Only few stocks drove this recovery - major ones were Reliance Industries, TCS and Infosys, which are index heavyweights
The benchmark indices touched a
record high in January 2020, but the COVID-led lockdown spoilt the party on the
Street. Indices fell 40 percent from the record high levels to hit a low
in March.
The market got a boost after the
government started the Unlock process in June. The liquidity flow and positive
global cues also lifted the sentiment.
Nifty and Sensex have made fresh
record highs this week with Sensex scaling the 43,000-mark for the first time.
But the upward journey from March to November was not broad-based as only two
sectors saw substantial gains.
IT and Pharma looked strong from
last record high in January to current record high in November, rising 29
percent and 35 percent, respectively. And the rest are still in the red during
same period as of publishing this article.
It meant that only few stocks
drove this recovery - major ones were Reliance Industries, TCS and Infosys,
which are index heavyweights.
Among the Nifty50 stocks, 13
gained in double digits from last record high to current record high. Divis
Laboratories was the biggest gainer with 72 percent rally.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Cipla,
Infosys, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Reliance Industries rallied 37-53 percent,
while JSW Steel, Hero Motocorp, Tata Consultancy Services, Asian Paints,
Britannia Industries and HDFC Bank gained 11-23 percent during same period.
On the other hand, 16 stocks from
Nifty50 list remained under pressure, falling 10-42 percent during
January-November period.
ONGC, Coal India, IndusInd
Bank, Bajaj Finserv, GAIL India, Indian Oil Corporation, ITC, State Bank of
India, UPL, Tata Motors, NTPC,
Larsen & Toubro, Axis Bank,
Bharat Petroleum Corporation, SBI Life Insurance Company and Tata Steel were
top 16 losers from last record.
Experts feel the market rally
would be broad-based when these above stocks participate in the economic
recovery going ahead and now with the improving data points along with
government support indicated that these stocks could participated in the up
move in Samvat 2077.
"The Indian economy has witnessed
a strong acceleration over the past few months led by manufacturing with the
PMI reading of 58.9 for October being the highest since mid 2008. Services PMI
reading of 54.1 for the month of October is the first reading above 50 since
March and points to green shoots of recovery for the services sector. We expect
the economic recovery to continue from here on led by continued acceleration in
the services sector which should provide support to the markets," Jyoti
Roy, DVP- Equity Strategist at Angel Broking told Moneycontrol.
He expects both cyclical and
defensive sector will continue to do well. "Going forward we expect the
broader markets will do well as compared to the benchmarks and within broader
markets cyclical should do well given revival in earnings in FY22," he
said.
Source- Moneycontrol.com
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