Stocks to watch today: Today, Monday, December 15, many stocks will be on the radar of investors. These include many government and private sector listed companies. Today we are going to tell you about some such stocks, which can remain in focus today. Meanwhile, let us tell you that on Friday, December 12, the last trading day of last week, the Indian stock market closed with a positive trend. BSE Sensex closed with a gain of 449 points at 85,267.66, while Nifty 50 also jumped by 148 points to close at 26,046.95.

Bharat Electronics

Shares of Navratna company Bharat Electronics will be in focus today. The company has received orders worth Rs 776 crore since November. All these contacts are covering a wide range of defense and communication systems, from counter-drone solutions to security software.

KEC International

KEC International said that it has received new orders worth Rs 1,150 crore, which is the highest order received so far for its India transmission and distribution business. These contracts include work related to high-voltage power transmission lines and substations. The company has also received another order related to a thermal power project in its civil construction segment.

SAIL

Government company Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has registered a continuous increase in steel sales during April to November in the current financial year. The company sold 12.7 million tonnes of steel, which is 14 percent more than the same period last year.

wipro

Wipro said that it has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud. Under this agreement, Wipro will use Gemini Enterprise, an artificial intelligence tool, in its internal operations.

Paytm

Paytm’s parent company One 97 Communications has said that it has invested an additional Rs 2,250 crore in its wholly owned subsidiary Paytm Payments Services Limited. This investment was made through rights issue and was completed on 12 December. This step has been taken at a time when the company is adjusting itself according to the regulatory and operational requirements of its payments business.

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories said in a stock exchange filing that it has received Form 483 from the United States Food and Drug Administration, also known as US FDA. These observations have come after inspection at the company’s formulation manufacturing unit in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. The inspection, which took place between December 4 and December 12, included manufacturing practice and product approval checks. The company said that it will respond to all five observations within the given time limit.

JSW Energy

JSW Energy has said that its board has approved the plan to raise funds up to Rs 10,000 crore through qualified institutional placement, private placement or other means. Along with this, the Board has also approved preferential allotment of equity shares at a fixed price to a promoter group entity.

Aurobindo Pharma

Aurobindo Pharma said that the United States Food and Drug Administration has completed the inspection of one of its active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing units in Telangana. The inspection was conducted at a facility operated by its wholly owned subsidiary company, Epitoria Pharma Pvt. Ltd. The company has not given any information about any action at this stage. In such a situation, the market will keep an eye on the further regulatory action.

Afcons Infrastructure

Afcons Infrastructure, a Shapoorji Pallonji Group company, has said that it has received an arbitration award related to its work on the Chenab Railway Bridge Project, worth Rs 243.52 crore. This award was formally given by an Arbitral Tribunal on 11 December. The company said that this award is expected to support its financial position.

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Paytm shares: Paytm’s parent company One 97 Communications results came on the quarter July 22 July, in which the company recorded a net profit of Rs 123 crore. A year ago, the company was at a loss of Rs 839 crore during the same period. That is, for the first time after the listing, the company has been told about pure profits during a quarter. But today i.e. on July 23, the stock market saw a decline in Paytm shares and a day after the result, its shares fell 3 percent.

Paytm’s increased profit

Paytm Ebitda (Operating Profit) has been Rs 72 crore during the quarter of FY 2025-26. If you compare both the previous quarters, then the company was in the operating profit deficit. With this, revenue has increased to 1917.5 crores i.e. 28 percent. Global brokerage firm on Paytm’s shares has increased the ratings to ‘bye’. Its target price has been increased to Rs 1250. On Monday, PTM’s closed market price was Rs 1051, compared to that it increased by 19 percent.

132% jumped shares in a year

Paytm’s stock has seen a jump of about 132 percent in a year. Global firm Bernstein has also set a target price of Rs 1100, advising Paytm shares. Along with this, its stock has been given a rating of outperform. However, McWery has given the target price of Paytm shares below the current level i.e. Rs 760, giving it the rating of the underpaper.

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Paytm share falls: An explanation was given by the Finance Ministry that MDR i.e. merchant discount rate will not be charged on any transaction of UPI. As soon as this statement came from the ministry, Paytm’s shares fell down. One 97 is the parent company of Paytm, 97 Communications. However, after that statement of the Ministry of Finance, Paytm’s stock has been seen on Thursday by 10 percent.

Paytm’s stock on BSE has fallen by 6.13 percent to 901.30 on Thursday. Earlier in the year 2024, on December 17, Paytm shares were Rs 1063, while on June 12, they came to Rs 376,85.

What did the Finance Ministry say?

In fact, some such reports came out in which it was being claimed that the government is thinking of implementing MDR on 3000 or more transactions to help banks and payment solutions provider. The report said that the banks can be approved by the Finance Ministry to impose MDR on the transaction value in lieu of merchant turnover. For this reason, Paytm shares jumped and a record reached 978.

In the clarification of June 11, issued by the Finance Ministry, it was said that MDR or any kind of UPI transaction will not be applicable on UPI transactions. Also, the claims were declared misleading and completely wrong. This clarification was issued by the Finance Ministry after the stock market was closed.

It is worth noting that the fees charged from the merchants for processing of payments in real time on behalf of the bank are called MDR. The MDR fee was abolished in the year 2020 for the expansion of digital services in the country by the government. However, this year the government was asked by the Payment Counsel of India to rethink Zero MDR again on UPI transactions.

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