Top ten low-beta stocks that will sail through the volatile Indian equity markets

MUMBAI: Volatility in global and Indian equity markets has gradually risen over the last few months, making it difficult for traders and investors to predict the next direction of the market and make the right decisions.

In such uncertain times when it’s difficult to predict the markets, investors should prefer stocks with low beta and steady performance in their portfolio. Low-beta stocks are the ones that are less correlated to the index and tend to be less volatile, unlike high-beta stocks which are more volatile and either gain rapidly or fall sharply

ET Intelligence Group has compiled a list of 10 such stocks from the BSE 200 basket which have a beta of less than 0.3 and have given good returns over different timeframes in the last one year. Most of these stocks are from the consumer, pharmaceutical, and technology industries.