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.

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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.