These defense stocks running like rockets, given so much return in the last three months

Defence Sector Stocks: India’s defense sector is moving fast. In the last three months, the defense sector based mutual funds have gained up to 60 percent. There are a total of six funds of both active and passive in this category, which has given an average return of 57.70 percent so far. Three schemes of this category have given a return of more than 60 %. Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defense ETF has given the highest returns of about 60.49 percent in the last three months. After this, Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defense Index Fund gave 60.23 percent returns.

These stocks gave so much return

Grow Nifty India Defense ETF and Aditya Birla SL Nifty India Defense Index Fund gave 60.12 % and 59.96 % returns in the last three months respectively. Grow Nifty India Defense ETF FOF gave 59.45 percent return. The only active fund based on the defense sector HDFC Defense Fund has given 45.93 percent return. Experts believe that ‘Operation vermilionAfter the tension between India and Pakistan, the Indian defense system got ironed. Apart from this, the government is also increasing the expenditure on the defense sector. Due to all this, defense stock has gained momentum.

Defense stocks are filling up

According to the ET report, Scripbox founder and CEO Atul Singhal said, Defense Index Funds have given tremendous returns. For the financial year 2025, the emphasis was laid on indigenization while fixing the budget for the defense sector of the country. The total capital expenditure of the Ministry of Defense was kept at Rs 1.72 lakh crore, which also supported the new order. In FY 2024, defense exports reached an all-time high of Rs 21,083 crore, which shows the global demand for Indian defense manufacturing. Along with this boom in income, the funds of funds were promoted due to policy incentive and favorable geopolitical background.

Actually, whenever there is an atmosphere of tension on the border, the demand for defense equipment like missile, drone, radar increases. To fulfill this demand, defense manufacturers increase their production, signed on many contracts, their revenue increases. At such a time, investors focus on these companies and start buying their shares.

Apart from this, India has been asking for weapons from countries like Russia, Israel and France for decades, but now things are slowly changing. Companies like HAL, India Electronics, Paras Defense and Jane Technologies are now making their own defense system. Now other countries are now trying to buy these weapons from India.

Gave so much return in 6 months

In the last six months, Defense Based Passive Funds have given a return of 34 percent, in which Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defense ETF has been at the top as the fund has given a return of 34.22 percent in the last six months, after which Motilal Oswal Nifty India Defense Index Fund has given 33.73 % Returns in the same period. Grow Nifty India Defense ETF FOF has given 33.35 percent returns in the last six months. The only active fund based on this sector HDFC Defense Fund has given 15.86 percent returns in six months.

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