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Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Tuesday:

General Motors on Tuesday reported a 4.8% rise in U.S. sales for the fourth quarter, boosted by demand for new vehicles during the COVID19 pandemic, and the automaker signaled that the industry could return to more normal levels in the spring.

The price of gold in cities like Mumbai and Pune is slightly higher than the national trend, coming at Rs 49,220 for 10 grams of 22-carat, while one has to pay Rs 50, 220 for 24-carat quality.

Oil prices retreated from multimonth highs as the prospect an upsurge in the novel coronavirus will lead to tougher movement restrictions offset expectations OPEC and allied producers will decide on Monday to cap output at current levels for now.

In a regulatory filing, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd said it has completed the sale of its 100 per cent stake in DA Toll Road to Cube Highways and Infrastructure III Pte Ltd for an enterprise value over Rs 3,600 crore.

The broad-based NSE Nifty breached the 14,000 level by rising 38.60 points or 0.28 per cent to 14,020.35 in opening trade.

Singapore and Malaysia said on Friday a deal to build a highspeed rail (HSR) link between the two neighbours will be terminated, after a suspension period to negotiate terms of the longdelayed project expired on Dec. 31.

U.S. stocks were poised to end a tumultuous year mixed, leaving the three major U.S. equity indexes with solidtospectacular yearly gains despite the economy being upended by the COVID19 virus as investors looked towards a postpandemic world.

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Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will continue to carry an annual interest rate of 7.1 per cent and 6.8 per cent, respectively.

U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday as investors looked towards an improving economic outlook in 2021 on the back of COVID19 vaccine rollouts and hopes for even more fiscal support.

U.S. stocks were set to rise on Wednesday as investors hoped that COVID19 vaccine rollouts and a bigger fiscal aid would help the world's largest economy recover from a pandemicfueled slump in the next year.

U.S. home prices jumped in October by the most in more than six years as a pandemicfueled buying rush drives the number of available properties for sale to record lows.

In a statement, BSE said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the bullion trade and industry association Patliputra Sarafa Sangh, Patna, Bihar.

The average hedge fund underperformed the wider stock market in 2020 but saw less volatility while stockpicking funds got a lift from technology and stayathome shares in a year beset by a pandemic and uncertainty around the U.S. election.

The last date to file Income Tax Return (ITR) for the assessment year 2020-21 is December 31.