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10 large-cap stocks to bet across sectors that may gain up to 32% in H2CY25
Rex Cano Mumbai
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Large-cap stocks have outperformed the broader market in the first-half of the calendar year 2025. As we draw curtains to June 2025, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty 50 index has gained the most, and is up 8.1 per cent, while the large-cap index - the Nifty 100 has gained 6.6 per cent. In comparison, the Nifty MidCap 100 and the Nifty SmallCap 100 are up 3.5 per cent and 0.2 per cent, respectively. Analysts believe that the underperformance of small-and mid-cap stocks in H1 was on account of tepid corporate earnings and uncertain global environment. READ
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