Year Ender 2025: Someone got 1700% return, while someone became poor! See which stocks made waves this year

Year Ender 2025: The year 2025 has been a volatile but historic year for the Indian stock market. While on one hand Sensex and Nifty touched new heights, on the other hand many big names touched ‘zero’. Proved. The biggest feature of this year is ‘Sectoral Rotation’ In which the new emerging sectors won in place of the old giants. Here is an account of the year 2025, in which we will discuss those stocks and sectors which made investors rich and which left their pockets empty.

Most profitable stocks

Automobile, defense and select financial services made waves in the market this year.

• Maruti Suzuki: On the back of demand for passenger vehicles and better margins, this stock gave returns of about 53% in a year.
• Bajaj Finance: The stock gained over 46% due to strength in retail lending and improvement in asset quality.
• Shriram Finance: Its holdings in commercial vehicle financing gave investors a profit of 47%.

Multibagger Smallcaps: Some penny and smallcap stocks gave unimaginable returns this year. Stocks like GHV Infra Projects jumped more than 1700% on the back of government contracts, while AI and tech based stocks like RRP Semiconductors also gave multifold returns to investors.

These stocks disappointed the most

Interestingly, the ‘hero’ of 2024; Were, he will be the biggest ‘villain’ in 2025? Emerged as.

Trent: This Tata Group company, which showed a growth of 133% last year, fell by about 43% this year due to high valuation.
IRFC (Railway Stock): Due to slowdown in the railway sector and profit booking, IRFC disappointed investors and recorded a fall of 26%.
Reliance Industries: Due to pressure in the O2C business and new growth concerns, Reliance’s performance this year has been average with little upside or downside.
IT giants (TCS & Infosys): Major IT stocks (TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech) gave negative returns between 10-20% due to global slowdown and spending cuts by clients.

Where did things get better and where did things go wrong?

To understand market movements, it is important to look at the performance of sectors:

Big challenges and opportunities for the market

Dollar vs Rupee: The Indian rupee crossed the psychological level of 90 in December 2025, making imports costlier.
FII withdrawal: At the end of the year (mid-December 2025), foreign investors started buying again, giving the market a ‘Santa Claus Rally’ Got support.
Stock Selection: 2025 proved that the entire market no longer grows simultaneously. Money was made only in those companies which showed earnings.

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The magic of undervalued versus expensive stocks

this year stock market After looking at the data, it is clear that the ‘valuation’ There is nothing above. Excessive expensive shares (like Trent or IRFC) fell, while undervalued and growth stocks gained. Moving towards 2026, experts are of the opinion that investors will now look for ‘quality’ and ‘AI Driven’ The focus should be on companies.