Indian equities have been highly volatile, with Sensex dropping nearly 10,000 points from its peak. Yet, in FY25, Sensex gained 2.5%, and BSE Smallcap rose 6%. Among smallcaps, nine stocks, each held by 10+ mutual funds, surged over 100%.
Kotak Institutional Equities reported that IndusInd Bank, JSW Steel, Apollo Hospitals, and Asian Paints have over 5% pledged promoter holdings. The total pledged holdings in BSE-500 companies stood at 1.63 trillion in December 2024, showing a slight decline from the previous quarter.
Going ahead what is interesting is markets are oscillating in a falling wedge pattern and Nifty today took support at the lower end of the wedge pattern and there it is trying to post a recovery. It will be interesting to see if market actually manages to scale past the resistance levels of 22,650, 22,700.
