Market Outlook 18-12-2025

Asia-Pacific markets set to fall as rotation out of tech continues; traders await Trump address

GIFTNifty lower tracking global cues, trading at a discount of nearly 30 points from Nifty Fut Wednesday’s close, indicates a start in the red for the Indian market

Rupee closed at 90.37, which marked a strengething of 66 paise for the local currency.

Key Events/Data to Watch
1.⁠ ⁠Ministry of Corporate Affairs ordered SFIO probe against IndusIndBank on Dec 12. Probe ordered after auditors flagged concerns to the RBI, in connection with a derivatives reporting case
2.⁠ ⁠⁠Trump announces ‘warrior dividend’ of $1,776 to every U.S. soldier
3.⁠ ⁠The WBD board on Wednesday said it unanimously recommended that shareholders reject a takeover offer from Paramount Skydance and stick with a “superior” proposal from Netflix
4.⁠ ⁠⁠China’s top diplomat has expressed support for Venezuela, criticizing one-sided coercion hours after US President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of oil tankers to ratchet up pressure on the South American nation
5.⁠ ⁠⁠TCS reiterates its aspiration to become world’s largest AI-led tech services company’, says, AI related services have generated $1.5 bn revenue on an annualised basis
6.⁠ ⁠⁠Paytm Payments Services gets RBI nod for offline and cross-border payment aggregation
7.⁠ ⁠⁠SEBI lifts high-value debt bar to ₹5,000 crore, easing compliance for bond issuers
8.⁠ ⁠⁠Insurance Amendment Bill 2025 Passed By Rajya Sabha
9.⁠ ⁠⁠SEBI revises base expense ratio frame work for MF.The revised expense ratio is ex statutory levies
10.⁠ ⁠⁠Copper fell as broader markets shifted to a risk-off tone, with stocks dropping on concern over technology valuations