Stocks to watch today: A decline was seen in the Indian stock market on Friday, the last day of the last trading week or the first trading week of the year 2026. A decline of more than 0.50 percent was recorded in the stock market amid global signals like US-Venezuela conflict, US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 500 percent tariff on India, American efforts to weaken Russia economically.

Analysts say that this fall has stopped the short-term rally in Nifty and now the index is re-testing its medium-term support zone near 100 DEMA around the level of 25600. In today’s business, shares of companies like TCS, HCL Tech, DMart, ICICI Lombard, RIL, Lemon Tree Hotels and many others are going to be in focus.

ICICI Lombard

ICICI Lombard General Insurance recently disclosed a lapse at the corporate level, whereby the unaudited financial report for the December quarter was mistakenly shared on the personal WhatsApp status of a senior employee. After this, the insurance company alerted the stock exchanges as a precaution.

Adani Enterprises

Shares of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited are going to be in focus today because the company’s MD Karan Adani announced on Sunday that Adani Group is going to invest Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Kutch in the next five years. This shows that India is emerging as a preferred and attractive hub for the world for investment and manufacturing.

Reliance Industries

Before the December quarter results, global brokerage firm Goldman Sachs has increased the target price for its shares to Rs 1835 per share from the current Rs 147 6. Apart from this, the rating has been retained in the ‘Boy’ category. Apart from this, the stock is also in the news due to the news of seeking permit from America for purchasing oil from Venezuela. Also, last Sunday, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani promised to invest Rs 7 lakh crore in Gujarat in the next five years, which is double the investment of Rs 3.5 lakh crore before 2021. This will promote India’s clean energy mission and overall development.

Lemon Tree Hotels

Hotel chain operator Lemon Tree Hotels will make a huge investment of around Rs 960 crore from Warburg Pincus in its subsidiary Fleur Hotels to enhance long-term shareholder value. This will support the growth of the flesh. Warburg will buy APG’s entire 41.09 percent stake in Pincus Fleur. The company is looking to reorganize its business, under which two focused, high-growth and large-scale platforms will be created.

D-Mart

Avenue Supermarts, the company running the retail chain Dmart, has released the results for the third quarter of the financial year 2026. The company’s consolidated profit after tax (PAT) has increased to Rs 855.92 crore from Rs 723.72 crore in the same period last year, which is an increase of 18.3 percent year-on-year (YoY). At the same time, revenue from operations has seen an increase of 13.3 percent year-on-year. Today DMart shares may also be in focus.

IREDA

Navratna company IREDA has earned more than 37 percent profit in the December quarter, which was due to the jump in its revenue. The company said in an exchange filing that its net profit in the October-December period of the last financial year was Rs 425 crore. The company’s revenue from operations increased by 38 percent to Rs 2140 crore, which was Rs 1699 crore in the same period a year ago.

NTPC

NTPC will set up a facility to produce synthetic natural gas from coal with an investment of about Rs 10,000 crore in Chhattisgarh. A senior official of the company gave this information. He said that the company is looking for technology tie-ups for different processes like coal beneficiation and gasification to make Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG).

Apart from these, investors will also keep an eye on shares of TCS, HCL Tech and Anand Rathi Wealth in today’s trade as these companies will declare their third quarter results later today.

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Stocks to watch: A decline was recorded in the Indian stock market in the first trading week of the year 2026. Now investors are eyeing the second week, which is going to start from January 12. Due to increasing geo-political tension and macro-economic pressure at the global level, a decline of more than 2 percent was recorded in both the indices last week.

Global uncertainties at their peak

On one hand, America is threatening to impose 500 percent tariff to stop purchasing oil from Russia, while on the other hand, there is fear of rising oil prices and inflation. Apart from this, there are many other reasons like selling by foreign investors, weakness of rupee against dollar, due to which the pressure on the stock market is increasing.

It is believed that this fall last week is the biggest fall in a single week since September 2025. Today we are going to tell you about some selected stocks, whose shares may see movement in the next week.

Mahindra & Mahindra

The December quarter results for Mahindra Group’s flagship company Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) were mixed. During this period, the company’s total sales volume jumped by 27 percent from 67,252 units on an annual basis to 85,501 units. The biggest contribution in this was from the utility vehicle segment. However, in the December quarter, exports slipped 9.3 percent from 3,142 units to 2,849 units.

IREDA

The business of Navratna company Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) stood at Rs 584.9 crore in the October-December quarter of 2025, which shows a growth of 37.5 percent on an annual basis. Apart from this, Net Interest (NII) also increased by 35 percent. On Friday, this PSU stock fell 3.19 percent and closed at the level of Rs 136.65.

Lemon Tree Hotels

The board of Lemon Tree Hotels has approved a composite scheme, under which its subsidiary Fleur Hotels will be demerged. This unit will house the property assets of the group and there are plans to list it separately on BSE and NSE in the next 12 to 15 months. Apart from this, Lemon Tree has also approved the investment of American investment firm Warburg Pincus in Fleur Hotels.

ICICI Lombard

Shares of ICICI Lombard will be in the eye of investors because recently, an employee of this general insurance company had accidentally uploaded the unaudited draft financial results for the December 2025 quarter on his personal WhatsApp status. However, the company later clarified that the status was removed within an hour after the mistake was discovered. This incident may cause movement in the shares.

Vedanta

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved the proposed arrangement scheme between mining sector giant Vedanta Limited and its subsidiary Talwandi Sabo Power Limited, the impact of which can be seen on its shares on Monday.

Disclaimer: (The information provided here is being given for information only. It is important to mention here that investment in the market is subject to market risks. Always take expert advice before investing money as an investor. ABPLive.com never advises anyone to invest money here.)

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