Nifty Microcap 250 up 10% in January, outperforms all major indices in 1 year
In addition, Nifty Microcap 250 outperformed the other indices when compared on a three-month, six-month, and on an annual basis. In the last three months, Nifty Microcap 250 rose 26.80 per cent, Nifty Smallcap 250 was up 25.28 per cent, while the Nifty Next 50 rose 25.63 per cent.
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In the last six months, Nifty Microcap 250 and Nifty Smallcap 250 clocked gains of 41.94 per cent and 32.66 per cent respectively, against Nifty 50 which rose 9.98 per cent during the period. Also, Nifty Midcap 150 rose 26.48 per cent.
Finally, even on a 12-month basis, both indices rose 88.72 per cent and 62.64 per cent respectively – clocking the highest gains when compared to other major indices including Nifty 50 and Nifty 500, according to Motilal Oswal.
Markets in January 2024
‘’In January 2024, the stock markets remained flat, as evidenced by a slight decline of 0.03 per cent in the Nifty 50 index. The Nifty Microcap 250 emerged as the best performing index with an impressive growth of 9.9 per cent,” said the brokerage.
Building on last month’s positive trend, the energy sector once again took the lead with a robust 9.8 per cent increase, followed by realty with a gain of 9.34 per cent. The bank index experienced a notable downturn and was the worst performer with a substantial decline of 4.8 per cent.
All the factor-based investment strategies delivered positive returns. Once again, the value factor led the way, experiencing the highest increase at 8.7 per cent for the month, followed closely by the momentum factor with a gain of 6.2 per cent. Contrary to the previous month where it held the highest contribution, the financial services sector tuned into the worst contributor, negatively impacting the overall returns of the Nifty 500 index by 0.8 per cent.
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Global Markets
-In the US, S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 both experienced 1.6 per cent and 1.9 per cent gains respectively in January 2024 with the information technology sector once again being the largest contributor to the S&P 500’s rise.
-All the emerging markets indices saw negative performance, with China being the worst performer at 10.6 per cent. As far as developed markets are concerned, Japan emerged as the best performer at 4.6 per cent.
-Crude oil prices have started picking up again and rose by 6.3 per cent during January due to Red Sea tensions, reduction in US oil inventories and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
-On the commodities front, gold and silver prices witnessed a fall of 1.2 per cent and 2.9 per cent respectively. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum ended on a flat note.
Technical View
Ajit Mishra, SVP – Technical Research, Religare Broking Ltd said, ‘’Markets continued with the range bound bias and ended almost unchanged. After the gap-up start, Nifty oscillated in a narrow band and finally settled at 21,930.50 levels.”
‘’Meanwhile, a mixed trend on the sectoral front kept the traders occupied wherein realty and energy pack were among the top performers while IT and auto took a breather. The broader indices also managed to do well amid consolidation and gained nearly a per cent each,” said Mishra.
‘’We maintain our positive stance amid consolidation and suggest continuing with a “buy on dips” approach until Nifty holds 21,600. However, participation from the banking and financial majors would be critical for trend resumption. Apart from the domestic factors, we suggest keeping a close eye on global markets for cues,” he added.
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Published: 07 Feb 2024, 06:43 PM IST
