Shares of financial services companies were the biggest wealth creators for the third consecutive year, led by private banks and NBFCs. The total wealth created by all the sectors this year stood at Rs 49,048 billion. After merging all the sectors, P/E and RoE of all the sectors saw de-growth. P/E in 2019 stood at 25x compared to 18x in 2014, while RoE came in at 15 percent compared to 16 percent in 2014.

The benchmark indices continued its bulls run to end at a record close for the third straight session on Thursday led by auto, IT, and FMCG sectors. The BSE Sensex ended 115 points higher at a new closing high of 41,674, while Nifty settled 38 points higher at a fresh closing high of 12,260.

Indian bourses held gains on Thursday after sectors started to turn green again. At 2:30 pm, the Sensex was trading 126.08 points or 0.30 percent higher at 41,684.65 while the Nifty50 was at 12,257.35, up 35.20 points or 0.29 percent. Here are some of the stocks that hit their 52-week highs or lows on the NSE on December 19.

Below is the latest analysis and commentary by stock market expert Himanshu Gupta of Globe Capital on what is moving the markets today.