Analysts say 230 stocks will surely rise from current levels in 2019

The BSE Sensex managed to gain nearly 6 per cent in 2018 amid global stock volatility with Dow Jones declining the most in a year since the financial crisis of 2008. The Nifty Smallcap and Midcap indices declined 30 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively, in last one year. Nifty Realty index was the worst hit, with a over 30 per cent cut while the IT index outperformed with a gain of more than 20 per cent in 2018.

Going into 2019, out of 273 stocks tracked by at least 10 analysts, 86 per cent are expected to rise from their current market prices while 14 per cent are expected to deliver negative returns based on the target prices provided by analysts for 2019.