Shiv Sehgal says: "With regards to dark horses, I think 2024 is likely to be export-oriented ones like IT and chemicals. This is because, globally, we have had a prolonged manufacturing recession (of more than a year), which has resulted in these stocks significantly underperforming the benchmark indices. Such a prolonged manufacturing downturn in the absence of a global recession is a historical anomaly. However, the global economy now seems to be bottoming out."