Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty back above 24,950; Authum Invest hits record high

Shares of paper companies rallied sharply in trade on Monday, August 25. Stocks like JK Paper Ltd., West Coast Paper Ltd., Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd., Orient Paper Ltd. and Ruchira Paper Ltd. surged between 6% and 15%.

The rally was driven largely by the central government’s move to impose a Minimum Import Price (MIP) on Virgin Multi-layer Paper Board, alongside amendments to the import policy under Chapter 48.

Shares of Indian IT companies such as Infosys Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS), Wipro Ltd., and HCL Technologies Ltd. opened higher on Monday, August 25, lifting the Nifty IT index by as much as 3% in early trade.

#BCCI & #Dream11 are discontinuing their relationship after the Promotion & Regulation of #OnlineGamingBill, 2025, was passed@BCCI will ensure not to indulge with any such organisations ahead in future

BCCI Secretary Devachit Saikia to #ANI pic.twitter.com/oxwqzzweLf

— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) August 25, 2025

Markolines Pavement Tech receives LoA worth approximately ₹100 cr from Trans Metalite

Vinay Rajani, Senior Technical & Derivative Analyst at HDFC Securities

Buy Mphasis with a stop loss of ₹2,880 and a target of ₹3,020

Buy Chambal Fertilisers with a stop loss of ₹553 and a target of ₹585

Shares of Yes Bank Ltd. gained nearly 5% on Monday, August 25, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave its approval to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) to acquire a 24.99% stake in the lender. The stock has since cooled from the opening highs.

#COMINGUP | Remember to tune into CNBC-TV18’s brand new show, ‘#FindingAlpha‘ today at 2 pm where we will dive into the cement space – one of the sectors that could see a major shake-up from GST rationalisation

We’ll explore possible benefits of #GST cuts, demand trends &… pic.twitter.com/pCW6umWJkZ

— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) August 25, 2025

Prakash Diwan, Market Expert

On Yes Bank: “Good for people who bought it at lower levels in a hope that this will materialise, but fresh buying will probably be a bit of a long term bet and not something which will tactically do very well.”

On cement: “Very positive on cement and given where valuations are, cement offer a good chance of rerating. It is a cycle that is positively poised at this point in time.”

#CNBCTV18Market | IT stocks higher, TCS up more than 1% on JPMorgan upgrade pic.twitter.com/o1E2u9XEtP

— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) August 25, 2025

Some of the paper stocks listed on the equity markets are trading high

Sudarshan Sukhani, Technical Trends

Buy Syngene with a stop loss of ₹655

Buy Divi’s Laboratories with a stop loss of ₹6,029

Buy Patanjali Foods with a stop loss of ₹1,765

Buy ICICI Bank with a stop loss of ₹1,407

Sudeep Shah, SBI Securities

Buy Apollo Tyres with a stop loss of ₹450 and a target of ₹490-500

Buy RCF with a stop loss of ₹155 and a target of ₹164-167

Brokerage firm Jefferies has initiated coverage on Cohance Lifesciences with a “buy” recommendation on Monday, August 25.

Jefferies has a price target of ₹1,150 on Cohance Lifesciences, which implies a potential upside of 30% from Friday’s closing levels.

Ed Yardeni, President, Yardeni Research On CNBC-TV18

Shares of ITC Hotels Ltd. are in focus on Monday, August 25, after brokerage firm JM Financial initiated coverage on the stock, projecting a potential downside of 12% from Friday’s closing levels.

Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., the parent company of IndiGo, and Max Healthcare Institute, a hospital chain operator, will be in focus on Monday, August 25, after being included in the Nifty 50 index. The announcement was made by the exchange after market hours on Friday as part of its semi-annual rebalancing.

The automobile industry has requested the Centre to expedite its implementation of new GST rates, to coincide with the Navratri period on September 22, people in the know told CNBC-TV18.

#StocksToWatch | Here's a list of stocks that are in focus going into trade today pic.twitter.com/XZIv9IqpYE

— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) August 25, 2025

GS On TVS Motors

Jefferies On CRDMO

Jefferies On Bajaj Finance

HSBC On Trent

Godrej Properties sells homes worth over ₹1,000 cr at launch of its Project Godrej Regal Pavilion in Hyderabad, says it sold over 683 homes with a total area of approx 1.20 msf in the project

Cash Market

-DII Net Sell 329 Cr

-FII Net Sell 1,623 Cr

Show me plate of NiftyBank

-Bank Nifty OI +9.3%, Rollover at 17%

FIIs IN FUTURES

Index Futures Stock Futures

Longs +1,129 -9708

Shorts +4,588 +18599

FII On Index Futures

Longs 11%

Shorts 89%

OPTION CUES

Nifty PCR at 0.73 vs 1.1

NIFTY OPTIONS (Aug 28)

Strike Change in OI Premium

25000 Call +1.14 cr shares 72

24900 Call +65 lk shares 114

24900 Put + 27 lk shares 113

Nifty Levels

20 DMA 24,731

Resistance 25100

Nifty Bank with 20 and 100 DMA please plot

20 DMA 55,638

100 DMA 55,361

Fed rate cuts imminent- Indices to track

Nifty IT

Nifty Metal

Stocks to track

Belrise Industries

Syrma SGS