Stock Market: Selling in the market, Sensex closed down by 931 points, Nifty at 21150, TATASTEEL-HCL top losers.

ICICI Lombard General Insurance has unveiled the India Wellness Index 2023 edition. It is a comprehensive reflection of the health and wellness of the country. India’s Wellness Index measures the state of well-being. The index is currently at 72 out of 100. The current status of the index shows that even though the use of digital wellness and health technology has increased, the social wellness of individuals, especially women, is declining. In the survey, 2052 people were talked to in 19 cities.

Shares of Gurugram-based company and affordable housing financier India Shelter Finance Corporation have been listed in the stock market today. Investors who got shares in the IPO have benefited. The company had kept the issue price at Rs 493, while the stock was traded at Rs 613 on BSE. That means investors have got 24 percent return on listing. After listing, the share strengthened to Rs 625 and later the price came down to Rs 570.

The stock of stationery and art products manufacturer company Domes Industries has got a strong listing in the stock market today on 20th December. The company’s shares were listed on BSE at a premium of 77 percent. The issue price was Rs 790, compared to which the company’s stock was listed at Rs 1400. That means investors have got a return of 77 percent or Rs 610 per share on listing.

IREDA Board approved raising of unsecured, redeemable, non-convertible, non-cumulative, taxable, bonds of Rs 500 crore on base issue with green shoe option of up to Rs 1500 crore on private placement basis. This is part of the company’s Rs 26,000 crore borrowing program for FY23-24.

RVNL and Kerala Rail Vikas Nigam JV emerged as the lowest bidder for the upgradation and redevelopment of Varkala Sivagiri railway station in Kerala. The cost of the project is Rs 123.26 crore and the duration of the project is 30 months.

Private sector lender Bandhan Bank has launched a new facility ‘Inspire’ for senior citizens. Under which 8.35 percent interest will be given annually on 500 days fixed deposit.

White Iris Investments, which holds stake in tire manufacturing major Apollo Tyres, sold its 4.5 per cent stake for about Rs 1,281 crore. According to information available on BSE, White Iris, the public shareholder of Apollo Tyres, sold more than 2.85 crore shares in 22 tranches through open market transactions. This is equal to 4.49 percent stake in Apollo Tyres.

Amidst the ups and downs, Brent crude is once again seeing a rise. Crude is trading above $79 per barrel in the international market. Meanwhile, American crude i.e. West Texas Intermediate is trading at a flat $73.92 per barrel today. There is uncertainty regarding the demand for crude, due to which there is volatility in prices. In the last few days, crude has been in the range of $72 to $90.

NSE has added Delta Corp, Indus Towers, IRCTC, Piramal Enterprises and RBL Bank to its F&O ban list for December 20, while retaining Balrampur Chini Mills, Manappuram Finance, National Aluminum Company, SAIL and Zee Entertainment Enterprises in the list. Is kept. Whereas Hindustan Copper and India Cements have been removed from this list. Banned securities under the F&O segment include those companies where the derivative contracts exceed 95 per cent of the market wide position limit.

According to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange (NSE), foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 601.52 crore on December 19, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth Rs 294.35 crore.

Buying is visible in major Asian markets in today’s trading. Talking about Asia, GIFT NIFTY is up by 0.40 percent and Nikkei 225 is up by 1.72 percent. An increase of 0.08 percent is seen in Strait Times and 1.10 percent increase in Hang Seng. There is a rise of 1.31 percent in Taiwan Weighted and a rise of 1.33 percent is seen in Kospi. There is a decline of 0.23 percent in Shanghai Composite.

On Tuesday, American markets also closed on the rise. On Tuesday, Dow Jones gained 252 points and closed at the level of 37557.92. NASDAQ Composite had a gain of 98 points and closed at the level of 15,003.22. Whereas the S&P 500 index rose by 28 points and closed at the level of 4768.37. The 10-year bond yield in the US is still below 4 percent at 3.92 percent, which is providing strong support to the American market. Whereas the US dollar index remains flat at 102.23.