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**India-Pakistan Ceasefire Triggers Mixed Performance in Defence Stocks**

**Mumbai, India** – Indian defence stocks exhibited a mixed performance on Monday following the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan. The Nifty India Defence index saw a modest gain of 0.3%, with individual stocks reacting diversely to the news.

Last week, defence stocks saw a rally on the back of cross-border military actions resulting in the Indian Army’s Operation Sindoor achieving its objectives and India also shot down over 50 Pakistani drones during a large-scale counter-drone operation along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Borders (IB).

Data Patterns (India), Mishra Dhatu Nigam, Cyient DLM, Dynamatic Technologies, and Zen Technologies led the gains, surging between 5% and 6%. BEML, Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing, Cochin Shipyard, and Bharat Dynamics also saw positive movement. Conversely, Paras Defence shares experienced a 5% slump. Astra Microwave Products, Solar Industries and Hindustan Aeronautics also showed losses.

The shift in market sentiment followed the announcement of a ‘bilateral understanding’ between India and Pakistan to cease firing and military action. This development fueled a gap-up opening for the broader Indian stock market, with the Sensex and Nifty 50 both surging.

“The ceasefire between India and Pakistan has paved the way for a sharp rally in the market,” said VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments. He pointed to sustained Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) buying, strong domestic macroeconomic factors like high GDP growth expectations, revival of earnings growth, and declining inflation as positive indicators for the market’s resumption of its rally.

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