{"id":5325,"date":"2025-03-15T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T06:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/?p=5325"},"modified":"2025-05-27T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:09:09","slug":"nifty-stagnates-in-a-tight-range-as-smallcaps-tumble-up-to-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/nifty-stagnates-in-a-tight-range-as-smallcaps-tumble-up-to-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Nifty Stagnates in a Tight Range as Smallcaps Tumble Up to 42%"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"138\">Broader Market Under Pressure Amid Continued FII Selling<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"520\">Mumbai, India \u2013 The Indian equity market remained subdued in the week ended March 13, as the Nifty50 index stayed range-bound, and smallcap stocks experienced heavy selling pressure, falling as much as 42%. The market sentiment remained weak, driven by persistent Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) outflows and a cautious approach from domestic investors.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"559\">Market Performance Overview<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"926\">\n<li data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"646\">The BSE Sensex fell 503.67 points or 0.67% to close at 73,828.91.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"733\">The Nifty50 declined 155.3 points or 0.68% to settle at 22,397.20.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"926\">Broader market indices faced sharper declines:\n<ul data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"926\">\n<li data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"829\">BSE Large-cap Index fell 0.8%.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"873\">BSE Mid-cap Index dropped 2%.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"926\">BSE Small-cap Index plunged nearly 4%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"970\">Heavy Selling in Smallcap Stocks<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"1108\">A total of 116 smallcap stocks witnessed significant losses, tumbling between 10-42% during the week. Notable losers included:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1304\">\n<li data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1137\">KR Rail Engineering<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1164\">Gensol Engineering<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1192\">EKI Energy Services<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1193\" data-end=\"1212\">Max Estates<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1234\">Orchid Pharma<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1251\">Jai Corp<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1270\">Senco Gold<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1271\" data-end=\"1304\">Geojit Financial Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1396\">Conversely, a few smallcap stocks bucked the trend, gaining between 10-31%, such as:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1568\">\n<li data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1421\">NACL Industries<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1422\" data-end=\"1452\">Kolte-Patil Developers<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1468\">Carysil<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1502\">Sarda Energy and Minerals<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1548\">Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1549\" data-end=\"1568\">PC Jeweller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"1575\" data-end=\"1639\">Sectoral Indices: IT and PSU Banks Take the Biggest Hit<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1641\" data-end=\"1782\">All sectoral indices ended in the red, with the Nifty IT, Nifty Media, and Nifty PSU Bank indices witnessing the steepest declines.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1784\" data-end=\"2230\">\n<li data-start=\"1784\" data-end=\"1883\">Nifty IT Index: Down 4.5%, hit by weak global cues and reduced earnings growth outlook.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1884\" data-end=\"1989\">Nifty Media Index: Dropped 3.4% as investors exited media stocks amid sector-wide volatility.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1990\" data-end=\"2109\">Nifty PSU Bank Index: Fell 2.5% as profit booking and concerns over banking liquidity weighed on sentiment.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2110\" data-end=\"2230\">Nifty Auto &amp; Realty Indices: Both lost 2%, reflecting concerns over demand slowdown and high-interest rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"2237\" data-end=\"2299\">FII Selling Continues for the Sixth Consecutive Month<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2301\" data-end=\"2473\">Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remained net sellers for the sixth consecutive month, offloading \u20b921,231.25 crore worth of equities in March alone.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2475\" data-end=\"2702\">\n<li data-start=\"2475\" data-end=\"2572\">FIIs dumped \u20b95,729.68 crore worth of stocks in the past week, further pressuring markets.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2573\" data-end=\"2702\">Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) attempted to offset this trend, purchasing \u20b95,499.47 crore worth of equities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2704\" data-end=\"2851\">Despite DII support, the continued FII exodus has kept market sentiment fragile, contributing to broader weakness across indices.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2858\" data-end=\"2920\">Nifty&#8217;s Direction Remains Unclear<\/h4>\n<h4 data-start=\"2922\" data-end=\"2970\">Range-Bound Trade with a Negative Bias<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2972\" data-end=\"3142\">According to Amol Athawale, VP-Technical Research at Kotak Securities, the market has been trading within a narrow range and lacks a clear directional breakout.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"3144\" data-end=\"3445\">\n<p data-start=\"3146\" data-end=\"3445\">&#8220;In the last week, benchmark indices witnessed range-bound activity. Nifty ended 0.69% lower, while the Sensex fell 500 points. The market continues to trade in a non-directional pattern, struggling between 22,300\/73,300 support levels and 22,650\/74,900 resistance levels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broader Market Under Pressure Amid Continued FII Selling Mumbai, India \u2013 The Indian equity market remained subdued in the week ended March 13, as the Nifty50 index stayed range-bound, and smallcap stocks experienced heavy selling pressure, falling as much as 42%. The market sentiment remained weak, driven by persistent Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) outflows and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[615],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1331],"class_list":{"0":"post-5325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stock-market-news"}," _eael_post_view_count":0,"authors":[{"term_id":1331,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sourabh","display_name":"Sourabh Sharma","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sourabh-Sharma.png","url2x":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sourabh-Sharma.png"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5327,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5325\/revisions\/5327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5325"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}