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RBL Bank shares skidded about 5% on Monday to Rs 147.55 on BSE after the private lender, along with Bajaj Finance, mutually decided to end their eight-year long partnership for co-branded credit cards. The private lender said in a statement on Friday that it would continue to service the existing portfolio of nearly 3.4 million co-branded credit cards under its partnership with Bajaj Finance, even as its dependance on the partnership tumbled to 37,000 this September, compared to 1.26 lakh in September last year. Upon the renewal of these co-branded cards, customers would only be issued an RBL Bank-branded credit card, the private lender added.

Shree Cements Ltd. 2.83 per cent to Rs 26800.00 at 10:47AM (IST) in Monday's trade. The scrip has hit a high of Rs 26844.95 and low of Rs 26052.00 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 26060.15 in the previous session. The counter has had a total traded volume of 308 shares so far with a value of Rs 0.82 crore on the NSE. It traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 55.72 and a price-to-book ratio of 4.48.

Q2 earnings season, the worst since June 2020, was not enough, stock market investors are now dealing with another headache after the Q2 GDP growth of 5.4% was at its lowest in the last seven quarters. With Sensex and Nifty already down 7-8% from their peaks amid record-breaking pullout by FIIs, brokerages are now lowering the India GDP targets which may eventually start reflecting on the equity market outlook as well.

Inox Wind Ltd.(up 9.47%), Torrent Power Ltd.(up 6.00%), Ravindra Energy Ltd.(up 5.00%), Inox Wind Energy Ltd.(up 4.97%), Neueon Towers Ltd.(up 4.82%), GE Power India Ltd.(up 3.72%), Jyoti Structures Ltd.(up 3.17%), GMR Power and Urban Infra Ltd.(up 1.60%), Adani Green Energy Ltd.(up 1.55%) and Indo Tech Transformers Ltd.(up 1.48%) were among the top gainers.

Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. 0.7 per cent to Rs 1243.40 at 10:52AM (IST) in Monday's trade. The stock hit a high of Rs 1259.00 and low of Rs 1233.60 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 1234.65 in the previous session. The counter had a total traded volume of 10:52AM shares so far with a turnover of Rs 1.63 crore on BSE. The stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 27.12 and a price-to-book ratio of 4.96.

Stocks that rallied over 10% included, Nelco Ltd(14.79%), Kilpest India(13.90%), Darshan Orna(13.33%), Response Informatic(12.37%), Raghuvir Synthetics(11.54%), Ramco Systems(10.56%), Hikal Ltd(10.45%), Bombay Wire Rope(10.45%) and Mefcom Capital(10.01%).

Choksi Imaging(up 19.99%), IO System Ltd(up 19.96%), Pudumjee Paper Prod(up 18.15%), BN Rathi Sec(up 17.24%) and Nelco Ltd(up 16.08%) were among the stocks that surged over 15%.

Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com, says net-net, 2025 should be a reasonably good year overall because today the consensus trade is long dollar, long US equities, and the overweights on that are so excessive that normally and the consensus view is so drastic on that side, normally the reverse plays out and we could actually see emerging markets and emerging market currencies do better in 2025. In auto, among two-wheelers, TVS has done better than expected, Hero MotoCorp has done less well. Maruti numbers seem to be pretty good and they are the ones who actually corrected the delay in inventories and the management said that we are back to normal last month. So, the positives seem to be from TVS and Maruti. What do you make of the GDP slowdown because people are trying to find reasons around it as to whether one should look at the nominal number or if it is just manufacturing or a backward-looking data and all of that. What is your key takeaway on consumption right now? Sandip Sabharwal: GDP data, whenever it is released, is obviously backward-looking because the reports of the companies have already come in. So, the second quarter results in general were disappointing and those by themselves reflected a growth slowdown. All of us knew that there was a growth slowdown. It was just RBI, which was maintaining a very high forecast of growth, which looked very improbable. So, that reporting has come in.

Shriram Finance Ltd. 2.16 per cent to Rs 3083.10 in Monday's trade as of 10:05AM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 3088.55 and low of Rs 3000.00 during the session.

The allotment of IPO of C2C Advanced Systems, which received strong response from investors, will be out today. To check the allotment status through the registrar, follow the below mentioned steps. The registrar in this case is Link Intime India.

Varun Beverages Ltd. 3.39 per cent to Rs 642.10 in Monday's trade as of 09:59AM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 24139.85, 8.75 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 621.00 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week low of Rs 418.78 and a high of Rs 682.84. The company quoted a market-cap of Rs 216769.06 crore on the BSE.

trade hub by expanding participation of authorised economic operators (AEOs), integrated free zones, and promoting innovative policies, Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday. «We aim to set new benchmarks in trade facilitation and global connectivity,» Malhotra said while delivering the valedictory address at the Global AEO Conference here. He further said technology and trust are two pillars of the revenue department and underscored the importance of expansion of Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) programme to include more regional and bilateral partners. India has been adopting technology both in direct and indirect tax administration, he said, adding that most of the services are online including appeals, refunds and payments.

The NSE Nifty index traded 1.25 points down at 24129.85, while BSE Sensex was 89.22 points at 79713.57 as of 09:58AM(IST)on December 02.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 7.4 points down at 24123.7, while BSE Sensex was 109.35 points at 79693.44 at the time of writing this report.

Adani Group stocks will be in focus on Monday after Gautam Adani, chairman of the energy-to-infrastructure conglomerate, addressed ongoing challenges, including allegations of bribery and fraud involving Adani Green Energy. Speaking at the 51st Gem & Jewellery Awards in Jaipur on Saturday, Adani described the allegations as opportunities to strengthen the group. «Less than two weeks ago, we faced allegations from the US regarding compliance practices. Every attack makes us stronger, and every obstacle becomes a stepping stone for resilience,» Adani said, referring to charges filed by the US Department of Justice and the SEC.

Axis Securities has a buy call on Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders with a target price of Rs 4,965. The current market price of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders is Rs 4484.85 The time period given by the analyst is 3-4 weeks when Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. price can reach defined target. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, incorporated in 1934, is a Small Cap company with a market cap of Rs 89530.19 crore) operating in the Defence sector. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders' key Products/Revenue Segments include Contract Revenue, Sale of Products, Other Operating Revenue, Ship Repairs and Scrap for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Pashupati Advani, Founder, Global Foray, says there is no real trigger to take the market to a new level. FIIs are selling, SIPs are still there which is good, but the actual retailer who has been providing the liquidity and enjoying the market is not being able to make money and will leave the markets and that is not a good sign. Advani says he is still very defensive and looking at cement, a little bit of pharma and a couple of PSUs. He is being very conservative and still sitting on some cash, waiting for opportunities. What are you buying right now? What is keeping you busy? Pashupati Advani: Trying to stay out of trouble. I bought Reliance last week. I am crying.

IPO party of 2024 stood out as a landmark year for fundraising, with blockbuster issues making headlines and drawing strong investor interest. However, the post-listing performance of many of these IPOs was mixed with 48% of the issues or nearly 1 in 2 slipping below their listing day close, according to an analysis by ETMarkets. Out of the 72 IPOs for which data is available, 35 are currently trading below their listing day price. On the brighter side, three issues have turned into multibaggers, while 27 have delivered strong double-digit returns since their debut.

Stocks that were in focus include names like Paytm, which fell 2.8% and BEML, which gained 5% and NCC, whose shares jumped 2% on Friday.

The central bank’s rate cuts anticipated from early next year on slowing economic growth, continued index-inclusion-related foreign inflows and strong demand from local pension and insurance companies are likely to further burnish the appeal of sovereign notes.