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NMDC fell 7% to hit the day's low of Rs 211.55 on the NSE on Wednesday following media reports that the Karnataka government is considering an increase in the duty on iron ore. The selling was seen amid strong volumes as nearly 2.50 shares changed hands on the NSE around 1:30 pm.

Gold has delivered returns of over 20% in 2024, which is not only higher than the returns given by headline indices Nifty and the BSE Sensex in the period but also superior to its own performance in the previous two years. A fragile geopolitical order, central bank buying and economic headwinds across the globe have kept the yellow metal on the boil. It is, however, up against formidable challenges in the form of strengthening US dollar and cryptocurrencies in 2025, opined experts. Nifty and Sensex gains so far this year have been to the tune of 12%.

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after opposition MPs protested against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's alleged insult of B R Ambedkar. Soon after the listed papers and reports were tabled and the House went ahead with the scheduled Zero Hour, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh rose and alleged Shah insulted Ambedkar. Soon, several other Congress members were on their feet and started raising slogans like "'Amebedkar ka apaman nai sahega Hindustan' (India will not tolerate Amebedkar's insult)". Countering them, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said it was the Congress that insulted Ambedkar and did not honour him with a Bharat Ratna.

MphasiS Ltd. 0.17 per cent to Rs 3173.65 in Wednesday's trade as of 11:51AM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 24223.05, 112.96 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 3179.20 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week low of Rs 2180.05 and a high of Rs 3239.55. The company quoted a market-cap of Rs 60020.38 crore on the BSE.

Zerodha and Upstox on Wednesday said that customers are facing difficulties in authorizing sell orders due to a temporary issue with Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL), affecting brokers across the industry. Zerodha informed its customers via X (formerly Twitter), stating, «Due to an issue at CDSL across brokers, you may face an issue with authorising the sale of your stocks. We are in touch with CDSL to have the issue resolved at the earliest. In the meantime, you can sell your holdings without the need for CDSL authorisation.»

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Considering the upper price band of Rs 279, the stock is expected to see a premium of just over 57% on listing.

shares of Purple United Sales will debut on the NSE SME platform on Wednesday. Ahead of the listing, the company's shares were trading with a GMP of Rs 80 in the unlisted market. Considering the upper price band of Rs 126, the stock is expected to see a premium of just over 63% on listing.

shares of Supreme Facility Management will debut on the NSE SME platform on Wednesday. Ahead of the listing, the company's shares were trading with a GMP of Rs 24 in the unlisted market. Considering the upper price band of Rs 76, the stock is expected to see a premium of just over 31% on listing.

Sai Life Sciences will debut on the exchanges on Wednesday. Ahead of the listing, the company's shares were trading with a GMP of Rs 72 in the unlisted market. Considering the upper price band of Rs 549, the stock is expected to see a premium of just over 13% on listing.

Qualcomm grilled a former Apple executive on Tuesday about a key question for the future of the chip industry: Who owns the intellectual property built on top of Arm's computing architecture? At stake in a trial in U.S. federal court in Delaware this week is the fate of Qualcomm's push into the laptop business, where it is helping partners such as Microsoft try to regain ground that Windows computers lost to Apple after the iPhone maker introduced its own custom chips. Arm's flagship product is a computing architecture that competes against Intel's architecture and is ubiquitous in smartphones and increasingly used in laptops and data centers. Competing computing architectures are the reason that, until relatively recently, most smartphone apps did not work on most laptops.

SME IPO of Identical Brains Studios opened for subscription earlier today and will close on December 20. The company aims to raise Rs 20 crore through the SME IPO and list the shares on NSE SME platform. Here are 10 key things investors need to know about the public offer before subscribing to the issue.

one-in-a-billion egg was sold for 200 Pounds (Rs 21,000) at an auction in UK, reported BBC. Previously, Ed Pownell from Lambourn in Berkshire had bought the egg for 150 Pounds (Rs 16,000) after having a few beers. After buying it, Pownell donated it to the Iuventas Foundation — a charity that provides life coaching, mentoring and mental health aid to young people across Oxfordshire, where it was sold again.

«We are continuing to take steps to further knock down barriers to private sector cooperation, and importantly, we are in the process of finalising national security memorandum that will update our own export control policies under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR),» Finer said. Finer, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra visited Houston on Tuesday and met the astronauts of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) who are training at NASA's Johnson Space Center to execute a joint effort of the International Space Station next year.

Federal Reserve's last policy announcement of the year after economic data indicated consumer spending remained solid. U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in November, buoyed in part by an acceleration in motor vehicle purchases, consistent with strong underlying momentum in a resilient economy.

Trump is set to take office in January and executives are hoping a positive rapport with his administration, such as the one Tesla boss Elon Musk has established, could mean notable benefits for their companies. Below is a list of companies that are contributing funds for Trump's inauguration for his second term in the White House.

Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:

shareholders have rejected automotive components manufacturer Automotive Axles' proposed transaction with an affiliate company, according to the voting results published by the company. Automotive Axles, a joint venture between the Kalyani Group and Cummins, had sought shareholder approval for transactions worth ₹2,500 crore in FY26 with Meritor HVS India (MHVSIL). About 79% of public institutional investors and 88% of non-institutional investors voted against the resolution, the exchange filing said. Proxy advisory firms opposed the proposal, arguing that the business should be conducted directly through the listed company to benefit all shareholders, rather than through a joint venture.

passive funds in their portfolio. WHAT ARE ACTIVELY MANAGED MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES? An actively managed fund is a scheme where the fund manager is in charge. The fund manager monitors stocks, makes buy or sell decisions on each stock, decides weightage in the portfolio based on the objectives of the scheme

Ambuja Cement, Alivus Life, Route Mobile, Aurobindo Pharma, LTIMindtree among others will be in focus due to various news developments. Piramal Enterprises Piramal Enterprises announced that the administrative committee of its board of directors will meet on December 20 to consider public issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs).