📊 Stock Market LIVE | August 19, 2025

• 🏦 Indices Open Flat:
  • Sensex: 81,430 (+156 pts | +0.19%)
  • Nifty50: 24,922 (+45 pts | +0.18%)
• 🔼 Top Gainers (Sensex): RIL, Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports, NTPC, Titan, Infosys, TCS
• 🔽 Top Losers (Sensex): M&M, BEL, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Tech, Sun Pharma, Power Grid
• 🌐 Broader Markets:
  • Nifty MidCap & SmallCap up 0.2% each
• 📈 Sectors:
  • Gainers: Nifty Bank, IT, Metal (+0.2% each)
  • Losers: Nifty Auto, Realty (-0.2% each)

🔥 Buzzing Stocks

• 🛒 Reliance Industries: +2.14% after Reliance Consumer Products forayed into healthy beverage space with Naturedge JV
• 📱 Reliance Jio: Discontinues ₹209 & ₹249 entry-level plans → New base plan ₹299 (1.5GB/day, 28 days)
• 🪨 Vedanta: +1.5% as board to consider 2nd interim dividend on Aug 21; record date Aug 27

💹 IPO Updates

• 🏢 Mainboard IPOs: Patel Retail, Vikram Solar, Gem Aromatics, Shreeji Shipping open for bidding
• 💍 Bluestone Jewellery & Lifestyle: Debuts on exchanges today
• 🧾 SME IPOs:
  • LGT Business Connextions → Opens for bidding
  • Studio LSD → Day 2 of subscription
  • Icodex Publishing Solutions → Lists on BSE SME platform