Top stocks to watch — Tata Steel, Vedanta, Adani Green, Tata Motors, Maruti, M&M, DHFL, V-Mart, Indian Bank, and others

• closerAt 7:45 am, the SGX Nifty was up 0.10%, indicating a tepid start for Nifty50.
• Here’s a list of stocks to watch for in trade today.
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Indian stock-market indices are likely to begin on a flat note on Thursday, led by mixed cues from the global markets. The Indian markets ended at record highs on Wednesday, with Nifty inching to the 14,000 mark.

At 7:45 am, the SGX Nifty was up 0.10%, indicating a tepid start for Nifty50. On Wednesday, the US stocks closed higher as $600 stimulus checks were set to hit the bank accounts of millions of Americans later this week, according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.24% higher, and the S&P 500 was up 0.13%.

These are the stocks to watch out for during the trading session today:

Tata Motors, Maruti, M&M, Hero Motocorp, Bajaj Auto and other auto stocks

Tata Motors, Maruti, M&M, Hero Motocorp, Bajaj Auto and other auto stocks will be in focus during trade today. The auto companies are slated to report their monthly sales for December tomorrow .

Tata Steel

Tata Steel CEO TV Narendran in his outlook for 2021 said the company is optimistic about demand for steel in India. And, the steel demand is expected to grow proportional to or higher than the GDP growth in FY22.

Vedanta

Vedanta emerged as the highest bidder for Radhikapur west coal block in Odisha. The mine has total reserves of 312 million tonnes and an approved per annum extraction capacity of 6 million tonnes.

Adani Green Energy

Adani Green Energy said it had commissioned a 100 megawatt (MW) solar power project at Khirasara in Gujarat.

V-Mart Retail

V-Mart Retail informed investors that it had opened four new stores, three in the state of Uttar Pradesh, one in the state of Jharkhand, taking its total number of stores in the country to 274.

Shriram Transport Finance

Shriram Transport Finance has approved and allotted senior secured rated, listed redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCD) of the face value of ₹10 lakh each on a private placement basis.

Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL)

Kapil Wadhawan has yet again come up with a revised proposal for acquiring Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL). In a letter to RBI, DHFL administrator R Subramaniakumar and the Committee of Creditors (CoC), the erstwhile promoter of the bankrupt NBFC said that he would make an upfront payment of ₹9,000 crore in cash and ₹31,000 crore will be paid within a period of seven years in equal annual instalments with 8.5% per annum interest.

Indian Bank

Indian Bank said it had raised ₹392 crore through perpetual bonds. The bank has further raised tier 1 capital funds through a private placement of Basel III compliant AT-1 perpetual bonds aggregating to ₹392 crore, the public sector bank said in a regulatory filing.

Fortis Healthcare

The rating agency ICRA has upgraded the long-term rating for the line of credit of Fortis Healthcare’s subsidiaries — SRL Limited and SRL Diagnostics Private Limited.

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