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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Fortis Healthcare Max healthcare Institute Narayana Hrudayalaya have seen handsome gains of 27-58% during 2023. Global Health (Medanta) has seen its share price more than double. The stellar gains for the hospital stocks have been driven by improving earnings outlook.

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₹1 lakh crore, making it the sixth firm to achieve this milestone. During Friday's trading session, Tata Consumer stock recorded a 3.8% increase, propelling it past this significant market capitalization threshold.

e Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, a new report indicates that this feature is unlikely to be present, differentiating it from the iPhone 15 Pro Max. As per a report from ETNews, the anticipated release of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is expected to happen earlier than speculated, leading to the exclusion of satellite connectivity. Despite persistent rumors about this feature being added to the Galaxy S series since the previous year, the Galaxy S23 Ultra did not incorporate it.

Naresh Goyal being sent in judicial custody in a loan fraud case, two accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case getting bail, and actor Sooraj Pancholi's acquittal in the Jiah Khan suicide case were among the highlights of the court news from Mumbai in 2023. On January 2, the Bombay High Court refused to discharge Lt Col Prasad Purohit in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, noting that he was not performing his official duty — as he claimed in his defence — when he allegedly attended the blast conspiracy meetings. The recording of evidence in the case was completed before a special NIA court later in the year.

A post shared by Conrad Sangma (@conrad_k_sangma) After the Meghalaya CM shared the video, it went viral. According to details, as quoted by news agency PTI, Sangma's performance, at the Roof Top Cafe in Tura on December 26, was part of a reunion of his rock band ‘Saga’.

mutual funds in one category tend to deliver varied returns, yet some of the high-performing sectors in 2023 are undoubtedly PSU, infrastructure and manufacturing. This is quite evident with the performance shown by some of the popular sectoral or thematic funds falling in these categories. For instance, Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund gave a whopping 59 percent return in the past one year and Nippon India Power & Infra Fund gave a high return of 57.44 percent in one year ending Dec 27.

Innova Captab made a tepid debut on the exchanges on Friday, listing just 2% above the issue price. The lackluster debut performance fell way short of expectations, which highlights the potential risks associated with the highly competitive market, regulatory environment, and currency fluctuations. However, the stock jumped 20% post the listing to hit the upper circuit. Innova Captab has some core strengths, including a strong market position, robust financials, and strategic growth initiatives. «Given the uncertain outlook, a cautious approach is warranted, and investors may exit their position; however, those who want to hold it should maintain a stop loss at the issue price,» said Shivani Nayti, Head of Wealth, Swastika Investmart. The IPO of Innova Captab received tremendous response from investors with 55.26 times subscription at close. The issue received bids of 50,16,58,245 shares against the offered 90,78,010 shares. Innova Captab is an integrated pharmaceutical company in India with a presence across the pharmaceuticals value chain including research and development, manufacturing, drug distribution, and marketing and exports. Its business includes CDMO business providing research, product development and manufacturing services to Indian pharmaceutical companies, a domestic branded generics business and an international branded generics business. The number of CDMO products sold by the company has grown by 131.43% from 1,066 in FY21 to 2,467 in FY23.

Tata Motors share price has doubled in 2023, making it the only stock in the Nifty 50 index to achieve this feat this year. Tata Motors share price opened at ₹755 against the previous close of ₹753.90 and jumped 6.5 per cent to hit its fresh 52-week high of ₹802.90 on the NSE in an otherwise weak market. With this, the stock's year-to-date gain surged to 107 per cent.

South Africa by an innings and 32 runs on Thursday, dashing Rohit and Co's hopes of conquering the 'final frontier' where no Indian team has won a series in the last 31 years. While the Indian batsmen, with the exception of KL Rahul, struggled to get to grips with the bouncing and swinging conditions at the SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium in Centurion, the Indian bowlers failed to put enough pressure on the Proteas, allowing them to post a mammoth first innings total of over 400 runs. However, India skipper Rohit Sharma was highly critical of the Indian bowling line-up for conceding too many runs in the first innings, while reminding the newcomers to the side to be grateful for the opportunity they have been given.

Sebi) moved to a T+1 settlement system. Rishi Joshi writes about this monumental change. In January, many Indians also learnt about the concept of short selling, or betting against a company's performance.

BSE Sensex delivered returns exceeding 18% over the course of the year. Notably, the broader markets displayed remarkable outperformance, with the Nifty Smallcap 100 index surging over 54% and the Nifty Midcap 100 recording a robust increase of more than 45% in 2023. As the financial landscape transitions into the new year, analysts at Standard Chartered have upgraded Indian equities to Overweight.

₹4.10 per share. However, the stock witnessed strong buying interest post listing and went on to touch an intraday high of ₹542.50 apiece on NSE.

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Benchmark Nifty 50 rallied over 8% in the December derivative series, clocking its best gains in a series since February 2021. This was also the highest series gain by the index in 2023. Further, foreign institutional investors significantly increased their net long positions, taking the long-short ratio sharply higher to 2.28 at the beginning of the January series from 0.56. Open interest in Nifty January futures at over Rs 301 billion or 13.9 million shares, is the highest seen since the April derivative series, pointed out analysts. The base with which the new year and the January series begin shows the ultra-bullish sentiment prevailing in the market. However, most analysts have sent out a word of caution and believe that a trend reversal is quite possible in the current series. “It’s quite evident that FIIs, previously leaning towards a short bias, have now pivoted strongly towards a long bias and their current index future long positions make up nearly 70% of the total open interest.

FIIs in the holiday-heavy month, December has turned out to be the best month for Nifty in the last one-and-a-half years with a 7.8% rally. The headline index, which hit an all-time high of 21,801.45 on Thursday, had rallied 5.5% last November. The previous best monthly gain for the index was in the monsoon of July 2022 when Nifty surprised with an 8.7% rally. The bluechip rally on Dalal Street has left smallcaps behind as smart money found the valuations of largecaps relatively more attractive. December month F&O data shows that the rollover for Nifty futures stood at 79.54%, surpassing both the previous month's figure of 73.06% and the average rollover of the last three months, which was 78.66%. FII Long-Short ratio increased from 0.56 to 2.28.

MG Motor India, the SAIC-owned British brand, plans to launch seven new models in the Indian market over the next couple of years, the company told a group of dealers invited to its headquarters in Shanghai within days of stitching a joint venture with the Sajjan Jindal-owned JSW Group. A spokesperson at MG Motor India declined to comment. During their visit, the dealers were showcased a line-up of models—some of which would be launched in India over the next 24 months, said several dealers who attended the meet earlier this month. On November 30, JSW Group and SAIC Motor announced an India joint venture to expand the operations of MG Motor owned by the Chinese.

David Gonzales, Panaji, Goa

Apple's premium iPhone 15 smartphone, it has received a significant price cut on Amazon and will be available for less than ₹75,000 on the e-commerce platform. The iPhone 15 was launched at Apple's Wonderlust event on September 12 at a price of ₹79,990. The premium smartphone is now listed at ₹74,990 on Amazon, but the effective price of the smartphone can be further reduced by availing applicable bank discounts.

By Ankur Banerjee