*The Best And The Worst Small And Mid Caps Stocks Of The Year..*

*The Best And The Worst Small And Mid Caps Stocks Of The Year??*

*Here’s a list of top five best and worst performing mid - and small-cap stocks in the first six months of the year:*

*Mid-Cap Gainers And Losers:*

*The Best Five:*

*Indiabulls Ventures:*
The company issued preferential shares to foreign investors.

*Mindtree:*
A fluctuating rupee helped the company.

*Jubilant Foodworks:*
It recorded highest same-store-sales growth in six years. The company’s profits in the quarter also beat analysts’ estimates.

*Mphasis and Hexaware:*
The Nifty IT Index has outperformed all sectoral peers so far this year and has gained over 19 percent during the period.

*Gruh Finance:*
The board of the company, a subsidiary of Housing Development Finance Corporation, recommended a 1:1 bonus issue. Net bad loans was nil in the quarter ended March.

*The Worst Five:*

*Vakrangee:*
Concerns over corporate governance issues, including investments in unrelated businesses, and the resignation of auditors.

*PC Jeweller:*
One of its founders gifted some shares to family members, raising concern about the company’s governance. An investment by Vakrangee, which has been a shareholder, into the company added to investors’ woes.

*Adani Power:*
The company suffered a loss of Rs 556.15 crore in the quarter ended March compared to a profit of Rs 791.72 crore in the three months to December 2017.

*Suzlon:*
Profits in the quarter ended March declined and corporate governance issues.Bank of India: Rising bad loan problems.

*Small-Cap Gainers And Losers:*

*The Best Five:*

*NIIT Technologies:*
The Delhi-based IT solution provider reported healthy financials in the quarter ended March as well as a robust pipeline of orders for the next year.

*HEG & Graphite India:*
The Chinese government’s decision to shut down polluting units triggered a rally in the stock of these graphite electrode makers.

*Tata Elxsi:*
A good performance in the March quarter, coupled with reports of new technologies being developed by the company, led to a rally.

*Lakshmi Machine Works:*
Robust revenue and profit growth in the March quarter and hopes of a recovery in the textile sector helped the company.

*The Worst Five:*

*Reliance Naval and Engineering:*
Substantial erosion in the net worth and concerns raised by its auditors.

*Hindustan Construction Company:*
Failed to repay bank debt and environmental concerns regarding its Lavasa project.

*Manpasand Beverages:*
Sudden resignation of its auditors ahead of the company’s results without citing any reason.

*Reliance Communications:*
A delay in closing of the deal with Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. for sale of the wireless business of the beleaguered company.

*Jet Airways:*
The company suffered a surprise loss of Rs 1,036 crore in the quarter ended March. The revenue also declined to Rs 5,924.85 crore.