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Stocks to Watch Today (December 19, 2025): Indian markets may see stock-specific action on Friday. Results, IT sector cues from Accenture, IPO listing, ex-dates, policy-led moves in steel stocks, F&O additions, management changes, and promoter stake sales will be in focus.

The company is scheduled to announce its cash market results today. Earnings performance will be tracked.

- Accenture reported 6 per cent year-on-year revenue growth and maintained its guidance. - Revenue rose to USD 18.7 billion, in line with estimates. - After Accenture’s results, Infosys and Wipro ADRs moved higher. - Indian IT stocks may react.

The board will meet to consider a fund-raising proposal. Details on size and structure will be key.

- The stock will move from the T2T segment to the rolling segment. - The shift follows the demerger of its industrial business.

The anchor investor lock-in on 4 per cent equity will open today. The stock may see higher trading activity.

The price band has been reduced from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. The stock has been shortlisted under STASM.

- The company will list today. - The issue price is Rs 2,165. - The IPO size was Rs 10,602.6 crore and was entirely an offer for sale. - The issue was subscribed 39.2 times overall. - QIB portion was subscribed 123.8 times.

The stock will trade ex-date today for its interim dividend. The company has announced an interim dividend of Rs 7 per share.

The stock will trade ex-date today for its bonus issue. The bonus issue is in the ratio of 1:1.

The stock will trade ex-date for the demerger today. The chemicals and rayon businesses will be demerged into two listed entities. The ratio is 1:1. Sugar, alcohol, and power businesses will remain with the existing company.

The stock will be in focus as it will be added to the futures and options segment. The inclusion will be effective from the January series.

The company will be added to the futures and options segment from the January series. The stock may see higher derivatives activity.

Swiggy will enter the futures and options segment from the January series. The move may increase liquidity.

The stock will be included in the futures and options segment from the January series. Market participants will track volumes.

Steel stocks will be in focus after the government imposed anti-dumping duty. The duty is on certain steel imports from China. It will be applicable for five years.

The stock may react to anti-dumping duty on imported steel products. The duty applies to CRNO electrical steel.

SAIL will be tracked after the government imposed anti-dumping duty. The tariff on CRNO imports is USD 223.82 per tonne.

The stock may see sentiment impact from the anti-dumping duty announcement. India had also imposed duty on steel imports from Vietnam last month.

- Shashwat Sharma has been appointed as MD and CEO. - Gopal Vittal will become executive vice chairman. - Soumen Ray has been named group CFO. - Akhil Garg will be CFO of Airtel India. - The changes will be effective from 1 January 2026.

- Promoter Bhavish Aggarwal sold 2.83 crore shares at around Rs 31.9 per share. - In three days, a total of 9.65 crore shares were sold. - The company said the one-time monetisation is complete. - The stake sale was used to repay a Rs 260 crore promoter loan. - About 3.93 per cent pledged shares were released. - Post-sale, promoter holding stands at 34.6 per cent.

- The company clarified media reports related to an FIR by the Delhi Police. - It said the current management is not named in the FIR. - Sammaan Capital has been treated as a victim in the case. - Its name does not appear in the EOW FIR.

The company received an Establishment Inspection Report from the USFDA. The New Jersey facility was granted VAI status.

The company received an order worth Rs 1,804.48 crore from MCGM. The order is for construction of a flyover in Mumbai.