Stock Market Today, March 25 -- Indian small-cap stocks have staged a strong rebound in March, driven by improving market sentiment, return of FPIs, and easing valuations, causing the segment to reclaim some of the momentum it enjoyed in the first half of the previous calendar year.

The much-awaited rebound in these stocks has rekindled optimism among retail investors, as they witnessed their favourite segment crash amid a sustained sell-off. The five-month losing streak in small-cap stocks has brought their valuations down to more reasonable levels, encouraging value buyers to step in.

The Nifty Smallcap 100 index has rebounded 10% in March so far, and from the month's low, the index has regained 15%, outperforming the Nifty 50 index, ...