BHEL Shares In Focus
BHEL shares were in focus on Friday after brokerages are turning cautious on India’s power capital goods space as reports suggest the government may scrap the five-year-old curbs on Chinese companies bidding for government contracts. However, the company reversed its previous losses.
The scrip rose as much as 4.84% to Rs 284.90 apiece on Friday, highest level since Jan. 8. It pared gains to trade 4.25% higher at Rs 283.95 apiece, as of 9:51 a.m. This compares to a 0.03% decline in the NSE Nifty 50 Index.
It has risen 27.7% in the last 12 months and fallen 3.84% year-to-date. Total traded volume so far in the day stood at 2.15 times its 30-day average. The relative strength index was at 26.81, indicating it was oversold.
Eternal Share Price Update: Large Trade In Stock
Over 5.3 million shares of Eternal were traded via a block deal on Thursday. The share of Eternal rose as much as 3.05% to Rs 292.20 apiece.
Amid 500% Tariff Fears Important To See What Gets Included
MK Surana, Former CMD HPCL in an interview with
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Even if the 500% tariff gets implemented, it will be necessary to see what items are getting included and excluded
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Even with 50% tariffs, exports are increasing
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The oil market continues to remain oversupplied
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Expect crude prices to continue to hover around $60-65/bbl
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Some PSU refineries can process the oil from Venezuela
Nifty, Sensex Live Updates Today: Markets Decline After Brief Gains
The markets fell after a brief period of gains. The Nifty 50 was trading 0.13% lower at 25,844.45 after it rose as much as 0.25% in the last trading session of this week. Sensex was also trading 0.13% lower as of 9:30 a.m. after it rose 0.27% in the volatile trading session. The 25,800 mark becomes crucial for the index, as it has not closed below that level since Dec. 10.
Nifty, Sensex Live Updates: Nifty Media, Nifty Realty Lead Decline
On NSE, eight out of 15 sectors were in the red. Nifty Media and Nifty Realty lead the decline, while Nifty Defence and Nifty Oil and Gas were among the sectors in green.
However, broader markets were in the red, with the NSE Midcap 150 trading 0.33% lower and NSE Smallcap was trading 0.87% lower.
Nifty 50 Live Today: L&T, BEL Lead Gains, While ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank Drag
ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, ITC, NTPC and Shriram Finance weighed on the Nifty 50 index.
L&T, BEL, RIL, Bharti Airtel and HCLTech added to the Nifty 50 index.
Stock Market Live Updates: Nifty Above 25,900, Sensex Gains 200 Points
The NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex opened lower on Thursday extending decline for the fifth day. The Nifty 50 opened 0.14% lower at 25,840.40 and Sensex opened 0.19% down at 84,022.09. However, minutes after open the Nifty rose below 25,900 to recover and trade 0.23% higher, Sensex was also trading over 200 points higher.
Stock Market Live Updates: Nifty, Sensex Decline In Pre-Open
At pre-open, the NSE Nifty 50 was trading 36.45 points or 0.14% lower at 25,840.40. The BSE Sensex was down 158.87 points at 84,022.09.
Nifty May Touch 28,500 By Year End, Says Citi
Citi expects operating income growth of around 11% across its coverage universe in the third quarter of fiscal 2025, driven by a mixed but improving recovery in consumption, accelerating loan growth in financials, benefits of rupee depreciation for IT services, steady momentum in capital goods and reasonable growth in the typically volatile commodities space as per its latest note.
The brokerage has set a Nifty December 2026 target of 28,500, valuing the index at 20x one-year forward P/E.
Check the brokerage’s sectoral picks here.
Vodafone Idea Receives Communication On AGR Dues
Vodafone Idea receives DoT communication on AGR dues; payments capped at Rs 124 crore annually for six years, with staggered repayment plan through 2041.
Source: Exchange Filing
BHEL Most At Risk If Curbs On Chinese Power Equipment Suppliers Ease, Say Brokerages
Brokerages are turning cautious on India’s power capital goods space as reports suggest the government may scrap the five-year-old curbs on Chinese companies bidding for government contracts. Stocks such as BHEL, L&T and Siemens are seen at the centre of this debate, as easing restrictions could reshape competition, pricing and execution timelines across power generation and transmission projects.
For investors, brokerages agree that while easing restrictions could pressure certain domestic equipment players like BHEL, it could also lower costs, accelerate execution and support India’s long-term power capacity goals.
Read what brokerages have to say here.
Gold Price Check
Gold prices dropped across major Indian cities on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, Gold pressured by a strong US dollar and reduced safe-haven demand.
Today, the yellow metal is trading at Rs 137,930 while the white metal is at Rs 2,42,940, according to Bullions website.
Bullion was near $4,465 an ounce, having risen 3.4% in the week through Thursday, and was facing some downward pressure after US initial jobless claims came in slightly lower than expected for the week ending Jan. 3.
Stock Market News Live: Global Cues To Watch
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Dow Jones continue momentum, as Nasdaq slips
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Rotation seen from tech stocks to other sectors
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Mixed cues from Asian markets
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Trump orders US government to buy $200bn in mortgage bonds
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US trade gap lowest since June 2009
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Dollar Index hits highest level since Dec 10
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Oil futures extend gain to $62/bbl-Trump threat to Iran
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Silver, Gold, Copper-continue sell-off
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Rio Tintoi in talks to buy Glencore to create world’s largest mining
Nifty Today: What F&O Cues Indicate
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Nifty January futures down by 1.03% to 25985 at a premium of 108 points.
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Nifty January futures open interest up by 15.55%.
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Nifty Options on Jan 13: Maximum Call open interest at 16200 and Maximum Put open interest at 25500.
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Securities in ban period: SAIL and Sammaan Capital.
Dollar Check
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The US Dollar index is up 0.09% at 98.712.
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Euro was down 0.08% at 1.1649.
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Pound was down 0.03% at 1.3430.
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Yen was up 0.20% at 157.09.
Stock Market News Live: Global Check
Asian stocks opened slightly higher after their first two-day decline of the year, as investors awaited Friday’s US payrolls data and a potential Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. Equities rose in Japan and Australia, while South Korea underperformed.
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S&P 500 futures were unchanged as of 10:07 a.m. Tokyo time
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Japan’s Topix rose 0.3%
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Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3%
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Euro Stoxx 50 futures fell 0.4%
Stock Market Live Update: GIFT Nifty Hints At Positive Opening
Good morning readers.
The GIFT Nifty was trading near 26,017 early on Thursday. The futures contract based on the benchmark Nifty 50 rose 0.12% at 26,000 as of 6:47 a.m. indicating a positive start for the Indian markets. This comes as the Asian markets gained modestly at the open.
In the previous session on Thursday, the benchmark ended lower for the fourth consecutive session. The NSE Nifty 50 ended 263.90 points or 1.01% lower at 25,876.85, while the BSE Sensex closed 780.18 points or 0.92% lower at 84,180.96.
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