ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank from private lenders, and state-run SBI and Bank of Baroda look favourably placed on charts, says Aakash Shah, Technical Research Analyst of Choice Equity Broking.

ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, SBI among 5 stocks with up to 30% upside potential as per charts, says analyst at Choice Broking.

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Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE on December 18, 2025: In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap and SmallCap indices were down 0.1 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively on Thursday.

Stock Market LIVE, December 18

AMCs in focus: The Sebi overhauled the cost framework for the MF industry, introducing a simplified structure aimed at improving transparency for investors while balancing the impact on asset managers

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MCX has fixed January 02, 2026, as the 'Record Date' for the purpose of determining the shareholders eligible for the sub-division of existing equity shares.

MCX Q4 net grows 56% to Rs 341 mn on commodity segment push; income up 11%

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

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

Hero MotoCorp share price falls over 5 per cent following reports that foreign brokerage firm Jefferies downgraded stock to 'Underperform' with a downside target of ₹4,950 per share.

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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

Nuvama Institutional Equities has downgraded the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to 'Reduce', flagging concerns around excess flat steel supply in India and weak steel margins

SAIL

The market price of smallcap industrial products company hit a new high of ₹783, has more than doubled or zoomed 147 per cent from its 52-week low of ₹302 touched on March 11, 2025.

bauxite

JM Financial said Brent crude is likely to remain subdued at around $65 per barrel in the near term, at least until the US mid-term elections in November 2026

Oil refineries, OMCs, oil marketing companies

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

Patel Engineering shares rose after it bagged a ₹1,700 crore restoration project from the Arunachal Pradesh Government for the development of a Hydropower Project

Patel Engineering share price

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

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

IPO lock in

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

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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