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Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd.(up 1.65%), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.(up 1.28%), Ugar Sugar Works Ltd.(up 1.26%), Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(up 1.09%), EID Parry(India)Ltd.(up 0.77%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.58%), Sakthi Sugars Ltd.(up 0.52%), KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 0.35%), Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 0.28%) and Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.(up 0.05%) stood among the top gainers.

index BSE Sensex surged 398% or nearly five times between 2004 and 2014, climbing from 4,961 to 24,693, when then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was at the helm. The 30 stock index ended positive on 8 out of 10 occasions during his tenure. The highest Sensex return of 81% came in 2009 followed by 47%, each in 2006 and 2007. In 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012 and 2013, the returns were at 33%, 42%, 17%, 26% and 9%, respectively.

Shares of IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.31 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 1.25 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.79 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 0.72 per cent) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.42 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

DAM Capital Advisors made a strong debut on the exchanges, listing at a 39% gain over its issue price. The IPO received a significant investor subscription of nearly 82 times. DAM Capital is the fastest-growing merchant bank in India, achieving the highest revenue CAGR from FY22 to FY24 and the best profit margin among peers in FY24.

The S&P BSE Sensex settled at 78,699, up by 226.6 points or 0.29% while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 23,813.40, higher by 63.20 points or 0.27%.

Fujita Corporation backed Neilsoft, a technology-driven, pure-play engineering services and solutions (ER&D) company with over 20 years of experience in servicing global customers, has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to raise funds through Initial Public Offering (IPO). The IPO, with a face value of Rs 5, is a mix of fresh issue of shares up to Rs 100 crore and an offer-for-sale for sale up to 8 million shares by promoters and other selling shareholders.

The IPO, with a face value of Rs 10, combines a fresh issue of up to 36 lakh equity shares and an offer for the sale of up to 42 lakh equity shares by promoter-selling shareholders.

Cochin Shipyard share price jumped 5% to hit its upper circuit limit of Rs 1,532 on BSE on Friday after the defence PSU player got Rs 450 crore order from Adani Ports. The Adani Group company said it has given Rs 450 crore order to Cochin Shipyard's subsidiary Udupi Cochin Shipyard to make eight state-of-the-art harbour tugs.

Mamata Machinery more than doubled investors' wealth on the listing, delivering a blockbuster debut — the third biggest debut return for any IPO this year — as 2024 draws to a close. The company manufactures and exports plastic bags and pouch-making machines, packaging machines, and extrusion equipment. It provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions for the packaging industry.

LTIMindtree Ltd. 0.91 per cent to Rs 5698.20 at 12:38PM hours (IST) on Friday. Earlier in the day, the stock saw a gap up start to the session. As per data available on BSE, total traded quantity on the counter stood at 4,006 shares with a turnover of Rs 2.29 crore till 12:38PM (IST). The stock traded at a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 36.25, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 7.30.

«We do expect some bullish factors still to play out like Ramzan, but we are expecting big Latin American soybean oil crops so that will moderate the bullishness,» says Nadir B Godrej, CMD, Godrej Industries. Let us discuss what has happened in October to November and that is the surge in the palm oil prices. They had surged a bit, but then there has been a bit of a volatility. They have corrected a bit of late as well. What is the sense on the prices going forward? Are they expected to be as volatile or what are the levels that you are watching out for? Nadir B Godrej: This has been a very unusual situation because palm oil has had a huge premium over soybean oil, which we have not seen in the past. It was always a discounted oil, but it is in high demand nowadays for both biodiesel as well as for speciality fats and that is keeping palm oil at a premium to the other oils. It was even at a premium to rapeseed oil and sunflower oil for a while and a big premium to soybean oil.

Bandhan Bank Ltd. 0.03 per cent to Rs 161.45 in Friday's session as of 12:43PM (IST) even as the equity benchmark Sensex traded 273.23 points at 78745.71. Earlier in the day, the stock witnessed a gap up start to the session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 263.15 and a 52-week low of Rs 157.10 on NSE. Around 438164 shares changed hands on the counter till 12:43PM (IST).

Bank of Baroda traded at Rs 246.55 on BSE at 12:02PM (IST) on Friday, 0.12 per cent from previous close. The stock quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 219.45 and a high of Rs 298.45.

Ambuja Cements Ltd. rose 0.22 per cent to Rs 549.95 in Friday's trade. It hit an intraday high of Rs 553.80 and low of Rs 545.20, respectively, during the day. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 706.85 and low of Rs 452.90.

Federal Bank Ltd. traded 0.0 per cent at Rs 197.75 at 12:07PM (IST) on Friday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex 306.39 points to 78778.87. The scrip had settled at Rs 197.75 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 216.90 and 52-week low of Rs 139.45, respectively. As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 12:07PM (IST) stood at 125077 shares with a turnover of Rs 2.48 crore.

initial public offering (IPO) of Anya Polytech & Fertilizers has been subscribed by nearly 16 times on the second day so far. The issue attracted strong demand from the retail investors, who had bid for over 31,43 crore shares by 11:20 am. Meanwhile, the non-institutional investors (NIIs) had bid for 4.93 crore lakh shares out of the 1,52,10,000 shares reserved for them, subscribing to the issue by 3.2 times.

«Size of the opportunity is very good. In retail, and this be true for any form of retail, you got to get your unit economics right. And if you get your unit economics right, that is to say per unit order or per unit quick commerce transaction, more than cost of capital, then the sky is the limit for you and I think Zomato has the first mover advantage, they have got the unit economics right, they have broken even, they are making contribution margin which are positive and now it is only about expansion into tier I, getting economies of scale,» says Manish Sonthalia, Emkay Investment Managers. And while we are talking about the entire consumer space, one name that I am seeing in a portfolio of yours as a top holding is Zomato. Not really surprised to see Zomato, but also not expecting to not see Swiggy make it to this list. What is making Zomato much more attractive than Swiggy because Swiggy has also been innovating if not at a higher pace, then largely at the same pace that which Zomato has. They have also had a couple of recent rollouts. The stock seems to be doing well over the last one month and ever since it is listing we have very bullish brokerage notes coming in for Swiggy as well. What is making Zomato more attractive than Swiggy to hold in your portfolio right now? Manish Sonthalia: So, not specifically commenting on Swiggy because regulation prohibit us from commenting about stocks that are not a part of our portfolio, but I would look at the entire space like this, that the TAM, the size of the opportunity is humongous.

Adani Power Ltd. 0.13 per cent to Rs 506.50 in Friday's trade as of 12:17PM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 513.65 and low of Rs 505.80 during the session. The return on equity (ROE) for the stock stood at 58.53 per cent. Traded volume on the counter stood at 12:17PM shares and turnover at Rs 18.58 crore around that time. The stock of Adani Power Ltd. quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 896.75 and 52-week low prices of Rs 430.85, respectively.

The themes we would like to invest in during the current environment are largely domestic-facing sectors, such as Capex in the power sector, industrials, capital goods, and telecoms, due to robust domestic tailwinds. We also favor the “Make in India” stories in chemicals and healthcare, despite the possible increase in tariffs from the US in the future.

Domestic benchmark index NSE Nifty gained 121.8 points to 23872.0, while the BSE Sensex traded 400.92 points up at 78873.4.

SRF Ltd. traded 0.16 per cent in Friday's trade at 11:26AM (IST). Around 492 shares changed hands on the counter. The scrip opened at Rs 2267.25 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 2277.40 and Rs 2263.15, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of SRF Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 2697.45 and a 52-week low of Rs 2088.55.