The final trading session of 2020 witnessed each the benchmark indices scale fresh all-time highs, but once again. Reflecting back on 2020, the year has been a tumultuous 1, with Dalal Street standing witness to a year exactly where Sensex and Nifty tanked disastrously in March and then not only recovered all losses but even surpassed their preceding record highs. For investors, Sensex and Nifty have gained for the fifth and fourth year, respectively. Sensex is up 15.69% year-to-date even though the 50-stock NSE Nifty is up 14.8%. However, in contrast to the preceding year, 2020 has noticed a broad-primarily based rally rather of a selective 1, with midcap and smallcap indices as well joining the celebration.
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Sensex and Nifty began the year at 41,306 and 12,182 points, respectively. Soon each the benchmark indices hit their respective all-time highs, only to slip late on as the coronavirus became a pandemic and forced the planet to keep indoors. However, given that then the recovery has been phenomenal. After hitting respective lows in March, each Sensex and Nifty have registered gains in all months except May and September.
For broader markets, 2020 has been greater than the preceding year. BSE Midcap index zoomed 19.55% this year even though BSE Smallcap index surged a enormous 31%. On the other hand, the Nifty midcap 50 gained 23% this year even though the Nifty smallcap one hundred index jumped 21%. “As 2020 draws to a close, the Nifty, Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 are up 14.9%, 21.4% and 21.9 % respectively for the year. More importantly, the Nifty is up 83% from the March lows. This is a spectacular rally,” stated V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
Sectoral watch
Bank Nifty, though saw a exceptional journey given that the starting of December, is probably to finish down 2% year-to-date. The Nifty Pharma index was the greatest performer in 2020, up 60.2%, followed by the Nifty IT index, up 54%. Both IT and Pharma stocks gained in the initial months of the lockdown even though other sectors have been nonetheless struggling to uncover their base. Nifty Auto index gained 12%, Nifty Financial Services jumped 4.3% even though the FMCG index is up 13.3% so far this year. Nifty Metal jumped 15.2% even though Nifty Realty is up 3.84% year-to-date. The only indices to register losses in 2020, apart from Nifty Bank are Nifty Media Nifty PSU Bank, NIFTY Private Bank. The PSU Bank index is down 30% so far, even so, given that the finish of October the index has zoomed 40%.
Target for 2021
“The twists & turns in the pandemic, the vaccine, recovery in growth & earnings, the coming budget, monetary policy, the monetary stance of the Fed… all will influence and impact the market. Investors may partially book some profit but remain invested in high-quality names, particularly in private sector banking, IT, telecom, pharma & consumer goods,” V K Vijayakumar added. For 2021, worldwide brokerage firm Morgan Stanley has a target of 50,000 points for S&P BSE Sensex. Goldman Sachs expects the 50-stock Nifty to claim 14,one hundred by the finish of 2021. Asia equity strategists at BNP Paribas count on Sensex to touch 50,500 in 2021.