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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Theatre owners feel they are in for a lukewarm start to the year with the initial Bollywood line-up bereft of any mainstream commercial entertainers or big star films. The pipeline is led by Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency, period drama Azaad, and Shahid Kapoor-starrer Deva in January that will give way to war epic Chhaava and Karan Johar’s Dhadak 2 in February.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Planet Earth completed a revolution around the sun and we all celebrated it with gusto, calling it a New Year. As the planet embarks on its next revolution around the sun with about 8.2 billion human inhabitants, let us go ahead with the annual ritual of crystal-ball gazing into what lies ahead during the next 12 months.

Bitcoin (BTC) has surged back into six-digit territory, continuing its early 2025 recovery. The largest cryptocurrency climbed to nearly $102,000 on Tuesday, marking its first return to the six-digit price since December 19, 2024, and starting the year on a strong note. At 10:43 am IST, Bitcoin was trading at $101,780, up 1.2%, with an intraday high of $102,712.

Indian Hotels Company Ltd. traded 0.24 per cent at Rs 846.95 at 12:07PM (IST) on Tuesday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex 287.28 points to 78252.27. The stock had closed at Rs 844.90 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 894.15 and 52-week low of Rs 450.00, respectively. As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 12:07PM (IST) stood at 28358 shares with a turnover of Rs 2.41 crore.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Pentagon on Monday added a number of well-known Chinese businesses to a list of companies it identifies as military in nature, including some of the country’s largest internet, battery, science and shipping firms. The additions to the Defense Department’s list of “Chinese military companies" reflects its assessment that China fuses commercial and military technology.

futures contracts at MCX opened flat today at Rs 77,249 per 10 gram, which is up by 0.12% or Rs 91 while silver March futures contracts were trading at Rs 90,575/kg, up by 0.02% or Rs 21. Gold prices went up by Rs 350/ 10 grams in the last one week while silver prices fell by Rs 3,000/kg in the same period.

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. 1.58 per cent to Rs 1158.80 in Tuesday's trade as of 10:25AM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 23718.0, 101.96 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 1140.70 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week low of Rs 1055.60 and a high of Rs 1541.30. The company quoted a market-cap of Rs 118480.18 crore on the BSE.

corporate earnings data largely factored in, and the timing now ripe for optimism in selective segments of the market, Quant Mutual Fund is nearing full deployment. The fund believes its risk-off phase is coming to an end, and a healthy pullback rally is on the cards for January.

«The strong growth story is there, inflation is somewhat stickier as well, and the Federal Reserve themselves are suggesting that with the fiscal policy side remaining very loose, monetary policy may need to be tighter to offset that support,» says James Knightley, ING. Just wanted to understand the truth behind the fears of yet another round of yen carry trade after Japan’s finance minister hinting that there could be a round of rate hikes now coming in. James Knightley: Yes, we are seeing these divergence in central banks coming through and say they have been for a long time this expectation that Japan would hike and they caught markets a little bit by surprise in August of last year and they do are perhaps coming back and again suggesting that they can do more. And of course, you have got Federal Reserve in the United States where markets increasing of the view that the Fed would cut less and less than previously thought.

ONGC, Biocon, and Hyundai Motor India, highlighting their potential for robust growth and value creation in the next 1 year. CLSA has upgraded ONGC to «High Conviction Overweight-PF,» citing multiple production and realization triggers, alongside attractive valuations and a strong dividend yield.

Bodhi Tree Multimedia(up 17.73%) were among the stocks that surged over 15%.

standalone billings of Rs 668.3 crore for the quarter ending December 31, 2024, marking a 15.8% year-on-year (YoY) increase. This is compared to Rs 576.9 crore in the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, for the nine months ending December 31, 2024, the billings surged to Rs 1,897.9 crore, up from Rs 1,669 crore.

HDFC Securities has a buy call on Jyothy Labs with a target price of Rs 600. The current market price of Jyothy Labs is Rs 397.1. The company, incorporated in 1992, is a Mid Cap entity with a market cap of Rs 14614.90 crore, operating in the FMCG sector. Jyothy Labs' key products/revenue segments include Personal Care, Sale of services and Scrap for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Power Grid Corporation of India shares will remain in focus on Tuesday after the state-owned electric utility company was named the successful bidder under the Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) process for two major projects aimed at enhancing India’s Inter-State Transmission System. The projects, to be executed under the Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) model, involve significant upgrades to substations in Gujarat and Karnataka.

Q3 results season, which kicks off on Thursday, January 9, with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announcing its December quarter results, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have loaded up their portfolios with IT stocks worth over $1 billion. Out of the net investment of Rs 15,446 crore by FIIs in December, about two-thirds (Rs 9,050 crore) went into IT stocks, according to NSDL data.

Adani Power shares will remain in focus on Tuesday, January 7, after the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine the company's appeal against the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission's (PSERC) refusal to approve a 2006 power purchase agreement (PPA) between the former Udupi Power Corp and a Punjab state discom. A Bench led by Justice PS Narasimha issued a notice to the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) and Punjab State Power Corp (PSPCL) on Adani Power's appeal challenging the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity’s September order that upheld the Commission’s decision to refuse approval.

Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals had announced a stock split in the ratio of 1:2.5 and fixed January 8 as the record date for determining the shareholder eligibility, which makes today the last day to buy the stock to qualify for the split offer. “Pursuant to Regulation 42 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, it is hereby informed that, the Board of Directors of the Company has passed the necessary resolution through Circular Resolution, on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 and has fixed the record date on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 for the purpose of Sub-division/Split of equity shares of the Company such that 1 (one) equity share having face value of Rs. 5/- (Rupees five only) each, fully paid-up, be sub-divided into such number of equity shares having face value of Rs. 2 (Rupee two only) each,” the company had said in a previous exchange filing.

Technichem Organics will debut on the BSE SME platform on Tuesday. Ahead of the listing, the company's shares are trading with a GMP of Rs 16 in the grey market. Considering the upper price band of Rs 71, the stock is expected to see a listing premium of 29% over the issue price.

One Mobikwik Systems will be in focus on Tuesday as the company will announce its first quarterly earnings post its listing on December 18, 2024. The company had posted a consolidated revenue of Rs 875 crore in FY24, marking a 62% growth over the previous year. Its net profit of Rs 14 crore in FY24, reversed from losses of Rs 84 crore in FY23.

News of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s impending resignation helped push the Canadian dollar higher on Monday morning in a move some experts say reflects higher confidence in Canada’s economy with new leadership on the way.

Target-date funds are a way for 401(k) participants to put their retirement savings on autopilot — and they capture the lion's share of investor contributions to 401(k) plans.