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Asian shares markets are trading mixed today as yields on government bonds opened higher in Australia and Japan while Treasuries held most of their sharp move from the previous session as investors reassessed the risks from inflation.

The Nikkei is trading lower by 1.1% and the Hang Seng index is trading lower by 0.4%. The Shanghai Composite is down marginally.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed in negative territory on Wednesday as investors took profits after a months-long mega cap stocks run and ahead of key economic and policy events next week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.3% higher and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended 1.8% lower.

Here's a table showing how US stocks performed on Wednesday:

Data source: Equitymaster

Back home, Indian share markets are trading on a positive note following the trend on SGX Nifty.

At present, the BSE Sensex is trading 129 points higher. Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty is trading up by 36 points.

NTPC and Power Grid are among the top gainers today.

Kotak Mahindra Bank and Sun Pharma on the other hand are among the top losers today.

Check out the NSE Nifty heatmap to get the complete list of gainers and losers.

Broader markets are trading on a positive note. The BSE Mid Cap index is trading higher marginally and the BSE Small Cap index is up 0.3%.

Sectoral indices are trading on a mixed note. Stocks in the power sector and utilities sector witness buying.

On the other hand, stocks in the realty sector and IT sector witness selling.

Shares of Nestle India and UltraTech Cement hit their 52-week high today.

The rupee is trading at Rs 82.58 against the US dollar.

In commodity markets, gold prices are trading lower by Rs 16 at Rs 59,487 per 10 grams today.

Meanwhile, silver prices are trading higher by 0.2% at Rs 71,896 per 1 kg.
 

Wipro and Cisco launch private 5G service

The US-based Cisco Systems and Indian system integrator Wipro Technologies have partnered to deploy private fifth-generation (5G) networks to enterprise customers worldwide.

The two companies have launched managed private 5G-as-a-service for enterprise customers.

Reportedly, Wipro is partnering with Cisco where the two companies will work closely to tap private 5G business globally, initially focusing on the US, Canada, and European markets where spectrum has no challenge.

The Indian multinational will buy network gear and custom solutions from Cisco and is additionally exploring a revenue-share model, based on a pay-as-you-go subscription.

Azim Premji-owned company that has opened its American headquarters in New Jersey, is already in discussions with a few large enterprise customers in the retail chain space as well as airports and stadiums.

From a customer point of view, 5G will be an add-on technology. According to the reports, Wipro already has Wi-Fi, a local area network (LAN), and a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN).

The reports further stated that Cisco will be a technology provider, and Wipro will deliver platforms and services orchestrated and managed for enterprises.

The New York-based Verizon is also banking on 5G captive network business outside the US market, and earlier said that it offers an entire lifecycle from strategy and planning to architecture design, deployment, and management services.

In India, telecom companies argue that it is their expertise to deploy wireless networks and warn that any move allowing non-telco entities would not only alter market dynamics but would also hurt the financial well-being of the industry.

The partnership news might just be the much-needed boost for Wipro's share price. Lately, not only Wipro but all IT stocks are falling. Not only the fundamental but also the technical view of IT stocks look dicey.

Here's the current situation of IT stocks from a technical perspective.

Nifty IT Index, Daily Chart

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Lemon Tree Hotels to build a new hotel

Lemon Tree Hotels' share price is on the rise today as the hotel chain signed a license agreement for a 60-room property in Andhra Pradesh.

The property in Rajamundry, which will operate under the Lemon Tree Hotel brand, is expected to be in business by the third quarter of the financial year 2025.

Carnation Hotels, a wholly-owned subsidiary and the hotel management arm of the company will operate the property, which will also have a restaurant, a banquet hall, meeting rooms, a swimming pool, a gym, and other public areas, the company said.

Earlier this month, Lemon Tree announced the opening of Lemon Tree Hotels in Agra and Bhopal.
 

Tata Elxsi partners with ISRO

Tata Elxsi has partnered with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the upcoming Gaganyaan Mission. The leading global engineering company has designed and developed the crew module recovery models (CMRM) for the recovery team training of the space mission.

ISRO's Gaganyaan project envisions a demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching the crew into a 400-kilometer orbit for a three-day mission and safely bringing them to Earth by landing in Indian sea waters.

One of the key requirements of this project is the safe recovery of the crew, which must be carried out with minimum lapse of time.

This is where the crew recovery models come into use. For recovery team training, CMRMs designed and fabricated by the Tata group company simulated the mass, center of gravity, outer dimensions, interfaces, and externals of the actual crew module.

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