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Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE on December 18, 2025: In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap index was up 0.18 per cent, while the Nifty Smallcap index was down 0.10 per cent

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At the high point on Thursday, Meesho stock was up 110 per cent from the IPO price.

Meesho

The public sector lender, the analysts said, has delivered a strong performance in recent years, supported by steady business and revenue growth alongside well-contained credit costs

SBI, State Bank Of India

Vedanta share: At current spot prices, Emkay estimates FY27 Ebitda of about ₹25,800 cr, compared with consensus estimates of ₹22,000 cr, implying an upgrade potential of roughly 17 per cent.

Vedanta

The Indian market has delivered limited returns, with median performance for the NSE 500 turning negative, says Surana

Neelesh Surana, Chief Investment Officer, Mirae Asset Investment Managers India

Tata Motors will likely maintain its dominant share in the vehicle market segment, with support from India's economic growth, favourable infrastructure and construction spending, believe analysts.

Girish Wagh, Executive Director, Tata Motors with his senior leadership team launching India's smartest trucks in Mumbai on Monday

The expiry of anchor lock-ins is closely tracked by market participants as it can influence post-IPO stock performance

IPO lock in

From the past two days, Ola Electric founder-promoter Bhavish Aggarwal is selling stakes through open market as part of a "one-time, limited monetisation of a small portion"; check details

Ola Electric, OLA

Antony Waste Handling shares rose today after its subsidiary AG Enviro Infra Projects, in a joint venture with Jigar Transport Company and M K Enterprises, secured a contract from the BMC

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Ahead of listing, unlisted shares of ICICI Prudential AMC were reportedly changing hands at around ₹2,565 each, reflecting a grey market premium (GMP) of ₹400, or 18.48 per cent above the issue price

ICICI Prudential AMC IPO GMP

Analysts at PL Capital expect ICICI Prudential AMC's equity AAuM to grow at a CAGR that is 2.5 per cent higher than the industry average over FY25-28

ICICI Prudential AMC

On the bourses, Crompton Greaves share price rose as much as 3.97 per cent to hit an intraday high of ₹259.20 per share.

Crompton Greaves

The buying on the counter came after the company arm CAMS Payment Services received authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a Payment Aggregator

CAMS share price

Little-known until recently even within its home market of India, RRP Semiconductor Ltd. became a social-media obsession as its shares surged more than 55,000 per cent in the 20 months

semiconductor, chips

Bloomberg

The DFS on Tuesday convened a meeting to review the IPO plans of three regional rural banks-Haryana Gramin Bank, Kerala Gramin Bank and Tamil Nadu Grama Bank

initial public offering, IPO

Tata Power's FY30 ambitions hinge on scaling renewables, transmission and distribution, while a long-term Mundra thermal resolution could revive profitability and lift sentiment

Tata power

Sebi has renamed expense ratio limits as the base expense ratio and moved statutory levies outside the cap, while approving a rewrite of MF regulations to tighten transparency and governance

Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)

Strong consumption growth, improving occupancies and a healthy pipeline of new assets are supporting Phoenix Mills' stock, prompting brokerages to upgrade earnings estimates

Phoenix Mills

The report identifies multiple structural themes across RIL's portfolio-spanning energy, chemicals, retail and telecom-that together add up to over $50 billion in NAV

Reliance Industries, RIL

Lower capex, customer upgradation among the major drivers for the stock

Bharti Airtel, Airtel

Jewellery demand is anticipated to see an uptick in H2FY26, given the higher number of weddings, up by 7-8 per cent

Gold prices, titan share

Elara expects steel companies to face near-term headwinds, driven by softer steel prices alongside rising raw material costs, which are likely to result in margin compression in Q3FY26

steel

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