Nifty 50 starts December F&O series with a bang! What can drive the index above 26,500 by the end of 2025?

As Nifty 50 kicks off the December series with a 1.24% surge, analysts predict a potential breach of the 26,500 mark by year-end. Factors like an India-US trade deal, foreign investments, and falling crude prices could drive the index higher.    Domestic market barometer Nifty 50 began the December futures and options (F&O) series with…

Where to invest as markets look past trade, India-Pak war, Q4 earnings?

Stock market strategy:The markets are likely to consolidate in the near-term after a relief rally earlier this week that saw the Sensex and the Nifty 50 record their best day in four years, analysts said. Most positives, they believe, are in the price even as overhang related to foreign investors’ inflows and uneasy calm at the India, Pakistan border…