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Commodity Market Updates (Live)

International commodity markets are trading largely higher, driven by gains across precious metals, energy, and industrial metals.

• Gold Futures: Rose 0.46% to $4,457.90

• Spot Gold (XAU/USD): Gained 0.57% to $4,401.54

• Silver: Outperformed precious metals, climbing 1.19% to $65.885

• Copper: Advanced 1.44% to $6.7055 (Session top gainer)

• WTI Crude Oil: Rose 0.27% to $81.69/bbl

• Brent Crude: Gained 0.32% to $88.88/bbl

• Natural Gas: Declined 1.95% to $2.662

Institutional Trading Activity (Cash Market — August 14, 2026)

Quarterly Results Today (August 17, 2026)

The following companies are scheduled to announce their quarterly earnings:
INDO-MIM, Cressanda Railway Solutions, Indrayani Biotech, Mahan Industries, Silverline Technologies, Starbeam Ventures

Key Corporate Updates

Positive Catalysts

• India Windfall Tax / Fuel Exporters: Government slashed windfall taxes effective August 15:

  • Petrol exports: Cut to ₹0/litre (from ₹3.5/litre)

  • Diesel exports: Cut to ₹24/litre (from ₹25.5/litre)

  • Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF): Cut to ₹19.5/litre (from ₹22/litre)

• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories: USFDA inspection of its UK API facility classified as Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) and officially closed.

• Reliance Industries / Rolls-Royce: Announced strategic intent to jointly develop an indigenous combat-engine solution for India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) and explore a dedicated aerospace gas-turbine complex in India.

• Voltas:

  • Q1 consolidated revenue at ₹46.74 billion; net profit at ₹2.14 billion.

  • Approved a binding term sheet with Atomberg for an Indian joint venture to develop indigenous compressor technology.

• TD Power Systems: Entered into a build-to-print framework agreement with Siemens Energy Inc. to supply 2-pole generators.

• NIBE: Signed a supply contract worth ~₹5.63 billion with the Indian Army for the Vayuastra loitering munition system.

• Zee Entertainment Enterprises: Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) granted a partial stay on SEBI's July 31, 2026 order, allowing the company to proceed with its warrants issue.

• Andhra Paper: Manufacturing operations at the Kadiam unit have been fully restored.

• OCW: Resuming operations in phases at its Surendra Nagar, Gujarat plant, expecting normal production within five days.

• PhysicsWallah / Bharat Innovations Global: PhysicsWallah will acquire the remaining stake in Bharat Innovations Global to consolidate ownership.

• Juniper Hotels: Plans to invest ₹8.50 billion in a luxury hotel in New Delhi.

• CESC: Subsidiary received a Letter of Award from SECI for 70 MW of renewable power supply.

• Smartworks Coworking Spaces: Added 176,285 sq. ft. capacity with an investment of ~₹280 million.

• Spice Islands Industries: Signed an MoU with Sriven Enterprises for packaged drinking water under the "Rogers" brand.

• Monarch Surveyors & Engineering Consultants: Won a ₹29 million Central Railway project order.

• Simplex Castings: Won a ₹108 million fabrication order from Infinity Horizon.

• Sungarner Energies: Secured a ₹53 million EPC contract from NTPC Mining.

• Ahasolar Technologies: Received a work order for a rooftop-solar awareness campaign.

• 20 Microns: Approved acquisition of a partnership interest in Shree Shrest Minerals for ₹15 million.

• DMR Engineering: Awarded an eight-year PM contract valued at ₹16.6 million for the Tarali Pumped Storage Project.

• SEAMEC: Entered into a consortium agreement with Supreme Hydro Engineering for an ONGC vessel contract valued at $1.47 million.

• AXISCADES: Reported record Q1 FY27 revenue from operations of ₹346.7 crore (up 42.2% YoY).

• Nava: Achieved a record quarterly high in total income of ₹2,269 crore.

Q1 Earnings & Revenue Highlights (Positive)

• Patanjali Foods: Revenue ₹113.37 billion | PAT ₹3.36 billion

• Reliance Infrastructure: Revenue ₹63.44 billion | Net Profit ₹3.72 billion

• Uflex: Revenue ₹53.66 billion | Net Profit ₹4.23 billion

• NMDC: Revenue ₹67.95 billion | Net PAT ₹19.76 billion

• NMDC Steel: Revenue ₹36.62 billion | Profit ₹505.1 million

• Belrise Industries: Revenue ₹25.46 billion | Profit ₹1.22 billion

• Brightcom Group: Revenue ₹17.52 billion | PAT ₹2.62 billion

• Ahluwalia Contracts (India): Revenue ₹11.26 billion | PAT ₹103.9 million

• Cochin Shipyard: Revenue ₹10.94 billion | Net Profit ₹1.51 billion

• Electrotherm (India): Revenue ₹9.13 billion | Net Profit ₹63.3 million–₹69.3 million

• Southern Petrochemical (SPIC): Revenue ₹8.49 billion | Net PAT ₹601.8 million

• Puravankara: Revenue ₹8.49 billion | Net Profit ₹252.3 million

• Kwality Wall’s (India): Total Income ₹8.8 billion | Profit ₹507 million

• Jupiter Wagons: Revenue ₹6.71 billion | Net Profit ₹282.5 million

• Schneider Electric Infrastructure: Revenue ₹6.51 billion | Net Profit ₹124.4 million

• Lux Industries: Total Income ₹6.17 billion | Net Profit ₹221.3 million

• Rubicon Research: Revenue ₹5.34 billion | Net Profit ₹847.8 million

• Saatvik Green Energy: Revenue ₹5.11 billion | Net Profit ₹55.1 million

• KN Agri Resources: Revenue ₹5.09 billion | PAT ₹134.2 million

• Alpex Solar: Revenue ₹5.03 billion | Net Profit ₹398.7 million

• POCL Enterprises: Net Sales ₹4.66 billion | Net Profit ₹61.7 million

• Western Carriers (India): Revenue ₹4.65 billion | Net Profit ₹86.9 million

• Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services: Revenue ₹4.23 billion | Net Profit ₹175.3 million

• MM Forgings: Revenue ₹4.09 billion | Profit ₹354.1 million

• Nahar Industrial Enterprises: Income ₹3.15 billion | Net Profit ₹249.8 million

• Orchid Pharma: Income ₹3.04 billion | Profit ₹25.8 million

• Expleo Solutions: Revenue ₹2.92 billion | Net Profit ₹341.8 million

• Gufic Biosciences: Revenue ₹2.61 billion | Profit ₹223.1 million

• Marine Electricals (India): Revenue ₹2.59 billion | Net Profit ₹172.7 million

• Borosil: Revenue ₹2.54 billion | Net Profit ₹128 million

• Hitech Corporation: Revenue ₹2.26 billion | Profit ₹71.1 million

• Swarnsarita Jewels India: Revenue ₹2.06 billion | Profit ₹107.1 million

• Shree Ajit Pulp & Paper: Revenue ₹2.01 billion | Net Profit ₹185.4 million

• Rishabh Instruments: Revenue ₹1.98 billion | Net Profit ₹190.3 million

• Responsive Industries: Revenue ₹1.93 billion | Net PAT ₹27.4 million

• Uma Exports: Revenue ₹1.93 billion | Net PAT ₹6.3 million

• PTC Industries: Revenue ₹1.92 billion | Profit ₹291.9 million

• Bhatia Communications: Revenue ₹1.90 billion | Profit ₹68.2 million

• Triplewall Containers: Revenue ₹1.78 billion | Profit ₹151.1 million

• Solarworld Energy Solutions: Revenue ₹1.68 billion | Net Profit ₹95 million

• Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels: Revenue ₹1.67 billion | PAT ₹114.9 million

• Rudra Global Infra Products: Revenue ₹1.60 billion | Profit ₹36.2 million

• Gyftr: Revenue ₹1.55 billion | Profit ₹52.8 million

• Saraswati Saree Depot: Revenue ₹1.48 billion | Profit ₹66.1 million

• Suraj Estate Developers: Revenue ₹1.45 billion | Net Profit ₹228.3 million

• Dolat Algotech: Revenue ₹1.40 billion | Net Profit ₹538.2 million

• Elpro International: Revenue ₹1.39 billion | Net Profit ₹1.17 billion

• Century Extrusions: Revenue ₹1.38 billion | Net PAT ₹37.7 million

• Shankar Lal Rampal Dye-Chem: Revenue ₹1.36 billion | Profit ₹91.9 million

• SCAL Logistics: Revenue ₹1.33 billion | Profit ₹212.1 million

• AVG Logistics: Revenue ₹1.32 billion | Profit ₹64.6 million

• Unison Metals: Revenue ₹1.32 billion | Profit ₹19.2 million

• D P Wires: Revenue ₹1.31 billion | Profit ₹47.4 million

• R&B Denims: Revenue ₹1.19 billion | Profit ₹43.8 million

• Vaswani Industries: Revenue ₹1.18 billion | Profit ₹11.6 million

• Emmbi Industries: Net Sales ₹1.16 billion | Net Profit ₹22.76 million

• Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works: Revenue ₹1.15 billion | Net Profit ₹617.3 million (Approved 1:5 stock split)

• NIS Management: Revenue ₹1.14 billion | Profit ₹64 million

• One Global Service Provider: Revenue ₹1.03 billion | Profit ₹143 million

• Pakka: Revenue ₹1.01 billion | Net Profit ₹30.7 million (Approved restarting US unit with up to $1 million investment)

• Astal Laboratories: Revenue ₹1.01 billion | Profit ₹94.2 million

• Niraj Cement Structurals: Revenue ₹1.05 billion | Net Profit ₹35.7 million

Negative Updates

• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories: USFDA completed GMP inspection of the FTO-3 facility in Hyderabad (Aug 6–14, 2026) and issued Form 483 with 4 observations.

• Neuland Laboratories: USFDA inspection at Unit 3 in Sangareddy district (Aug 10–15, 2026) resulted in a Form 483 with 1 observation.

• PB Fintech / Policybazaar: IRDAI issued a show-cause notice and letter of advice to Policybazaar Insurance Brokers regarding documentary and process matters following an inspection.

• Regulatory Monetary Penalties (RBI):

  • IndusInd Bank: ₹5.9 million penalty for non-compliance with Interest Rate on Deposits and Securitisation directions.

  • Monetary Penalties Issued: Fusion Finance, Northern Arc Capital, and Muthoot Microfin (amounts undisclosed).

• Ganesha Ecosphere: Reported a fire at its Warangal polyester staple fibre plant on August 13, 2026, resulting in two fatalities from smoke inhalation.

• Devyani International / Quick-Service Restaurants: State order directed the closure of select Domino’s and Pizza Hut outlets due to hygiene issues.

• Key Executive Resignations:

  • Indian Card Clothing Company: Sanjeevkumar Karkamkar resigned as Executive Director & CFO (Effective Sept 1, 2026).

  • JSW Dulux: Krishna Rallapalli resigned as Whole-time Director & CFO.

Q1 Earnings Highlights (Losses / Negative Performance)

• Allcargo Global: Revenue ₹35.22 billion | Net Loss ₹340 million

• GMR Power & Urban Infra: Income ₹17.05 billion | Net Loss ₹414.8 million

• PhysicsWallah: Revenue ₹10.54 billion | Net Loss ₹775.7 million

• Dishman Carbogen Amcis: Revenue ₹6.78 billion | Net Loss ₹578.8 million

• Turtlemint Fintech Solutions: Revenue ₹2.94 billion | Net Loss ₹377.8 million

• McLeod Russel India: Revenue ₹2.61 billion | Net Loss ₹133.8 million

• Zee Media Corporation: Revenue ₹1.91 billion | Net Loss ₹121.2 million

• Bannari Amman Sugars: Revenue ₹1.72 billion | Net Loss ₹109.2 million

• Kitex Garments: Revenue ₹1.58 billion | Net Loss ₹90 million

• Easy Trip Planners: Revenue ₹1.35 billion | Net Loss ₹114.1 million

• Chadha Papers: Revenue ₹1.29 billion | Net Loss ₹5.4 million

Neutral & Corporate Actions

• Fundraising & Capital Structure:

  • Bank of India: Approved up to $1 billion Medium-Term Note (MTN) programme for USD bond issuance.

  • TD Power Systems: Plans to raise up to ₹6 billion via QIP.

  • GMR Power and Urban Infrastructure: Approved fundraising of up to ₹30 billion via securities.

  • Garments Ltd: Approved fundraising up to ₹30 billion via equity, NCDs, or other securities.

  • Bonlon Industries: Approved up to ₹497.5 million via a Rights Issue.

  • Mitsu Chem Plast: Approved issuance of warrants up to ₹151 million.

  • Gujarat Natural Resources: Approved a 1:10 stock split.

  • KCK Industries: Withdrew proposed preferential issue of 2.5 crore shares.

  • Mangal Credit & Fincorp: Withdrew proposed private placement of ₹200 million NCDs.

  • Aditya Infotech: Board to evaluate fund-raising options.

• Corporate Restructuring & Inter-company Guarantees:

  • Dixon Technologies: Issued a corporate guarantee of up to $220 million for subsidiary Padget in favour of Lenovo Ireland.

• Executive Appointments & Re-appointments:

  • Patanjali Foods: Re-appointed Acharya Balkrishna as Chairman.

  • Devyani International: Re-appointed Manish Dawar as Whole-time Director, President & Group CEO.

  • Jaykay Enterprises: Re-appointed Partho Pratim Kar as Joint MD (effective April 2027) and Abhishek Singhania as Chairman & MD (effective July 2027).

  • Jupiter Wagons: Re-appointed Vivek Lohia as MD (5-year term) and Vikash Lohia as Deputy MD.

  • Suraj Estate Developers: Re-appointed Rajan Meenathakonil Thomas as MD.

  • POCL Enterprises: Approved re-appointment of Devakar Bansal as MD.

  • Blue Chip India: Re-appointed Arihant Jain as MD; appointed Asha Pal as CFO.

  • Ceejay Finance: Re-appointed Deepak Patel as MD (effective Sept 1, 2026).

  • Sibar Auto Parts: Re-appointed Pemmasani Ravichandra as MD for 3 years.

  • Tarmat: Approved re-appointment of MD for 3 years (effective Aug 14, 2026).

  • Norris Medicines: Appointed Vimal Dhirendra Shah as MD (effective Sept 1, 2026).

  • NIBE: Appointed Ganesh Ramesh Nibe as CEO.

  • D S Kulkarni Developers: Appointed Sudheeran Ravindran as CEO.

  • Meghna Infracon Infrastructure: Appointed Ishaan Vikram Lodha as CEO.

  • CFO Appointments: Bank of India (Vineet Srivastava), ACI Infocom (Mukesh Kumar), One Global Service Provider (Niraj Chordia), Vital Chemtech (Jitendra Raval), PAN HR Solution (Pushkar Singh Negi), Boston Commerce (Archana Chaitanya Pandya).

  • Resignations: Available Finance (Mahesh Nirmal resigned as CEO).

• Draft IPO Filings & Regulatory Actions:

  • Avtar Steel: Filed draft papers for an IPO comprising a fresh issue of up to ₹5.85 billion and an OFS of up to 5 million shares by Sumit Jindal.

  • DCM Shriram International: Q1 Revenue ₹1.09 billion | Net Profit ₹0.3 million.

  • GMR Airports: July 2026 total passenger traffic was flat YoY.

Bulk & Block Deals

• WeWork India Management:

  • Seller: 1 Ariel Way Tenant Limited (UK-based WeWork Global affiliate) sold 35 lakh shares at ₹697.55 per share.

  • Buyers: Motilal Oswal AMC, Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius, HDFC Standard Life Insurance, and ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund.

• Sudarshan Chemical Industries:

  • Sellers: Rahul Pradeep Rathi (5.26 lakh shares at ₹1,030.43) and Pradeep Ramwilas Rathi (9.26 lakh shares at ₹1,015.43) sold a combined 1.84% stake for ₹148.22 crore.

• Rolex Rings:

  • Buyer: Mirae Asset Mutual Fund acquired 9.3 lakh shares at ₹178.59 per share (Valued at ₹16.61 crore).

• Solvex Edibles:

  • Buyer: Unicorn Fund acquired 2.08 lakh shares (2.3% stake) at ₹17.50 per share (Valued at ₹36.4 lakh).

  • Seller: Dhirajbhai Vaghjibhai Koradiya.

• LEAP India:

  • Buyers: Smallcap World Fund purchased 88.56 lakh shares for ₹142.77 crore. Additional buyers included Prudential Assurance (₹85.56 cr), Habrok India Master LP (₹77.67 cr), Aagam Investments (₹48.12 cr), and GDN Investments (₹33.18 cr).

• Indigo Paints:

  • Buyer: HDFC Mutual Fund acquired 5.8 lakh shares (1.2% stake) at ₹1,173.26 per share (Valued at ₹68.16 crore).

• Menon Bearings:

  • Sellers: Promoters Sucheta Nitin Menon, Aditya Nitin Menon, and Anshul Nitin Menon sold 9.96 lakh shares (1.77% stake) at ₹240 per share (Valued at ₹23.92 crore).

  • Buyer: Persistence Capital Fund I acquired 8.75 lakh shares (1.56% stake) for ₹21 crore at ₹240 per share.

Primary Market (IPO Track)

Ongoing Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

Upcoming IPOs

• 18-Aug to 20-Aug: Sunshine Pictures Ltd, Shankesh Jewellers Ltd

• 19-Aug to 21-Aug: Gaja Alternative Asset Management Ltd

IPO Listings Today (August 17, 2026)

• Mainboard: Dhoot Transmission, Molbio Diagnostics

Corporate Actions & Ban List (August 17, 2026)

Securities Trading Ex-Dividend Today

• Bandhan Bank Ltd, Delta Corp Ltd, Fabtech Technologies Ltd, Hisar Metal Industries Ltd, Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO), Indo Count Industries Ltd, Manappuram Finance Ltd, NBCC (India) Ltd, Panama Petrochem Ltd, Plastiblends India Ltd, Silver Touch Technologies Ltd, SKF India (Industrial) Ltd, The Yamuna Syndicate Ltd

Securities Trading Ex-Bonus Today

• Bizotic Commercial Ltd: Bonus ratio 5:1

Securities Trading Ex-Income Distribution Today

• IndiGrid Infrastructure Trust (InvIT)

Securities Under F&O Ban List

• BANDHANBNK

• SAIL

• LICI

• MANAPPURAM

Macro & Foreign Market Indicators

• RBI / Sovereign Debt Auctions:

  • State Borrowings: 12 Indian states will raise ₹202 billion via loans on August 18.

  • T-Bill Auction: Central Government to auction ₹240 billion of T-Bills on August 19 (₹90B 91-day, ₹80B 182-day, ₹70B 364-day).

  • G-Sec Allotments: RBI accepted ₹109.88B (GS 2029), ₹109.89B (GS 2033), ₹49.85B (2055 Bond), and ₹49.98B (Sovereign Green 2056 Bond).

  • Liquidity Operations: 7-day VRRR auction for ₹2 trillion scheduled for August 17.

• Forex & Reserves:

  • Forex Reserves: Rose sharply to $707.00 billion (as of August 7, up from $692.87 billion).

  • Special FX Swap Facility: Total FX inflows reached ~$56.85 billion through August 13 ($52.3B FCNR-B, $1.74B ECBs, $2.81B foreign currency borrowings). Option for FCNR(B) deposits closes August 31, 2026.

  • Indian Rupee (INR): Ended at ~₹95.4250 / USD.

• Banking Indicators:

  • Bank Deposits grew 15.4% YoY; Loans grew 19.3% YoY for the fortnight ending July 31.

  • 10-Year Government Bond Yield closed at 6.7578%.

• SEBI Regulatory Proposals:

  • Proposed easing KYC and investment licensing for foreign individual investors via video verification (no physical presence requirement).

  • Proposed mandatory stock exchange disclosure if an alleged regulatory violation affects audited financial statements.

  • Rationalized monetary penalties for settling regulatory cases.

• International Developments:

  • Air India: Flight safety concerns raised after an A320 aircraft temporarily lost key flight controls according to Airbus analysis.

  • South Korea Crude Imports: Rose to 12.2 million tonnes in July (vs. 11.3 million tonnes YoY).

  • US Retail Sales: Declined in July, signaling slowing consumer spending.

  • Tata Steel: Transferred top-flight football club Jamshedpur FC for $1 in a sports asset restructuring.

    Sources: WOWNEWS24X7, Moneycontrol, Investing.com