Around 70 per cent of the 102 firms that went public this year finished their first trading session in positive territory, data showed

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Spot platinum slid by 6.9 per cent to $2,281.15 an ounce after touching a record peak of $2,478.50 while palladium plunged 11.9 per cent to $1,694.75 an ounce

Gold and silver

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According to Motilal Oswal Financial Services, the sector has also benefited from a series of regulatory and taxation reforms aimed at improving affordability and project viability

oil trade, Russia, Crude Oil, Vladimir Putin, US sanctions

State-run BPCL is setting up a greenfield refinery and petrochemicals project near Ramayapatnam port in Nellore district to meet rising domestic demand and boost petrochemical exports

BPCL, Bharat petroleum

RBI rejected bids for the 7.18 per cent 2037 security as quoted prices were above market levels, but purchased ₹50,000 crore of gilts in line with the notified amount

RBI, Reserve Bank of India

Indian equities fell amid year-end listlessness and foreign portfolio investor selling. Sensex declined 0.4% to 84,696, while Nifty fell 0.4% to 25,926

stock markets, trading

Force Motors will continue to benefit from its niche positioning in the automotive OEM market, supported by steady launch of new products and variants, and rise in demand for LCVs.

The number of active investors on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have jumped 44 per cent over the past one year to 47.9 million at the end of September 2024. The surge in active clients is underpinned by the rally in the markets, with the Nifty 50

Dixon Technologies stock was down 3.3 per cent to ₹11,915, its lowest level since August 2024, on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade.

Dixon Technologies, phone circuit, phone

Lenskart stock gets 'Buy' rating from Emkay Global with ₹525 target as brokerage highlights market leadership, tech edge and strong growth outloo

Lenskart share price target

SEPC share price increased as much as 7.53 per cent in Monday's session after order win. The stock also saw a surge in volumes

SEPC share price rose on December 29

PL Capital has initiated coverage on Premier Energies, Waaree Energies, and Vikram Solar, maintaining a positive outlook on all three renewable equipment manufacturers

Energy, Solar energy, Wind Energy

On Dec 26, ace investors Ramesh Shrichand Damani (27,500 shares) and Chetan Jayantilal Shah (25,000 shares) collectively purchased 52,500 equity shares of John Cockerill, shows BSE bulk data.

stocks, markets, stock market, broker, trader

Midhani is expected to benefit substantially from robust order prospects, new product developments with increasing indigenisation

Balasore Alloys plans new ferro chrome facility at Kalinganagar

Balasore Alloys

Sigachi Industries share price slumped on Monday as the company informed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Amit Raj Sinha was remanded in a fatal blast case on Sunday.

Sigachi Industries share price fell on December 29

RBI's Trends and Progress report shows banks' asset quality improved, with gross NPAs down to 2.1% by September 2025 and net NPAs at 0.5%, aided by recoveries and provisioning

Banks

Market outlook 2026: Looking ahead, Akshat Garg, head of research & product at Choice Wealth, believes calendar year 2026 is likely to be a stock-picker's market

Year ender 2025, market outlook 2026, market events 2025

While volatility is expected to persist, it may be less extreme than in previous cycles, with institutional adoption and infrastructure development paving the way for a more stable market

Bitcoin

Brokerages see the acquisition as aligned with Coforge's stated ambition to shift more deeply into higher-value, AI-driven engineering services

Coforge Encora Acquisition

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) quick estimates for November signalled a 4.5 per cent uptick from levels seen in October

Industry, IIP

Most small-cap stocks, according to analysts, were richly valued in CY25 after their sharp run in the last two calendar year

stock market performance in 2025

The surge has come alongside a decline in average issue sizes and more muted listing-day returns compared with last year

initial public offerings, IPO

India's automobile industry is set to post its highest-ever retail sales in 2025, supported by GST rationalisation, income tax relief, RBI rate cuts and improving rural demand after a good monsoon

Auto sales continue to slide in Dec, likely to remain subdued for some time

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