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Stock Market Highlights: Sensex ends 78 pts lower amid late volatility; Nifty holds 25,800

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights on December 18, 2025: Gains in IT shares were off-set by losses in select auto, metal and pharma stocks. Market breadth was fairly negative on Thursday.

CAMS rises 3% as arm CAMS Payment Services receives authorisation from RBI

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

Asia stocks slump as technology stocks valuation fears resurface

Japan's the Nikkei 225 and the South Korea's KOSPI were the biggest laggard in the MSCI AC Asia Pacific index. Both the indices fell over 1 per cent on Thursday.

Ola Electric plunges 11% in 2 days, stock nears record low; here's why

Ola Electric founder-promoter Bhavish Aggarwal undertook a one-time, limited monetisation of a small portion of his personal stake to fully repay a promoter level loan amounting to ₹260 crore.

VLS Finance share price soars 12% on bourses; here's what is fuelling rally

VLS Finance has announced that it proposes to buy back up to 26,31,578 fully paid-up equity shares of face value ₹10 each, for an aggregate maximum amount not exceeding ₹99.99 crore

Indian Overseas Bank slips 5% as govt launches up to 3% stake sale via OFS

Government proposes to sell up to 38,51,31,796 shares or 2 per cent of equity on December 17, 2025, for non-retail investors and on December 18, 2025, for retail investors, under the 'Base offer'.

Rupee jumps the most in over three-years on RBI support; trades at 90.33/$

The Indian currency strengthened past 90-per-dollar mark in Wednesday's session as the central bank curbed excess volatility

Blue Cloud shares rise 4% on BSNL 5G FWA empanelment in Maharashtra, Goa

Blue Cloud Softech Solutions was empanelled as an official partner of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. for 5G Fixed Wireless Access (5G FWA) services.

EPACK Durable up 27% in 2 days on huge volumes; What's driving the rally?

As of 11:55 AM, a combined 38.26 million equity shares representing 39 per cent of the total equity of the company have changed hands on the NSE and BSE

PSU banks in focus; SBI, Canara Bank gain 2% in subdued market; here's why

As of 10:45 AM, the Nifty PSU Bank index was up 1 per cent, as compared to a 0.16 per cent decline in the Nifty 50.

Meesho shares jump 19%, extend gains to nearly 90% over IPO price

Meesho stock rose as much as 19 per cent during the day to a new high of ₹214.4 per share, the best session since listing on December 10 this year

Aditya Birla Real Estate up 3% as CCI clears paper & pulp biz sale to ITC

e buying on the counter came after the CCI approved ITC's acquisition of Aditya Birla Real Estate's pulp and paper business

Ahluwalia Contracts share price rises 5% on winning ₹888 crore order

Ahluwalia Contracts (India) share price jumped over 7% in Wednesday's session. As of now, the stock price pared gains and was trading 3.61% higher at ₹986.51 apiece.

eClerx Services shares rise 4% on increasing buyback price to ₹4,800

The maximum number of equity shares proposed to be bought back by the company has been consequently reduced to 6,25,000, representing up to 1.31 per cent stake

Centrum Broking initiates with 'Buy' on KFin Tech; Check outlook, target

Centrum Broking initiated coverage on KFin Tech with a 'Buy' rating and a target price of ₹1,330, an upside potential of 28.5 per cent from Tuesday's closing price.

Nephrocare Health makes positive D-street debut; shares list at 6% premium

Nephrocare Health share opened its maiden session on the BSE at ₹491.70 per share, reflecting a premium of ₹31.70, or 6.89 per cent, over the issue price of ₹460 per share.

Park Medi World makes muted debut, lists at 4% discount; miss GMP estimates

Park Medi World shares opened at ₹158.80 on the NSE, a discount of ₹3.2 or 2 per cent from the issue price of ₹162

Akzo Nobel tumbles most since March 2020 after 10.7% equity block trade

Akzo Nobel shares tumbled after about 4.88 million shares or 10.7 per cent equity traded hands in a block, according to Bloomberg data.

Shriram Finance up 3%, hits record as board to consider fundraise on Dec 19

At 9:35 AM, Shriram Finance share price was trading at ₹868, up 2.33 per cent. In comparison, BSE Sensex was trading 0.19 per cent higher at 84,843.85 levels.

Gujarat Kidney IPO opens on Dec 22: Check key dates, price band, objective

Gujarat Kidney and Super Speciality aims to raise ₹250.8 crore through a fresh 22 million equity shares