Domestic stock markets have closed with gains of around 0.80% on Friday, December 31, 2021. The S&P BSE Sensex closed 459.50 points or 0.80% at 58,253.82. The Nifty 50 rose 150.10 points or 0.87% to end at 17,354.05. But certain stocks came in the news after the market was closed. These stocks can impact the indices when it reopens on Monday, January 3, 2022. List of such five stocks:

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December 2021 Auto Sales Numbers

Tata Motors: Tata Motors has announced its sales in the domestic and international market for December 2021 and reported that it sold 35,299 units of passenger vehicles in the reported month, which is a 50% YoY jump compared to 23,545 units sold in the corresponding December 2020. The electric vehicle (EV) segment has crossed the 2,000 monthly sales landmark for the first time in December 2021. It sold 2,255 units of EVs in the month against 418 units sold in December 2020. Consequently, EV penetration touched 5.6% of PV Sales during the quarter versus 1.8% in the same period of the last financial year. EV sales also touched 10,000 units in 9MFY22 and crossed 2,000 monthly sales landmark for the first time in December 2021 (2,255 units). Besides, the company saw the highest quarterly & monthly sales in a decade in PV. In addition, the company also posted a calendar year sale of 331178 units (CY21), the highest ever since the inception of the PV Business. Decade high quarterly and monthly sales. In addition, the commercial vehicles segment grew by 4% to 34,151 units in the reported month as against 32,869 units sold last year.

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Maruti Suzuki: India's largest passenger carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Limited today reported a 4.4 per cent year-on-year decline in total sales at 1,53,149 units in December 2021 as against 1,60,226 units sold in December 2020. 
M&M: Mahindra & Mahindra registered an 11.3% YoY rise in its auto sales at 39,157 units in December 2021 as against 35,187 units sold in December 2020. On the front of tractors, the sales dropped by 19% YoY to 18,269 units in December 2021 against 22,417 units sold in December 2020. 

Eicher Motors: Eicher Motors subsidiary, VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) sold 6,154 units of commercial vehicles in December 2021, registering a growth of 25.8% on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis from 4,892 units in December 2020. The sales of Royal Enfield grew by 7% YoY to 73,739 units in December 2021 against 68,995 units sold last year. 

TVS Motor: Chennai-based TVS Motor company reported an 8% YoY drop in total sales at 2,50,933 units as compared to 2,72,084 units sold in December 2020. The total two-wheelers sales stood at 2,35,392 units last month against 2,58,239 units in December 2020, down 9%. Meanwhile, the three-wheeler sales rose 12% to 15,541 units in December 2021 against 13,845 units a year ago.

Hero MotoCorp: The world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters has reported an 11.75% YoY drop in total sales in December 2021 at 3,94,773 units compared to 4,47,335 units sold in December 2020. 

Escorts: The company has reported a 39.3% YoY drop in sales of tractors at 4,695 units in December 2021 as against 7,733 units sold in the corresponding month of last year.

Atul Auto: The company has reported a 2.6% YoY drop in sales of vehicles at 1,683 units in December 2021 against 1,728 units sold in December 2020.  

SML Isuzu: The company has reported that it sold 701 units of vehicles in December 2021, which is a 38% YoY rise from 509 units sold in December 2020.    

VST Tillers: The company has reported that it sold 3,089 units of power tillers in December 2021, which is a 34.8% YoY rise from 290 units sold in December 2020. The tractor sales rose to 551 units in the month under consideration against 542 units sold in the corresponding month last year. 

Real Estate in focus: No property tax on residential properties up to 500 sq ft in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister  Uddhav Thackeray.

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APL Apollo: The company in its business update for Q3FY22 said that sale volume declined to 4,02,729 tonnes on a quarterly basis as channel de-stocking took place in anticipation of a fall in steel prices. Construction activity was under pressure due to excess monsoon.

Avenue Supermart: In its business update for Q3FY22, the company that owns and operates retail chain D-Mart said that its standalone revenue from operations for the quarter ended (QE) December 31, 2021, stood at Rs 9,065.02 crore. The company's revenue stood at Rs 7,432.69 crore during the October-December quarter of 2020. The total number of stores as of December 31, 2021, stood at 263.  

NMDC: State-owned NMDC on Saturday said its iron ore sales declined by 4% YoY at 3.4 million tonnes (MT) in December as against 3.54 MT sold in December 2020. However, the production surged by 2.3% YoY at 3.95 MT against 3.86 MT.  

Coal India: State-owned coal mining and refining corporation said that its production increased by 3.25% YoY in December 2021 at 60.2 MT against 58.3 MT produced in December 2020. 

Zomato / Jubilant Food / Devyani International/ Sapphire Foods / Westlife: There was a huge surge in-home delivery of food on the occasion of the New Year. Over 20 lakh plus orders were made on online food delivery platforms like Zomato and Swiggy on December 31, 2021 (Each platform had 20 lakh+ orders).

OMC’s in focus: In some relief for consumers on New Year, National Oil Marketing companies have slashed the prices of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder cost by Rs 102.50 effective from January 1, 2022. The 19 kg commercial cylinder will cost Rs 1998.50. However, there will be no relaxation in domestic LPG cylinders. Meanwhile, the ATF prices have risen 2.75% or by Rs 2,039.63 to Rs 76,062.04 per kiloliter. 

Tanla Platforms: Promoter of the Company, has acquired stakes in 2 entities that hold 18,46,720 equity shares in Tanla Platforms Limited. Accordingly, the Promoter & Promoter Group shareholding in Tanla Platforms Limited will increase from 42.38% as of date to 43.74% on the existing capital base. 

KNR Constructions Limited: The Company has transferred its 49% stake in the subsidiary company i.e. KNR Tirumala Infra Private Limited to Cube Highways and Infrastructure III Pte, Ltd for Rs 136.81 crore. The rest of the 51% stakes will be sold by March 2022 for Rs 56.18 crore.

NBCC: NBCC (India) Limited has been awarded several works worth Rs 392 crore.