The MARKET SHACK

Small caps & SMEs

The second
India

Where they stand

Small caps, as of the last close

NSE's small-cap indices from its own snapshot, with the Nifty 50 for comparison. Prices and breadth below come from our daily data.

IndexLast1D1M1YFrom 52-week highP/EP/BRose : fell

Against the Nifty 50

Small-cap breadth

Smallcap 250Mid and small togetherLarge caps

The case

What the decks argued

Five threads that run through the case for small caps, each with the figures behind it.

Red flags

Before you buy a small company

The warning signs that come up most often. Tick them off as you work through a name; the ticks stay in this browser only.

Microcaps

Smaller still

SME boards

NSE Emerge and BSE SME

Coming