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Raymond Lifestyle, Voltas: How to trade 5 worst performing stocks of H1 2025
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The Indian stock market ended the first-half (H1 2025) of the calendar year on a positive note, with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) benchmark Nifty 50 index up 8 per cent, and the broader Nifty 500 advancing around 5.5 per cent. Despite the gains, 1 in every 10 stocks from the broader Nifty 500 index suffered a net loss of over 20 per cent in H1 2025. Another 90 stocks were down in the range of 10 - 20 per cent, shows data from ACE Equity. The biggest loser among the Nifty 500 stocks was - Aditya Birla
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