Mumbai, December 30 (IANS). Due to India’s strong economy and continuous infrastructure development, the stock market may continue to rise in 2025. This statement was given by experts on Monday.
Deepak Ramaraju, senior fund manager, Shriram AMC, said sectors like capital goods, technology, financial services, consumption and healthcare are expected to gain momentum, while emerging sectors like semiconductor, electronics and manufacturing, renewable energy and electric mobility will attract investors. Are attracting more attention.
2024 was a volatile year for the Indian stock market. The reasons for this were the slowing down of the economy, tight liquidity situation and delay in government spending.
Ramaraju further said that the recent CRR cut by the RBI is expected to ease liquidity conditions. Besides, government expenditure has also increased. Due to these two factors, industrial output and consumption are likely to improve.
The government’s capital expenditure till October 2024 stood at Rs 4,66,545 crore.
In the second half of this financial year, due to increased investment by the government, there may be improvement in sectors like infrastructure, defense and railways.
Ramaraju further elaborated that the FMCG sector has been negatively impacted due to slowdown in urban consumption, but now it may see recovery. This is due to improvement in government expenditure and possibility of reduction in interest rates in the first half of FY25.
Bajaj Broking Research team said 2024 has been a remarkable year for the Indian equity markets, especially for the smallcap and midcap indices, which have significantly outperformed.
The team further said that smallcap and midcap may perform well in 2025 also. Nifty Smallcap index, which recently gave a breakout of a multi-year resistance level, may go towards 22,700 levels. At the same time, Nifty Midcap Index can touch the level of 67,700.
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