Throughout Wednesday's trading session, domestic equities traded in the red as the conflict between Russia-Ukraine continued. Also, rising Brent crude prices coupled with weak global cues lowered the market sentiment. Sensex lost over 1,200 points intra-day but recovered some of the losses towards the end of the session.

In sectoral indices, Metal stocks rallied 4.6 per cent, followed by Power, Energy and Oil & Gas. 

Going ahead, the stock selection is going to be of paramount importance and hence, we have chalked down a list of stocks that are likely to outperform. Here is the list of stocks:  

Nifty witnessed a strong recovery towards the end and closed above 16,600.

Kotak Mahindra Bank, in 2003 became the first non-banking finance company to receive a banking license from RBI in Indian corporate history.

If you had invested Rs 1 lakh in this multibagger real estate stock six months ago, it would have turned to Rs 4.06 lakh today. 

DB Realty Ltd which is a part of the ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s portfolio has turned multibagger in the recent past. The company has given investors stellar returns of 306 per cent over the last year. The share price of the company stood at Rs 24.6 on September 2, 2021, and since then, it has increased investors’ wealth more than four times. 

At 12.15 pm, while the broad market index S&P BSE Sensex was down by nearly 2 per cent, the below-mentioned stocks showed an impressive rally on the bourses. 

Brent crude futures climbed USD 3.55, or 3.4 per cent, to USD 108.52 a barrel, making new highs not seen since July 2014. The Indian rupee has depreciated by 0.16 points reaching 75.65 against the dollar. India's GDP growth dropped down to 5.4 per cent in February from 8.5 per cent the previous quarter. 

During early market hours on Wednesday, bears seemed to have gripped Indian equity markets on the back of exacerbating geo-political tensions among Russia and Ukraine.

List of the stocks where sell positions are being covered in the F&O segment.