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Gains in IT and healthcare stocks capped the losses on monthly future and options expiry day. However, selling in banks and auto pushed indices lower.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.44 per cent up at 14135.5.

The majority of the experts believe that Bitcoin is likely to remain volatile and if the prices may consolidate at the current levels for some time.

Quick adaptability of the banking industry in conjunction with the power of technology and timely government action has set the base for credit growth improvement in the coming year.

The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 171.35 and a 52-week low of Rs 120.95.

The delay in the launch of crypto-related mutual funds is a setback for investors looking to diversify their portfolios using the riskier asset class.

“In terms of the sector, I would say it is back to basics. I would not recommend a pure Covid play at all.“

According to reports, on December 17, Deep Industries received a letter of award (LoA) from Vedanta for its Integrated Oil & Gas facility to be placed in a single well pad at Jaya Field in Cambay Oalp Block --along with its operation and maintenance for a period of 3 years- for a total estimated value of approximately Rs 83.53 crore.

Shares of Didi, which had soared in their IPO giving the company a valuation of $80 billion and marking the biggest U.S. listing by a Chinese firm since 2014, have since declined 65%.

The Nikkei hit its highest level of 2021 in September at 30,795.78, a first since 1990, the year of the stock market crash which had ushered in a "lost decade", a banking crisis and years of deflation and weak domestic demand from which Japan has yet to recover.