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Informist, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025                                      Tel +91 (22) 6985-4000

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Equity Alert: Indices seen higher Wed on buying at lower levels

 

MUMBAI--0844 IST--Benchmark equity indices are expected to see some gains in early trade Wednesday despite lack of fresh triggers. This follows losses in the previous four-five sessions. Analysts expect the Nifty 50 to bounce back this week. Some analysts expect it to remain in a range.

 

The GIFT Nifty suggests a positive start to the market as it is nearly 188 points higher than the Nifty 50's previous close. On Tuesday, the 50-stock index closed flat at 25938.85 points, closing in negative territory for the fourth straight day. The BSE Sensex closed at 84675.08, down 20.46 points Tuesday.

 

"Nifty Bank is trading in a sideways structure but losing relative strength compared to the broader market," Emkay Global Financial Services said. "The index faces stiff resistance near 59500, and a failure to cross this level could lead to a decline towards 58500." The index closed 0.4% higher at 59171.25 points on Tuesday.

 

The US Federal Open Market Committee released the minutes of its Dec. 9-10 meeting after market hours Tuesday. According to the minutes, most officials expect an additional rate cut in 2026 and one in 2027, after the Fed reduced the key interest rates in the previous three meetings. 

 

Benchmark indices on Wall Street closed lower on Tuesday, extending losses for the third consecutive session. All the three major indices were dragged down by losses in information technology stocks Palantir Technologies and Nvidia Corp. Asian market indices, barring China's CSI 300 index, opened lower, with the Hang Seng index the worst performer in the region.

 

Back home, defence stocks will be in focus after the Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth INR 46.66 billion for battle carbine, and torpedoes.  (Arundathi A R)

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Equity Alert: Asian indices mixed, China factory activity rises after 8 mos

 

MUMBAI--0822 IST--Asian equity indices were mixed on Wednesday. China's CSI 300 index was up 0.2?ter official data showed the country's factory activity saw a marginal expansion in December, snapping eight months of contraction. Consumer inflation in South Korea slowed in 2025 according to official data.

 

The RatingDog China General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, which is compiled by S&P Global, rose to 50.1 in December from 49.9 in November, according to a report by Reuters. This was in line with an official Purchasing Managers' Index released earlier that indicated factory activity rising. The National Bureau of Statistics' manufacturing purchasing managers' index rose to 50.1 in December from 49.2 in November, above the 50-point mark separating growth from contraction. It beat analysts' forecast of 49.2 in a Reuters poll. The marginal expansion was achieved due to stronger production and domestic demand, which offset a decline in foreign orders. This puts the country on track to achieve its full-year growth target of "around 5%" for 2025 despite a trade war with the US, weak domestic demand, and a property slump, Reuters said. 

 

South Korea's consumer inflation slowed down to 2.1% in 2025 from 2.3% in 2024, in line with with the Bank of Korea's target of 2%. This would potentially support Bank of Korea's case to pause interest rates at the current level for longer, according to a Reuters report. The Bank of Korea kept its interest rates unchanged at 2.50% for the fourth consecutive meeting on Nov. 27. The consumer price index of the country rose to 2.3% in December, in line with forecasts. The index rose 0.3% on a monthly basis as opposed to a 0.2% rise expected by economists, Reuters said.  

 

Markets in Hong Kong and Australia will close early for the holidays while those of Japan and South Korea are shut for the day, according to a CNBC report. Markets in China will be shut on Thursday and Friday, according to a report by the South China Morning Post. 

 

Following were the levels of key Asian indices at 0822 IST:

 

Level	Last	Change in %
IDX Composite	8646.938	0.03
S P/ ASX 200 INDEX	8690.1	(-)0.31
TAIEX	28865.29	0.55
SSE Composite Index	3977.0689	0.30
Nikkei 225 Day	50339.48	(-)0.37
KOSPI	4214.17	(-)0.15
CSI 300 Index	4659.3874	0.17

 

(Akshat Saksena)

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Equity Alert: US indices close lower Tue, down for 3rd straight session

 

MUMBAI--0742 IST--All three major US equity indices closed slightly lower Tuesday, falling for the third consecutive session. The indices were dragged down by losses in technology stocks Palantir Technologies and Nvidia Corp., both recording back-to-back sessions of a drop. 

 

Shares of Nvidia and Palantir fell 0.4% and nearly 2%, respectively. However, both stocks, along with peers such as Advanced Micro Devices, have seen phenomenal gains this year, according to a CNBC report. Shares of Nvidia have risen 39% during the year, Palantir has surged 139%, and Advanced Micro Devices has jumped 78%. Gains in artificial intelligence stocks are set to continue next year as well, according to Bill Northey of US Bank Asset Management, the CNBC report said. 

 

Shares of communication companies were the highest gainers during the session due to a rise in shares of Meta Platforms, according to a Reuters report. The stock was up over 1%. The company said it would acquire Manus, a Chinese-founded AI start-up, to accelerate its efforts to integrate advanced AI across its platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, Reuters said. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that the deal to acquire the Singapore-based firm was valued between $2 billion and $3 billion.

 

Shares of Citigroup fell nearly 1%, a day after the board approved the sale of its Russian unit, AO Citibank, to Renaissance Capital, leading to a pre-tax loss of around $1.2 billion due to currency translation. "We believe investors will look past it as a non-core item and focus more on the idea that resolution of another legacy issue is getting closer to the finish line – a positive for (Citi's) ongoing transformation," R. Scott Siefers, analyst at Piper Sandler, said in a note, according to Reuters. 

 

Russia said it would toughen its stance on negotiations to end the Ukraine war, accusing Kyiv of attacking a Russian presidential palace. This led to a rise in oil prices, with the S&P 500 Energy Sector outperforming its peers, rising 0.7%, according to the Reuters report.

 

Minutes of the US Federal Reserve's December meeting showed that policymakers were divided over the 25 basis point rate cut earlier this month, CNBC said. "With respect to the extent and timing of additional adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, some participants suggested that, under their economic outlooks, it would likely be appropriate to keep the target range unchanged for some time after a lowering of the range at this meeting," the minutes said, according to the CNBC report.         

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Tuesday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6896.24	(-)0.14
NASDAQ Composite	23419.08	(-)0.24
Dow Jones Industrial Average	48367.06	(-)0.20

 

(Akshat Saksena)

 

US$1 = INR 89.79

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

All prices from National Stock Exchange, unless otherwise specified.

All percentage changes for share prices are rounded off to the nearest whole number; percentage changes for index values are rounded off to one decimal place.

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