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The Indian equity indices ended with marginal losses on December 24, following a volatile trading session marked by muted volumes ahead of the Christmas holiday.
At close, the Sensex was down 116.14 points or 0.14 percent at 85,408.70, and the Nifty was down 35.05 points or 0.13 percent at 26,142.10. About 1693 shares advanced, 2154 shares declined, and 118 shares were unchanged.
Trent, Shriram Finance, Apollo Hospitals, UltraTech Cement, Adani Ports were among the major gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Interglobe Aviation, Wipro, Dr Reddy’s Labs, Sun Pharma, and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles.
Except for media and metal, all other sectoral indices ended in the red, with Information Technology, Oil & Gas, Pharma, and PSU Bank down 0.4% each.
Among the broader market indices, the BSE midcap index was down 0.4 percent, and the smallcap index ended flat.
STOCKS TODAY
InterGlobe Aviation
The shares of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of popular airline IndiGo, dropped more than 1.5 percent after Union Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu took to X (formerly Twitter) to say that Al Hind Air and FlyExpress have received NOCs from the government to begin operations, after Shankh Air.
Vikran Engineering
The shares of Vikran Engineering rallied more than 10 percent after the company announced that it had won an order from a domestic company for the design, engineering, procurement, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning on a turnkey EPC basis (including supply of solar PV modules and inverter) for 600 MW AC in multiple locations in Maharashtra.
Bharat Dynamics
The shares of Bharat Dynamics (BDL) jumped 3.3 percent after the government announced that DRDO has completed the User Evaluation Trials (UET) of the Next Generation Akash missile (Akash-NG) system. BDL shares jumped 13 percent in the past five days, but fell more than 19 percent in the past six months. The stock has increased by over 31 percent in 2025 so far.
Hindustan Copper
Hindustan Copper shares rose 6.66 percent, tracking firm global copper prices after strong economic data from the US boosted demand outlook for the metal. Copper prices remained close to record highs in overseas markets after data showed the US economy grew at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter, supported by strong consumer spending and a rebound in exports.
Apollo Hospitals
Shares of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd rose almost 1.5 percent as the company has received an observation letter with ‘no objections’ from the National Stock Exchange for a multi-layered restructuring plan involving Apollo Hospitals’ group entities. This follows the company receiving the Competition Commission of India’s approval for the scheme in September, Apollo Hospitals said in an exchange filing.
Source – Money Control