Indian Stock Market: Sector Winners & Losers – May Performance

In May, the Indian stock market performance was quite good. In May, the overall Indian stock market was 3.5% up. Now, let's see which were the top performing sectors in May and which were the worst sectors. Let's start with the top performing sectors. So, on the number 1 list is the Nifty Defence sector. This sector was 22% up in the month of May. The entire sector was 22% up. And the top performing stocks were Apollo Microsystems, 60% up; GRSC, 56% up; Zen Technologies, 51% up. On the second number, the top performing sector was Nifty Capital Markets. This sector was 14% up. These are the stocks in this sector which are related to the stock market. So, the top performing stocks were Edelweiss, 38% up; Angel One, which is a discount brokerage firm, was 32.5% up; and Bombay Stock Exchange was also 26% up. The only listed exchange in India. The third number, the top performing sector was Nifty Media. This sector was 13% up in the month of May. This sector has been underperforming for many years. And in the month of May, it came in the top 3 sectors. Its top performing stocks were Nazara Technologies, 28% up; Network18, 25% up. The other top performing sectors were Nifty Reality, 7% up; Nifty Metal, 7% up; Nifty PSU Banks, 6.5% up. Now, let's talk about the worst sectors. In the month of May, the worst sector was Nifty FMCG. This sector was 2% down, whereas the overall Indian stock market was 3.5% up. Its worst performing stocks were Varun Beverages, 8.8% down; Jyoti Labs, 7% down. The worst sectors were Nifty Pharma and Healthcare, 1.5% down. In the month of May, the overall Indian stock market was 3.5% up. The defensive stocks like Pharma and FMCG underperformed in the month of May. If you want the list of complete sectors and their performance in the month of May, then comment sectors.