Axis Securities’ small-cap top picks include Mahanagar Gas, Kirloskar Brothers, Sansera Engineering, and Kalpataru Projects. The brokerage noted September’s market volatility after a strong May–August 2025 rally. Despite GST 2.0 reforms providing a positive trigger, momentum faltered due to delayed impact, currency depreciation, inventory overhang, foreign institutional selling, and uncertainty in global policy, especially from the US.