Welcome to last F&O expiry of the year 2019! Today, the markets will open after a day of trading holiday. In the last two trading sessions, we had seen that bears have had an upper hand, as the markets were looking exhausted at the top and the market breadth was getting deteriorated.

The immediate support is seen around 12,184 level, as it is a confluence of 23.60 per cent retracement and 8-DEMA. Holding above this level would be positive for the index while a slip below this level would open gates for further correction towards levels of 12,100 and 12,060. Stocks in news: Bharti Infratel, GAIL, HCL Technologies, Lupin, Bharti Airtel, TVS Motor.

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited has been picked up by our Bollinger Band Squeeze scanner, which suggests that the stock is near a consolidation breakout.

Considering the daily timeframe, the stock of Radico Khaitan Limited has bounced back from the edge of the rising trend-line support that is formed by connecting swing lows from July 2019. The reversal from the support is confirmed by the above 50-day average volume.

Industrial Finance Corporation of India Limited (IFCI) said in a stock exchange filing on December 24 that it has raised Rs 805.60 crore, representing about the total committed amount, by selling its stake in the National Stock Exchange Limited (NSE). Around 1.30 pm, the shares of IFCI were trading at Rs 6.90 apiece, up by 9.87 per cent.

NIIT Technologies made an announcement of a Rs 337 crore share buyback offer. Reacting to the announcement, the shares of the company were trading up by nearly 2 per cent.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced that, in the country, it has commissioned the first of its kind, Lignite based 500 MW thermal unit of the Neyveli New Thermal Power Project (2x500 MW) in Tamil Nadu.

On Tuesday, Transformers and Rectifiers (TRIL) announced that it had been awarded an order of transformers to the tune of US$23,586,713, equivalent to Rs 166 crore from Transmission Company of Nigeria Plc.

On Tuesday, Granules India announced that the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) has approved the abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) it filed for Loratadine Tablets, 10 mg.

Bharat Bond ETF is the first corporate bond ETF in India that invests in AAA-rated bonds of public sector entities. However, liquidity has been a concern for ETFs with low trading volumes. So, how would be the liquidity of Bharat bond ETF? Let us find out.