“Volatility is likely to be the hallmark for the day as traders roll over December F&O contracts to January,” Prashanth Tapse - Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities said.

Indian shares opened lower on Thursday, tracking a slide in global equities, as investors fretted over the surge in COVID cases in China. The Nifty 50 index was down 0.38% at 18,051.40, as of 09:18 a.m. IST, and the S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.41% to 60,655.13. Most of the major sectoral indexes declined, with information technology, auto, oil and gas, and metals shedding over 0.5%.

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The markets kept on oscillating in a narrow range on Wednesday, ending the day with a small loss. Some stocks, which were underperforming the markets, are now showing signs of reversal.

The board of the company will meet to consider and approve the proposal for issuance of non-convertible debentures by way of private placement in one or more tranches.

Nomura analysts said in a note that there could be significant waves of infection across China, spreading from urban to rural areas, during the nationwide travel rush for the Lunar New Year which falls on Jan. 22.

The farming sector is expected to have a good 2022-23 rabi season because of healthy monsoons. Also, hopes that the GOI may announce incentives for the agri sector in the Union Budget added momentum to RCF.

ET Now spoke to various experts and here's what they have to recommend for today's trading session. Nooresh Merani has a buy/sell recommendation on NTPC and M&M Finance while Kunal Bothra has a buy/sell recommendation on ICICI Bank and LIC Housing Finance for today's trading session. Check out the targets and stoploss.

This stock crashed to almost 18% in two months from its top of Rs.62 on 31st August to Rs.43.10 in the week ending December 23. The crash came after a rise of almost 90 – 100% in the latter half of 2022. It has recovered and completed a pullback, and the oscillator and volumes are showing strength, though the price is yet to give a breakout.

The SGX Nifty 50 December futures is pointing to a slightly negative start for domestic equities on Thursday. However, trade is expected to be subdued due to lower participation by foreign investors amid year-end holidays. But here are some stocks which are expected to see some action in trade today.

New-age companies raised $24 billion across all stages as of Dec 28 compared with $35.4 billion in 2021

When Tesla's stock begins to tick upwards there should be a flurry of short covering ... as shorter-term short sellers look to realize their outsized mark-to-market profits before they evaporate," said Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3 Partners.

The “SEBI needs to move faster, and strengthen its investigation mechanism,” said Harish Kumar, a partner at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India. Inability to ensure compliance can result in erosion of shareholder wealth and faith in the market.

While recent data pointing to an easing in inflationary pressures has bolstered hopes of smaller interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, a tight labor market and resilient American economy have spurred worries that rates could stay higher for longer.

​Expiry of the December derivative series will bring in some volatility in the market. The overall trading volume is expected to remain muted due to lower investor participation amid year-end holidays.

In 2 decades with Mukesh Ambani as chairman, RIL's mcap has grown at 20.6% CAGR & profits by an annualised rate of 16.4%, Credit & care & value unlocking likely to bring back the mojo to the stock as comparisons with Gautam Adani further intensifies.

Kochhar and her husband, Deepak, were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on December 23. Venugopal Dhoot, chairman of Videocon, is also in CBI custody.

As per the order, the regulator conducted a thematic inspection of BOI AXA Mutual Fund for the period August 2018 to February 2019 to verify the books of accounts, records and other documents pertaining to the mutual fund with respect to Inter Scheme Transfers (ISTs) and valuation of downgraded debt securities.

On Wednesday, National Fertilizers, Rashtriya Chemicals and Ferilizers, GSFC and Deepak Fertilizers soared 7-16% on the BSE. The Sensex ended almost unchanged over the previous day. The mid-cap index gained 0.2% and the small-cap index rose 0.45%.

Traders who missed the rally can look at accumulating or buying the stock on this dip for a possible target towards Rs 3,900 in the next 2-4 months, say experts

At the December gathering, the BOJ blindsided economists and investors by widening the range of movement of benchmark 10-year yields to 0.5 percentage point either side of its target.

On Wednesday, they appeared poised to get a small reward for their loyalty: Tesla jumped as much as 6.6% soon after the market's open. But the shares gave back almost all those gains by late morning, threatening to extend a seven-day losing streak that has driven them down 70% this year and erased almost $720 billion from the company's stock-market capitalisation.

Only 3.2% of total bad loans were sold to ARCs at the end of 2022, data from the central bank showed. Data also showed that foreign funds are betting big on India's distressed asset space with investments crossing over ₹14,000 crore in FY22.

Investors of cigarette-to-FMCG company ITC finally saw their patience pay off as its stock rose 52% during the year on the back of a smart recovery in the company's performance as it emerged from the worst of the pandemic. During this period, the ET FMCG Index gained 14%.

HDFC Life, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and BPCL will also collectively see inflows of $20 million following the reshuffling, while Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finserv, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC and Tech Mahindra will see outflows to the tune of $77 million, said the brokerage.These changes shall take place on December 29 and become effective from December 30.

At present, the benchmarks based on which products are traded on the Indian stock exchange platforms and indices tracked by the fund managers are owned and managed by entities which are generally either subsidiaries of stock exchanges or joint venture between an exchange and an index provider or any entity engaged in the activity of credit rating. Sebi had allowed the stock exchanges to introduce derivative products on foreign indices in January 2011.

“Eicher Motors is among the top performing names within the auto basket. In the last leg of the up move, it posted strong gains after the breakout from a consolidation range of 2300-3000 levels,” Ajit Mishra, VP - Technicals, Religare Broking, said.

As per the order, the regulator conducted a thematic inspection of BOI AXA Mutual Fund for the period August 2018 to February 2019 to verify the books of accounts, records and other documents pertaining to the mutual fund with respect to Inter Scheme Transfers (ISTs) and valuation of downgraded debt securities.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 23.20 points, or 0.07%, at the open to 33,264.76

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Indian shares closed marginally lower on Wednesday after flitting between gains and losses in the session in the absence of major triggers and with liquidity drying up ahead of the year-end. The Nifty50 closed 0.05% lower at 18,122.50, and the 30-share Sensex fell 0.03% to 60,910.28.“After showing a sustainable upside bounce in the last couple of sessions, Nifty shifted into a consolidation on Wednesday and closed the day lower by 09 points. After opening with a negative note, the market showed a gradual upside recovery with range-bound action in the early to mid part of the session. Minor intraday weakness from the highs was seen towards the end,” said Nagaraj Shetti, Technical Research Analyst at HDFC Securities.Here are the top stock recommendations for Thursday

Indian shares closed marginally lower on Wednesday after flitting between gains and losses in the session in the absence of major triggers and with liquidity drying up ahead of the year-end. The Nifty50 closed 0.05% lower at 18,122.50, and the 30-share Sensex fell 0.03% to 60,910.28.“After showing a sustainable upside bounce in the last couple of sessions, Nifty shifted into a consolidation on Wednesday and closed the day lower by 09 points. After opening with a negative note, the market showed a gradual upside recovery with range-bound action in the early to mid part of the session. Minor intraday weakness from the highs was seen towards the end,” said Nagaraj Shetti, Technical Research Analyst at HDFC Securities.Here are the top stock recommendations for Thursday

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Benchmark index Sensex closed marginally lower, by about 17 points, at 60,910 on Wednesday after a range-bound trading session due to profit taking by investors after two straight days of gains. During this lacklustre trade, 9 stocks from the BSE smallcap index managed to record their new 52-week highs.The 52-week high is the highest price at which a stock has traded during the last year. Some traders and investors use this technical indicator as an important factor to analyse a stock's current value and to predict its future price movement.

Barring any major change in the global macroeconomic and geopolitical set up, the 1-year targets for the benchmark indices indicate a 7-8% upside from the current levels.On Wednesday, Nifty 50 and Sensex ended flat at 18,122.50 points and 60,910.28 points, respectively.

If Nifty manages to sustain above 18200 levels in the short term, then the downside breakout of the said support that happened on Friday could be considered as a false downside breakout, and such development is likely to have sharp positive implications on the market, said Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.

The company’s shares got ex-bonus for its bonus share in the 1:1 ratio on December 21, while the record date intimated for the purpose of determining shareholders’ eligibility for the bonus share issue was December 22, 2022.This is the first-ever bonus share issue announced by the company.

Benchmark indices ended on a flat note on Wednesday in a volatile trade with a negative bias following mixed global trends and foreign fund outflows. Sensex settled at 60,910, down 0.03%, while Nifty ended at 18,122 points due to profit taking by investors after two straight days of gains. Broader markets ended with marginal gains. Nifty Bank settled with little losses. Sectoral indices put up a mixed show with some settling in the red and some in green.Here are the stocks that remained in focus today:

Benchmark indices ended on a flat note on Wednesday in a volatile trade with a negative bias following mixed global trends and foreign fund outflows. Sensex settled at 60,910, down 0.03%, while Nifty ended at 18,122 points due to profit taking by investors after two straight days of gains. Broader markets ended with marginal gains. Nifty Bank settled with little losses. Sectoral indices put up a mixed show with some settling in the red and some in green.Here are the stocks that remained in focus today:

Closing Bell: Sensex ends flat after volatile session; Nifty tops 18,100; Adani Total Gas jumps 8%, Titan 3%

The 30-share Sensex ended 17 points lower at 60,910, while its broader peer, Nifty 50, ended at 18,100.

India’s outperformance over the developing peers is even more accentuated. Indian equities outperformed the emerging market (EM) counterparts by 23% in 2022; the second year in a row when it was above 20%.

Rising Covid cases in China and the chances of new BF.7 Omicron sub-variant's rapid spread in India have left a section of investors a worried lot. Domestic brokerage Motilal Oswal sees Covid to faint into a non-event in 2023 and believes that a mild spread of the infection won't have a debilitating impact on stocks.

Incorporated in 1997, Titagarh Wagons is a smallcap company operating in the engineering sector. It expands its global reach and presence through factories in India and Italy, catering to passenger rolling stock including trains and metros. Its key product range includes electric propulsion equipment such as traction motors and vehicle control systems

The year 2022 has remained subdued for shares of top housing finance companies. However, select smaller players have witnessed a significant rise in their share prices.On BSE, there are 13 listed housing finance companies with a market cap of over Rs 250 crore. Stocks like Star Housing Finance and SRG Housing Finance have surged about 130% and 53%, respectively in 2022. While industry leader HDFC gained just 3%. Meanwhile, LIC Housing Finance jumped 12%, shows data from ACE Equity.According to Trendlyne, the top housing finance stocks can see a good upside. Take a look:

While optimists are betting on central banks pivoting to interest rate cuts, along with China fully emerging from its Covid isolation and conflict in Europe abating, others are on the lookout for risks that may throw markets back into turmoil.

For the quarter that ended September 30, 2022, the company has reported consolidated net sales of Rs 305.8 crore — up 37.68% from last quarter's total income of Rs 222.1 crore. The company reported a net profit after tax of Rs 22.9 crore in the last quarter.

That sets up a potential flood of tourists out of China for next month's Lunar New Year holiday, taking free-spending Chinese visitors to Asia, Europe and other destinations during what usually is the country's busiest travel season.

The government spending on infrastructure projects has remained at elevated levels for the last many years, this had a trickle down effect on many parts of the economy. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or "strong buy".

Developing economies are expected to cling to their growth differential over developed peers, but recession fears in the United States as well as Europe are casting a pall over global markets generally - especially in the first half of the year.