Stock Market LIVE: Sensex, Nifty Near Day’s Highs; RIL, JSW Steel Top Gainers

by | December 31, 2025 12:16 pm | Latest Posts, Market, Trending News

Stock Market LIVE: SBI MF Sells Stake In Nazara Tech

SBI MF sells 2.43% stake in Nazara Tech; shareholding reduces to 2.4%.

Source: Exchange filing

Stock Market LIVE: Adani Green Arm Incorporates Peer

Adani Green arm Adani Renewable Energy Holding Eleven incorporates arm Adani Ecogen Four.

Source: Exchange Filing

Stock Market LIVE: SPML Infra Approves Share Allotment

SPML Infra board approves allotment of 11.4 lakh shares at Rs 276 per share to NARCL on a preferential basis, as per exchange filing.

Stock Market LIVE: Most Sectoral Indices Trade In Green

Sectoral gains were led by the Nifty Oil and Gas, and PSU Banks.

Record Highs To Pullbacks: After A Wild 2025, Here’s What Could Shape Crypto Markets In 2026

Cryptocurrency markets showed wide price swings in 2025. Bitcoin, the most traded cryptocurrency, moved through sharp rises and declines during the year.

Read the whole story here.

Stock Market LIVE: Shakti Pumps Order Win

Shakti Pumps secures Rs 170 crore order from Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam for supply of 4,840 water pumping systems, as per an exchange filing.

Stock Market LIVE: ITC Shares In Focus 

ITC has 1.4 million shares change hands in a block deal on Wednesday. Shares of the company are trading 0.42% higher at Rs 402.30 apiece.

Stock Market LIVE: Silver Prices Plunge 5% Amid Volatile Week

Silver prices dipped 5% to trade around $72 per ounce in trade today. Domestically, the prices were around Rs 239,588, as per MCX.

Amid a volatile week, global silver prices are trading 14% lower from its record high of $83.75 per ounce. The white metal is losing momentum after five consecutive weeks of gains.

Stock Market LIVE: Gold At Record Highs Pushes Indians Toward Coins And Bars

The gold market in India is undergoing a major shift as domestic prices hit record highs. Buyers are reportedly cutting back on purchases of traditional gold ornaments, and accumulating bars, coins and financial products backed by gold instead.

Stock Market LIVE: Royal Orchid Hotels Launches New Hotel

Royal Orchid Hotels launches 4th hotel in Vadodara, Gujarat.

Source: Exchange Filing

Stock Market LIVE: HEG And Graphite India In Focus

  • CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) to kick in from January 1, 2026

  • CBAM penalizes high-carbon steel production and promotes the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) route

  • HEG and Graphite India manufacture graphite electrodes, a critical component for Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking

  • HEG’s current exposure to Europe is less than 10% of sales

Stock Market LIVE: Morgan Stanley On Steel Duty

  • Expect domestic HRC prices to move up by 10% over the next couple of months

  • This could drive 16-43% changes in F27 Ebitda across coverage

  • Believe JSW Steel and SAIL are better positioned in the near term, followed by Tata Steel and Jindal Steel

Stock Market LIVE: Morgan Stanley On MCX

Stock Market LIVE: Morgan Stanley Raises Price Target On Manappuram Finance

Morgan Stanley’s latest risk-reward update on Manappuram Finance Ltd. is less about near-term earnings and more about valuation math. While the brokerage raised its price target to Rs 300, it retained an Equal-weight rating, highlighting a wide divergence between its bull, base and bear case outcomes.

Read the whole story here.

Stock Market LIVE: Morgan Stanley On AB Capital

  • Maintain ‘overweight’, Hike target price to Rs 427 from Rs 375

  • See continued delivery and improvement in its ROE profile

  • See sustenance of earnings growth in the lending business

  • Hike consolidated EPS estimates by 0.4% for FY26, 1.3% for FY27, and 0.8% for FY28

Stock Market LIVE: Rites Share Price Advances Over 7%

Shares of Rites Ltd. surged over 7% to trade at Rs 254.75 apiece in early trade on Wednesday.

Stock Market LIVE: Sensex, Nifty Open Higher; RIL, HDFC Bank Top Gainers

The benchmark indices opened in the green in Wednesday’s trading session.

Stock Market LIVE: Can Fin Homes’ Risk-Reward Shifts As Morgan Stanley Rolls Valuation Forward

Morgan Stanley continues to view Can Fin Homes as a defensive, secured lending play, backed by moderate growth prospects and a mid-teens return on equity profile.

Check bull, bear and base cases for the counter here.

Stock Market LIVE: Premier Energies Order Highlights

  • Premier Energies gets orders worth Rs 2,307 crore in the third quarter of FY26

  • Execution of orders received in Q3 scheduled across FY27 & FY28

  • Q3 orderbook supports aim to reach 10.6 GW solar cell, 11.1 GW solar module capacity by Sept 2026

Source: Exchange Filing

Stock Market LIVE: Govt Confirms Three Year Safeguard Duty

  • Govt issues final notification confirming three year safeguard duty

  • Safeguard duty at 12%, 11.5%, 11% over three years

  • Duty Applies to HR coils, CR coils, coated & colour coated steel

Shriram Finance ‘Fuelled Up For Growth’, Says Brokerages As Jefferies, Nomura Hike Target Price

The positive sentiment around Shriram Finance continues as multiple brokerages have once again put out bullish calls on the non-banking financial company, on account of the recent investment from MUFG.

Brokerages remain bullish about Shriram Finance’s growth potential, especially after the $4.4 billion investment from MUFG, which may unlock fresh synergies for the NBFC.

Stock Market LIVE: Bharat Forge, Orient Tech, IndiGo In Focus

  • Bharat Forge: The company signed a contract worth Rs 1,662 crore with the defence ministry to supply 2.6 lakh indigenously developed CQB carbines to the Indian army.

  • Torrent Pharma: The board is to meet on Jan 5 to consider fundraising.

  • Interglobe Aviation: The company received Rs 458 crore penalty order from Delhi GST body for Fiscal 2019- Fiscal 2023. The company will contest the order, and the said order does not have any significant impact on financials, operations or other activities of the company. 

  • Orient Tech: The company fixed Jan. 5 as a record date for issue of bonus shares.

Stock Market LIVE: GIFT Nifty Indicates Positive Bias

Good morning, readers.

The GIFT Nifty is trading at a 0.06% advance at 26,118.50 as of 7:05 a.m., indicating a positive bias open for the benchmark Nifty 50.

In yesterday’s trading session, the Nifty 50 declined marginally by 3.25 points or 0.01% to settle at 25,938.85, while the BSE Sensex slipped 20.46 points or 0.02% to close at 84,675.08.

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