Key equity market barometers declined in a lacklustre session on Tuesday, the last day of trading in 2019. Steep selling in the last hour of trade dragged the benchmark indices to the day's low. However, some stocks that came in news after the market was closed for trading purposes. They can impact the indices when they will reopen for trading on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, the first trading day of 2020. Here is a list of five such stocks:

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Railway Stocks In Focus: Indian Railways has increased fares for passenger trains by up to 4 paise per kilometre. While the fares for ordinary non-AC classes will be increased by 1 paisa/km, for mail/Express Non-AC classes the fare will go up by 2 paise/km. For AC classes, the hike will be 4 paise/km. No change in reservation fee and superfast charge; hike in fares will not apply to tickets already booked. The revised fares will be effective from January 1, 2020. 

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Aviation Stocks: Aviation Stocks will be in focus today as Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has hiked the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) or jet fuel by 11.1 per cent. This is the first hike in ATF prices in last 8 months. This is ATF's biggest gain in the last 13 months. 

Sterling & Wilson: The company on Tuesday said that its promoters have repaid Rs1,000 crore they owned to the firm. With this payment, the outstanding loan of Rs2,563 crore due from Sterling and Wilson Pvt. Ltd. and Sterling and Wilson International FZE as on the date of listing of the company's shares on the stock exchanges stands reduced to Rs 1,644 crore. 

HUL/ GCPL: Government cuts import duty on refined palm oil from 50 per cent to 45 per cent, while the import duty on crude palm oil was reduced from 40 per cent to 37.5 per cent.

Yes Bank: CARE Ratings downgraded ratings across various types of bonds worth Rs21,017 crore. Infrastructure bonds, lower tier-II bonds and Tier II bonds totalling Rs16,430.60 crore was downgraded to Care A from CARE A+, and assigned a negative outlook. The ratings of additional tier-I bonds worth Rs 3,600 crore was downgraded to CARE BBB from CARE BBB+, and assigned a negative outlook. It also downgraded Rs904.10 crore upper tier-II bonds and Rs 82 crore perpetual bonds to CARE A- from CARE A with a negative outlook.