Stock market today, April 1 -- After five months of sluggish performance, Indian markets staged a strong rebound in March, with broad-based support across sectors, propelling frontline indices to their best monthly performance since July 2024.

Small-cap stocks, in particular-the major casualties of the recent market meltdown-even showed a strong pullback in this recovery, outperforming mid-caps as well as the Nifty 50 and Sensex.

The Nifty Small-cap 250 index has rebounded 9% in March, outperforming the Nifty 50 index, which has gained 6.3% in the same period. This marks a strong rebound from February's rout when the index crashed 13%, recording its worst monthly drop since the Covid-19 pandemic. Some sectors, such as defence, oil and g...