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Ambuja Cements Ltd. 1.08 per cent to Rs 572.00 in Thursday's trade as of 01:58PM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 579.35 and low of Rs 570.10 during the session. The return on equity (ROE) for the stock stood at 9.24 per cent. Traded volume on the counter stood at 01:58PM shares and turnover at Rs 2.72 crore around that time. The stock of Ambuja Cements Ltd. quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 706.85 and 52-week low prices of Rs 452.90, respectively.

Bharat Forge Ltd. traded 1.54 per cent at Rs 1358.00 at 02:04PM (IST) on Thursday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex 248.59 points to 81277.55. The stock had closed at Rs 1379.35 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 1826.20 and 52-week low of Rs 1063.40, respectively. As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 02:04PM (IST) stood at 5536 shares with a turnover of Rs 0.76 crore.

PI Industries Ltd. 1.46 per cent to Rs 4043.70 in Thursday's trade as of 02:08PM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 24556.65, 85.15 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 4104.00 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week low of Rs 3060.00 and a high of Rs 4801.40. The company quoted a market-cap of Rs 61231.92 crore on the BSE.

Bitcoin following a 10% gain in October. Bitcoin has hit six figures for the first time and is now consolidating around $100,000. The path to $150,000 and above is set in this cycle with analysts predicting a strong first quarter of 2025 for the asset class overall. Bitcoin is now trading in uncharted territory while the overall crypto market cap has broken through to $3.6 trillion.

Nikkei share average finished at a two-month closing high on Thursday, tracking Wall Street's strength, after an in-line U.S. inflation report boosted expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next week. The Nikkei climbed 1.21% in fourth straight session of gains to 39,849.14, its highest close since Oct. 15. The index crossed 40,000 for the first time since that day.

Kotak Institutional Equities expects FirstCry operator BrainBees Solutions to benefit from GlobalBees turning profitable and has initiated coverage on the stock with an ‘add’ rating and a target price of Rs 630. GlobalBees is a subsidiary of BrainBees, which is expected to scale up rapidly and support growth for its parent company.

Union Budget 2025 approaches, leading experts are calling for a significant increase in infrastructure spending to catalyse India's economic growth. The government is urged to go for an 30% annual rise in infrastructure allocations, with demands for the upcoming budget to push capital expenditure to ₹18 lakh crore from last year’s ₹11.1 lakh crore base. Annual increase in capital expenditure is crucial to reversing GDP slowdown and achieving the nation's ambitious economic goals. A robust budget allocation and proactive private-sector participation will be pivotal in ensuring sustainable and inclusive growth.

DLF Ltd. rose 0.53 per cent to Rs 870.35 in Thursday's trade. It hit an intraday high of Rs 878.15 and low of Rs 861.50, respectively, during the day. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 967.00 and low of Rs 659.85.

Canara Bank 1.19 per cent to Rs 107.60 in Thursday's trade as of 01:53PM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 108.70 and low of Rs 107.45 during the session.

Adani Group stocks surged by up to 9% on Thursday after FBI Director Chris Wray announced he would step down from his position early next year. The news follows signals from Republican President-elect Donald Trump indicating his intention to dismiss the veteran official and replace him with Indian-American Kash Patel. The combined market capitalization of all Adani Group stocks increased by Rs 28,000 crores.

SRF Ltd. 1.02 per cent to Rs 2313.15 in Thursday's trade as of 01:38PM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 24567.5, 74.3 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 2337.05 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week low of Rs 2088.55 and a high of Rs 2697.45. The company quoted a market-cap of Rs 68548.24 crore on the BSE.

edible oil import rose 38.5 per cent to 15.9 lakh tonne in November mainly due to sharp jump in shipments of crude sunflower oil and crude soyabean oil, according to industry data. On Thursday, Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) released the data of import of vegetable oil (edible and non-edible ) for November. As per the data, import of vegetable oils during November, the first month of the 2024-25 oil marketing year, rose 40 per cent to 16,27,642 tonne compared to 11,60,590 tonne a year ago. Out of total vegetable oil import, India imported 15,90,301 tonne of edible oil in November as against 11,48,092 tonne in the same month last year. Import of non-edible oils increased to 37,341 tonne compared to 12,498 tonne in November 2023.

Pidilite Industries Ltd. traded 0.25 per cent in Thursday's session at 12:27PM (IST). The stock opened at Rs 3175.05 and has touched an intraday high and low of Rs 3192.00 and Rs 3163.90, respectively, during the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 3414.40 and a 52-week low of 2490.00. About 2,904 shares changed hands on the counter so far.

Prashant Mehta as Managing Director to lead its Global Delivery Centre (GDC). Mehta will focus on accelerating the GDC’s global growth, with a significant concentration of talent based in India. The specialist capability hub, accessible to all WPP agency teams worldwide, will be headquartered in India. This follows the recent opening of a new campus in Chennai, WPP’s third in the country after Mumbai and Gurugram. India, a top-10 growth market for WPP and a hub of technological innovation and creativity, is pivotal to the GDC’s strategic expansion. Leveraging an existing workforce of 11,000 in the country, the GDC enhances WPP’s presence by capitalising on India’s resources and specialist expertise.

IT stocks outperformed the broader market on Thursday, with the Nifty IT index hitting a new high of 46,000.Leading the charge were Coforge and Tech Mahindra, which surged up to 4%. Several other IT stocks, including Infosys, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Mphasis, also reached their 52-week highs.Coforge shares rose 3.8% to Rs 9,349, Tech Mahindra shares went up by 2.7% to Rs 1,807, LTIMindtree shares gained 2% to Rs 6,733 while Infosys shares rose 1.5% to Rs 1,998.

Vinayak Chatterjee, Founder & Managing Trustee, The Infravision Foundation, says along with the slowdown in spending, the relatively lower budget increase in infrastructure has impacted GDP growth. In the next six months, the government has to step on the fiscal expenditure pedal and also the Budget pedal. One rupee spent on infrastructure by the government leads to a three-rupee increase in GDP, whereas a one-rupee spent by the government on items like direct benefit transfer (DBT), results in a 90-paisa increase in GDP. So, if the government wants to pump prime the economy for a robust GDP growth, it has to channel money into infrastructure. As far as Budget expectations are concerned, the government should get back the trajectory of 30% increase in infra Budget of the last many years, excluding FY25. On last year's capex base of Rs 11.1 lakh crore, there should be a 30% increase in the upcoming Budget.

Shree Cements Ltd. 0.07 per cent to Rs 27292.00 at 12:06PM (IST) in Thursday's trade. The counter hit a high of Rs 27309.05 and low of Rs 27185.80 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 27270.85 in the previous session. The counter had a total traded volume of 12:06PM shares so far with a turnover of Rs 0.29 crore on BSE. The stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 56.86 and a price-to-book ratio of 4.48.

Mutual funds in November bought stocks worth Rs 264 billion in the Indian secondary market. The mutual fund managers actively churn the scheme portfolios and accordingly make changes from their portfolios to deliver better performance. Here are the large, mid, and smallcap stocks that mutual funds bought and sold in November, according to the Mutual Fund Insights report by Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research. The highest deployment by the mutual fund industry were Zomato's QIP (Rs 56 billion), IPOs of Swiggy (Rs 53 billion), and NTPC Green (Rs 40 billion). Meanwhile, mutual funds utilised the MSCI-driven liquidity at the end of November to partially exit inclusion such as HDFC Bank (Rs 110 billion), Voltas (Rs 14 billion), Oberoi Realty (Rs 11 billion), and Alkem (Rs 8 billion). Also Read | Mutual funds see Rs 8,995 crore inflow in mid and small cap funds in November. Should you allocate more?

Waaree Energies shares rallied 4% to Rs 3,303 in Thursday's intraday trade on the BSE after the company’s arm, Waaree Forever Energies, received a Letter of Award (LoA) for the development of a 170 MW solar power plant in Madhya Pradesh. «Waaree Forever Energies Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, has today received a Letter of Award (LoA) for the development of a 170 MW solar power plant in Madhya Pradesh from Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL),» the company said in an exchange filing.

Vrinda Grover will no longer be representing the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder victim's family, sources said on Thursday. They said that the concerned trial court, before which the trial in the rape-murder case is being held, has been informed accordingly and that the counsels stand discharged from the matter. The sources said that at this stage, on account of «certain intervening factors and circumstances», senior advocate Vrinda Grover is constrained to withdraw from the case proceedings in this matter and will no longer be representing the victim's family. The chamber of advocate Grover, including advocates Soutik Banerjee and Arjun Gooptu, were requested by the victim's parents to provide legal representation before the Supreme Court, Calcutta High Court and the Sealdah sessions court and ACJM court, they said.

REC Ltd. traded at Rs 565.55 on BSE at 12:01PM (IST) on Thursday, 0.75 per cent from previous close. The scrip quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 389.05 and a high of Rs 653.90.