocks have earned four-fold returns while 450 stocks have given more than 50% returns. Synopsis ET Intelligence Group’s analysis of the returns of 2,346 traded stocks since April 2020 show that two out of every three stocks have gained at least two-fold while 300 stocks have gained five times or more. ET … Read more

8 stocks that figure in portfolios of best performing midcap funds

8 stocks that figure in portfolios of best performing midcap funds

NEW DELHI: A handful of common stocks seems to be driving the performance of some of the top-performing midcap funds in the last one year. They include names like Federal Bank, Voltas, Bharat Forge, JK Cement, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals, SRF and Coromandel International, among others, publicly available portfolio data of the five top-performing midcap … Read more

As Sensex hits all-time high, should investors reallocate money to mid- and small-cap stocks?

As Sensex hits all-time high, should investors reallocate money to mid- and small-cap stocks?

After the onset of Covid-19, investors rushed to safety as they believed large companies would be better positioned to gain market share and cut costs. Synopsis With the Sensex and Nifty at all-time highs, mid- and small-cap shares appear better poised to outperform. Mumbai: Investors could lock in a portion of their profits in large … Read more