D-Street Newsmakers: Vedanta, ITC among 7 stocks that hogged limelight today

In a choppy trade ahead of the key FOMC outcome due tomorrow, Indian equities ended sharply lower. At the close, the BSE 30-share Sensex ended 1.3 per cent or 1,064 points lower at 80,684.45, while the Nifty settled 1.35 per cent lower at 24,336.

Here are the stocks that remained in focus today:

ITC: ITC Hotels demerger to come into effect from January 1, 2025. On the development, the stock ended in the green- up by a tad at Rs 470.95 per share.

Vedanta: After the company declared its fourth interim dividend for the FY 2024-25, the stock in today's session ended with a cut of nearly 2 per cent at Rs 503.4 per share.

Wipro: The stock of the Bengaluru-based IT major settled at Rs 309, down 0.03 per cent, after the company announced that it has inked a deal to acquire 100 per cent stake in  Applied Value Technologies and its affiliates.

Varun Beverages: Shares of the PepsiCo bottler ended 0.3 per cent higher at Rs 647.4 after the company acquired nearly 40 per cent stake in Lunarmech. 

HCC: Shares of the civil construction company ended over 5 per cent lower at Rs 44.54 as the company's board approved the launch of QIP issue on the previous day.

Indus Towers: Shares of the telecom infra company settled over 2 per cent lower at Rs 345.2 per share.  The company had been in receipt of tax tribunal orders in its favour worth Rs 3,500 crore.

LT Foods: The company launches Non-Genetically Modified Organism certified global gourmet food - DAAWAT® Jasmine Thai Rice. The stock ends over 2 per cent higher at Rs 426.9 per share.