New Delhi, March 30 -- Indian stock market investors will likely remember the financial year 2024-2025 as a tale of two halves. Why? Because of the stark contrast in market performance between April-September and October-March.

In the first half of the year (H1FY25), the Nifty 50 index surged 16 per cent, reaching a fresh peak of 26,277.35. However, the second half told a different story-the index plunged 9 per cent.

Despite the downturn in the latter half, the strong gains earlier in the year helped the Nifty 50 end FY25 with a modest gain of 5.34 per cent. Meanwhile, the index is still 10.5 per cent down from its peak level.

After a solid 25 per cent gain in FY24, hopes were high that the Indian stock market's bullish run would exten...