NIFTY50: 21,731 ▼ 47 (-0.2%)
SENSEX: 72,240 ▼ 170 (-0.2%)
- Benchmark indices snapped five day winning streak, amid some profit booking in last trading session of 2023
- In all, 31 of the NIFTY50 stocks closed in the red
- Brent crude oil prices traded at $77.6 per barrel, recovering from yesterday’s loss
Among the NIFTY sectoral indices, Auto (+1.1%) and FMCG (+0.8%) were the top gainers, while Oil & Gas (-0.9%) and PSU Bank (-0.6%) were the top losers.
What's Up
| Top gainers | Today's change |
| Tata Consumer | 1,089 ▲ 48 (+4.6%) |
| Tata Motors | 779 ▲ 25 (+3.3%) |
| Bajaj Auto | 6,820 ▲ 116 (+1.7%) |
What's Down
| Top losers | Today's change |
| BPCL | 451 ▼ 14 (-3.1%) |
| SBI | 641 ▼ 9.7 (-1.4%) |
| ONGC | 205 ▼ 2.8 (-1.3%) |
Market Sentiment
| USD-INR | 83.21 ▲ 0.02 (+0.02%) |
| NIFTY MIDCAP 100 | 46,181 ▲ 366 (+0.8%) |
| NIFTY SMALLCAP 100 | 15,143 ▲ 92 (+0.6%) |
| India VIX | 14.5 ▼ 0.6 (-4.2%) |
Stock Buzz
⭐ Tata Coffee and Tata Consumer Products hit 52-week highs
Shares of Tata Coffee and Tata Consumer Products (TCPL) hit fresh 52-week highs today, rising 4.0% and 4.6%, respectively. This comes ahead of the proposed merger of Tata Coffee with parent company Tata Consumer Products, which comes into effect on 1 January 2024. As part of the arrangement, the plantation business of Tata Coffee will be demerged into TCPL Beverages & Foods, another entity of the Tata Group. Meanwhile, the company’s remaining business, consisting of its extraction and branded coffee business, will be merged with Tata Consumer Products.
⭐Kalpataru Projects gains on multiple order win
The engineering & construction company’s shares closed 6.4% higher today after it secured new orders worth ₹3,244 crore. The company's buildings & factories business has received a contract from a reputed developer to construct residential buildings in south India. Additionally, it also won an order for the design and construction of an underground metro rail project. Meanwhile, the transmission & distribution division won business from the overseas markets. With these new orders, the company’s total order inflow for FY24 now stands at ₹17,685 crore.
⭐ Hindustan Foods expands its shoe manufacturing domain
Shares of Hindustan Foods, a leading contract manufacturing firm, rose nearly 2% today after the company announced a new acquisition. It plans to acquire a sports shoe manufacturing unit located in Haryana for ₹30.72 crore. This acquisition is part of the company’s move to strengthen its presence in the sports shoes segment. Earlier this year, the company unveiled plans to invest up to ₹100 crore in the sports shoes manufacturing domain.
⭐ Power Mech rises on order win
Shares of industrial services and construction firm closed 3.3% higher at ₹4,290 per share on bagging multiple orders. The company secured two orders worth ₹2,192 crore. One of the orders was from Meenakshi Energy, amounting to ₹674.81 crore. The other order, worth ₹1,517.60 crore, was from the Directorate of Geology and Mining, which requires mining of river bed minerals in Dehradun. Meanwhile, the company's shares are up over 116% on a year-to-date basis.
IPO Corner
⭐ Innova Captab made a muted debut on the exchanges, listing at a premium of just 0.8%. The stock opened at ₹452.1 per share compared to the issue price of ₹448 per share. However, after listing, the stock saw strong traction, rising 20% to close at ₹542.5 apiece.
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