Nifty 50 was trading at 26,190.90 (157.2, 0.6%), BSE Sensex was trading at 85,718 (452.7, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 23,834.20 (0.39%). Market breadth is in the red. Of the 2,521 stocks traded today, 881 showed gains, and 1,588 showed losses.
Nifty 50 opens in the red, after losing 34 points in the pre-opening session. Indian indices closed higher on Thursday. FIIs sold shares worth Rs 1,944.2 crore, while DIIs invested Rs 3,661.1 crore in Indian equities on the same day.
Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty Midcap 100 open flat. Nifty Consumer Durables and Bank Nifty open lower.
European indices closed in the green on Thursday, except for the Netherlands’ AEX index. Major Asian indices are trading mixed. US indices closed mixed on Thursday. Middleby Corp ended around 5% higher as it entered an agreement to sell a 51% stake in its Residential Kitchen business to 26North in a deal worth $885 million.
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Waaree Energies' wholly-owned subsidiary, Waaree Solar Americas, receives an order from a renowned customer to supply 288 MW solar modules.
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eClerx Services' board of directors approves a buyback of 6.7 lakh shares worth Rs 300 crore for Rs 4,500 per share, sets December 17 as the record date.
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Railtel Corp of India bags an order worth Rs 63.9 crore from the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to design and implement the information and communications technology (ICT) network.
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Cyient's subsidiary, Cyient Semiconductors, secures a contract for the supply and qualification of technology intellectual property (IP) for the Rs 4,500 crore modernisation of the Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali.
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Seamec is rising as it signs a multi-year charter hire agreement worth $43.1 million (about Rs 387 crore) with HAL Offshore to deploy its multi-support Agastya vessel.
- Mukund Vasudevan, MD of SKF India, sets a 17–19% margin target over the next 3–4 years, with both the industrial and auto segments expected to deliver mid-teen margins. He highlights the company's plans to invest Rs 800–950 crore during this period and anticipates double-digit revenue growth as the investment pays off. Vasudevan adds that about 70% of the capex is planned for the new Pune plant.
#OnCNBCTV18 | Margin target over 3-4 years is 17-19%. 70% of the total capex will go towards setting up #Pune plant, it will be a state-of-the-art facility & increase efficiency
— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) December 5, 2025
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Brookfield India Real Estate Trust is rising as its board of directors approves a qualified institutional placement (QIP) of shares worth Rs 3,500 crore, at a floor price of Rs 327.3 per share.
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IndiGo is falling as it reportedly cancels all departures from Delhi until midnight, adding to nationwide disruptions that have hit its network for several days. The airline is also cancelling flights across several major cities, including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, as it manages schedule instability caused by crew shortages under the new Flight Duty Time Limitations rules.
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Geojit BNP Paribas retains its 'Hold' rating on Trent, with a lower target price of Rs 4,640 per share. This indicates a potential upside of 10.7%. The brokerage believes that the company's initiatives on youth-focused brand launches, overseas pilots and deeper penetration in emerging cities along with strong festive demand will drive medium term growth. It expects the firm to deliver a revenue CAGR of 22.5% over FY26-27.
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RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee raises its GDP growth forecast for the current financial year to 7.3%, up from 6.8%. It also lifts its quarterly projections, expecting 7% growth in Q3 and 6.5% in Q4. Governor Sanjay Malhotra says underlying inflation is softer than the headline print, noting that higher precious metal prices alone are contributing roughly 50 bps to the current reading.
#MPC meeting: #RBI ups #GDP forecast to 7.3%, #inflation outlook drops sharply
Read it on the app: https://t.co/howSwnmzHt#RBIMonetaryPolicy #rbipolicy #RBIreporate #RBIMPChttps://t.co/yNI2kXTsAE— Business Standard (@bsindia) December 5, 2025
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Deepak Nitrite is rising as it expands its capacity by setting up a nitric acid plant in Vadodara, at a capex of Rs 515 crore.
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Lloyds Engineering Works is rising sharply as it enters an agreement with Italy's Virtualabs SRL to jointly develop radar technology for defence and civil applications.
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Shriram Pistons & Rings surges as it agrees to acquire three Grupo Antolin entities, Antolin Lighting, Grupo Antolin India, and Grupo Antolin Chakan for approximately €159 million (Rs 1,670 crore) to expand its presence in the automotive components industry.
- RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cuts the policy repo rate by 25 bps to 5.25% and maintains its policy stance at ‘Neutral.’ RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra says rural demand stays strong, while urban demand is steadily improving. He adds that investment activity remains solid, with private investment picking up amid rising non-food bank credit and high capacity utilisation.
LIVE: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra Delivers Key Monetary Policy Statement | Interest Rates & Outlook https://t.co/fbwuTtF2Rj
— Moneycontrol (@moneycontrolcom) December 5, 2025
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Spicejet rises sharply as the management expects to be profitable in the coming quarters after two consecutive quarters of losses. It notes that the sustained growth in aircraft utilisation, stronger capacity deployment and improved cost control will drive this profitability. The management also expects to reduce its Rs 2,381 crore debt by 35%, led by enhanced operating performance.
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Zen Technologies is rising as it receives orders worth Rs 120 crore from the Ministry of Defence to supply a comprehensive training node (CTN) that includes multiple training simulators and related equipment.
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Diamond Power Infrastructure surges as it receives an order worth Rs 747.6 crore from Adani Green Energy to supply 33KV high-voltage cables and 3.3KV solar medium-voltage cables for the Khavda and Rajasthan projects.
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ITC Hotels is rising as British American Tobacco (BAT) reportedly plans to sell a 7-15.3% stake worth Rs 2,948 crore via a block deal.
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Nifty 50 was trading at 26,050.60 (16.9, 0.1%), BSE Sensex was trading at 85,125.48 (-139.8, -0.2%), while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 23,745.25 (4.2, 0.0%).
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Market breadth is in the red. Of the 2,053 stocks traded today, 882 were on the uptick, and 1,111 were down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (363.10, 4.6%), Indus Towers Ltd. (416.30, 3.6%) and Shriram Finance Ltd. (853.45, 3.1%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (2,328.40, -5.4%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (19,360, -3.6%) and Waaree Energies Ltd. (2,879, -3.5%).
Crowd Puller Stocks
10 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (481.20, 4.1%), Patanjali Foods Ltd. (541.40, 2.4%) and Zen Technologies Ltd. (1,400, 1.8%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (4,601.50, -7.6%), Westlife Foodworld Ltd. (565.85, -1.8%) and SKF India Ltd. (1,864.10, -1.5%).
Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (1,758, -1.1%) was trading at 5.4 times of weekly average. Emami Ltd. (524.40, 1.5%) and Linde India Ltd. (5,870, 1.2%) were trading with volumes 4.2 and 3.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
4 stocks made 52 week highs, while 25 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (6,339, 0.0%), Hindustan Copper Ltd. (368.50, 0.8%) and National Aluminium Company Ltd. (273.70, 1.7%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Bata India Ltd. (966.45, 0.6%) and Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. (430.70, -0.6%).
9 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (481.20, 4.1%) and Elgi Equipments Ltd. (498.80, 1.5%). 9 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (2,328.40, -5.4%) and Waaree Energies Ltd. (2,879, -3.5%).