Global markets signalled a positive start, led by sharp gains across Asian equities and firm US futures, while Gift Nifty rose 0.32%. FIIs bought ₹3,623.51 crore, offsetting DII selling. Earnings from Maruti, ITC, Sun Pharma and others remain key. Commodities weakened, corporate updates were mixed, IPO activity stayed busy, and multiple securities traded ex-dividend today amid strong global risk appetite.
Global Market Futures & Indices
(As of 07:20 AM IST)
| Market Region | Index | Change (%) |
| US Futures | Nasdaq | +0.90% |
| Dow Jones | +0.40% |
| S&P 500 | +0.40% |
| European Futures | FTSE 100 | +0.11% |
| CAC 40 | +0.16% |
| DAX | +0.38% |
| Asian Live Markets | Nikkei 225 | +5.33% |
| KOSPI | +13.05% |
| Shanghai (SSEC) | +0.95% |
| Hang Seng | -0.54% |
| TAIEX | +6.72% |
| Straits Times | -0.93% |
| Australia | ASX 200 | +0.24% |
| India Indicator | Gift Nifty | +0.32% |
Institutional Trading Activity (Cash Market)
(Data for July 30, 2026)
FII / FPI Activity: Net Buyers of ₹3,623.51 Crore
DII Activity: Net Sellers of ₹1,864.03 Crore
Corporate Earnings Calendar
Results Today (July 31, 2026)
ABB India, Aadhar Housing Finance, Aditya Birla Capital, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Holdings & Investment, Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions, Dixon Technologies (India), GAIL (India), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Indian Oil Corporation, ITC, Maruti Suzuki India, Narayana Hrudayalaya, National Aluminium Company, Shadowfax Technologies, Shree Cement, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Urban Company.
Results Tomorrow (August 1, 2026)
Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands, APL Apollo Tubes, Clean Science and Technology, Divi's Laboratories, Epack Prefab Technologies, Gujarat Ambuja Exports, Latent View Analytics, Muthoot Finance, Utkarsh Small Finance Bank.
Commodity Markets Overview
| Commodity | Level | Change (%) |
| Gold | 4,090.70 | -0.22% |
| Gold (XAU/USD) | 4,083.96 | -0.48% |
| Silver | 58.908 | -0.19% |
| Copper | 6.4868 | -0.21% |
| WTI Crude | 82.74 | -1.02% |
| Brent Crude | 86.23 | -1.12% |
| Natural Gas | 2.761 | +0.51% |
Key Corporate Updates
Positive Developments
Adani Energy Solutions: Approved the allotment of 2,16,71,826 equity shares at an issue price of ₹1,615 per share.
Lupin: Received US FDA approval for Sugammadex Injection and launched the product in the US market.
Embassy Office Parks REIT: Leased 1.3M sq. ft. in Q1 FY27; declared distribution of ₹6.31/unit. Revenue reached ₹12.41B and net profit stood at ₹1.95B.
PC Jeweller: Repaid major bank debt; remaining debt is now under 4% of original amount with full clearance targeted this quarter.
Tata Steel: Approved ₹338.73B capex for 4.8 MTPA capacity expansion at Neelachal Ispat Nigam. Reported Q1 revenue of ₹607.94B and net profit of ₹23.18B (outperforming IBES estimates).
Astra Microwave Products: Secured a ₹22.05B order for the Uttam radar programme.
Bajaj Finance: Beat profit estimates driven by robust loan growth and improved asset quality. Maintained long-term AUM growth guidance of 23–25%.
Swiggy: Reached contribution-margin break-even in quick commerce for Q1 FY27. Revenue of ₹68.12B beat IBES estimates (₹65.21B).
Garden Reach Shipbuilders: Secured a ₹10.32B order from ONGC.
Vedanta: Appointed Arun Misra as CEO; reported higher Q1 profit with strong dividend expectations from Vedanta Aluminium.
Quarterly Profit Summaries (June Quarter):
Nuvama Wealth: Revenue ₹13.76B | PAT ₹3.06B (Approved ₹1B investment in Nuvama Asset Mgmt)
AWL Agri Business: Revenue ₹200.48B | Net Profit ₹3.50B
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders: Revenue ₹29.43B | Net Profit ₹5.49B
Torrent Pharmaceuticals: Revenue ₹49.21B | Net Profit ₹5.66B
Chambal Fertilisers: Revenue ₹50.27B | Net Profit ₹5.24B
Niva Bupa Health Insurance: Revenue ₹22.74B | Profit ₹1.38B
Global Health (Medanta): Revenue ₹10.79B | PAT ₹1.37B (Approved ₹9.70B Guwahati hospital expansion)
LIC Housing Finance: Net Interest Income ₹70.24B | PAT ₹14.88B
RailTel: Revenue ₹8.93B | Net Profit ₹657.8M
Pricol: Revenue ₹10.84B | Profit ₹670.2M
Filatex India: Revenue ₹11.45B | PAT ₹485.2M
Aarti Industries: Revenue ₹23.87B | Net Profit ₹1.55B
Indegene: Revenue ₹10.63B | Net Profit ₹1.16B
Satin Creditcare: Operating Revenue ₹7.62B | PAT ₹1.23B
Rainbow Children's Medicare: Revenue ₹4.70B | PAT ₹605.7M
National Securities Depository: Revenue ₹5.17B | PAT ₹981.9M
Data Patterns: Revenue ₹1.16B | Profit ₹220.6M
Updater Services: Revenue ₹7.64B | PAT ₹297.2M (Declared ₹1/share dividend)
Archean Chemical: Revenue ₹3.27B | Net Profit ₹306.8M
Alivus Life Sciences: Revenue ₹6.40B | Net Profit ₹1.60B
Honda India Power: Revenue ₹1.89B | Profit ₹111M
Basant Agro Tech: Revenue ₹2.33B | Profit ₹28.2M
Mallcom (India): Revenue ₹1.10B | PAT ₹65.7M
South India Paper Mills: Revenue ₹1.18B | Profit ₹49.8M
Maral Overseas: Revenue ₹2.63B | Profit ₹59.8M
Nucleus Software: Revenue ₹2.10B | Net Profit ₹238.7M
GNG Electronics: Revenue ₹4.13B | Profit ₹289.3M
Oriental Aromatics: Revenue ₹2.60B | Profit ₹25.1M
Other Positive Highlights:
Navin Fluorine: Signed DRDO deal for domestic production of sodium borohydride.
Refex Industries: Secured new order worth ₹227.5M.
Fischer Medical Ventures: Received CDSCO import approval for portable wound-care system.
Mamata Machinery: Resumed manufacturing operations in Ahmedabad.
Mankind Pharma: Chronic therapy segment drove strong quarterly earnings growth.
Mahindra & Mahindra: Incorporated Novavayu Aerospace for manufacturing aircraft and defense equipment.
Negative Developments
Biocon: Roche filed a lawsuit regarding Biocon's biosimilar breast-cancer drug, introducing legal uncertainty.
Associated Alcohols & Breweries: FSSAI prohibited sales of one whisky and rum brand over "artificial flavour" labeling violations.
LIC: Received a tax demand notice of ₹991M along with a penalty of ₹99.1M.
Samvardhana Motherson: Spanish subsidiary SMRC Automotive hit with a €65,000 penalty by Spain's labor department.
Swiggy: Reported a net loss of ₹7.91B (wider than IBES estimate of ₹7.20B) due to order cancellations and negative Instamart margins.
Thermax: Net profit dropped to ₹252.4M on ₹23.03B revenue due to rising operational costs.
Bank of India: Hiked 1-year MCLR by 5 bps to 8.80%, raising borrowing rates.
Hyundai Motor India: Disrupted domestic production (growth slowed to +5.4% YoY) and lower export numbers due to Middle East conflicts.
Tata Steel: Recorded an exceptional one-time charge of ₹3.45B in Q1.
Neutral & Corporate Restructuring Updates
Nazara Technologies: Subsidiaries Kiddopia ($1.2M) and Sportskeeda ($517K) entered internal credit agreements.
ICICI Bank: Issued $1B in senior unsecured fixed-rate international notes.
Union Bank of India: Approved up to $2B foreign currency fundraising via its Dubai and Sydney branches.
Nuvama Wealth Management: Approved NCD issuance up to ₹5B.
Niva Bupa Health Insurance: Approved ₹5B NCD issuance.
Vellora Impact: Approved rights issue up to ₹700M.
Raconteur Global Resources: Approved ₹290M convertible warrants and ₹10M equity issuance.
Kanel Industries: Approved rights issue up to ₹170M.
Leadership & Executive Appointments:
AWL Agri Business: Appointed Pankaj Goyal as CFO.
Honda India Power Products: Appointed Sameer Jain as CFO.
Sical Logistics: Appointed V.T. Doraivel Krishnan as CFO.
Walchandnagar Industries: CFO Nishant Saigal resigned.
SJVN: Government extended CMD Bhupender Gupta's term.
Regulatory & Administrative Orders:
SEBI: Issued final/exemption orders regarding Hindustan Composites, Kalahridhaan Trendz, Ajanta Soya, and Moksh Ornaments.
Inter-Corporate & Asset Moves:
REC: Transferred shares of Ryapte Power Transmission worth ₹108.7M to Tata Power.
Striders Impex: Invested ₹42M in UAE subsidiary Striders FZ.
Heidelberg Materials: Parent company considering long-term exit strategy from India despite current profitability.
Embassy REIT: Terminated project agreements for Quadron Business Park and Four Seasons India Hotel.
Zodiac-JRD-MKJ: Board to consider rights issue proposals.
Swiggy: Target addition of ~75 Instamart dark stores during Q2 FY27.
Macro Economy, Regulatory & Foreign Markets
NSE Regulation: Market regulator approved in-principle settlement of legacy regulatory issues upon payment of ₹14.91 Billion.
RBI Guidelines Updates: Issued amended presentation, disclosure, and ALM frameworks across Commercial Banks, Small Finance Banks, and Payments Banks.
RBI Deposit Rules: Prohibited interest rate discrimination based solely on deposit size. Differential bulk rates based on LCR framework effective October 1.
RBI Basel III Standards: Standardized Pillar 3 disclosures released for market, operational, counterparty, and leverage risks.
Global Energy & Supply Chains:
Russia Oil: Crude exports from western ports declined ~4% in July due to regional port disruptions (Novorossiysk and Ust-Luga).
Saudi Oil: Two tankers routed crude to India via non-Red Sea corridors by turning off trackers.
Kuwait Petroleum: Tendered 55,000 tonnes of naphtha for Singapore/Japan markets.
China Power Sector: Coal dropped below 50% of China's total power generation for the first time in history.
Commodities & FX: Arabica coffee and palm oil prices advanced; Indian 10-year benchmark bond yields rose to 6.8132%.
Executive Moves: Kotak Investment Banking appointed V. Jayasankar and Sourav Mallik as co-CEOs; Ramesh Srinivasan named Vice Chairman.
Primary Market Activity (IPOs)
Ongoing Offerings
Closing Today (July 31):
Closing August 3:
Juniper Green Energy Ltd (Mainboard)
MV Electrosystems Ltd (Mainboard)
Oneindig Technologies Ltd (BSE SME)
Dhaval Packaging Ltd (BSE SME)
Closing August 4:
Upcoming Offerings
Today's IPO Listings (July 31)
Institutional Bulk & Block Deals
(Executed July 30, 2026)
IIFL Finance: FIH Mauritius (Fairfax) sold 63.39L shares (1.49%) at ₹590/share (Total: ₹374.02 Cr). Purchased by Smallcap World Fund & American Funds Insurance Series.
Sapphire Foods India: Fidelity Funds India Focus bought 20.22L shares (0.62%) for ₹39.58 Cr at ₹195.7/share. Government of Singapore sold 18.95L shares (0.58%) for ₹37.1 Cr.
Bai-Kakaji Polymers: Abakkus Venture Opportunities Fund bought 6.08L shares (2.84%) for ₹12.18 Cr at ₹200.34/share. Tiger Strategies & Sanjay Popatlal Jain sold 4.5L shares.
Xtranet Technologies: Mittal Growth Partners LLP acquired 9.4L shares (1.79%) for ₹12.69 Cr at ₹135.04/share.
Key Corporate Actions (Ex-Dates: July 31, 2026)
Ex-Dividend
ADF Foods Ltd, Ador Welding Ltd, Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bal Pharma Ltd, Banco Products (India) Ltd, Carborundum Universal Ltd, CCL Products (India) Ltd, DIC India Ltd, Elantas Beck India Ltd, Fine Organic Industries Ltd, Foseco India Ltd, Goodyear India Ltd, Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd, HLE Glascoat Ltd, Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd, Indraprastha Gas Ltd, Jagran Prakashan Ltd, JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd, KCP Ltd, Linc Ltd, LT Foods Ltd, Mold-Tek Packaging Ltd, NOCIL Ltd, Nuvama Capital Markets Ltd, Oriental Aromatics Ltd, PDS Ltd, PlatinumOne Business Services Ltd, PNB Housing Finance Ltd, Poly Medicure Ltd, Power Finance Corporation Ltd, Pradeep Metals Ltd, Presstonic Wines India Ltd, R K Swamy Ltd, R Systems International Ltd, Ramco Phosphates Ltd, Reetech Ltd, RTC Ltd, Sagar Cements Ltd, Saksoft Ltd, Sharda Cropchem Ltd, Shilchar Technologies Ltd, Singer India Ltd, Sirca Paints India Ltd, SML Isuzu Ltd, Smruthi Organics Ltd, Spice Islands Industries Ltd, Strides Pharma Science Ltd, Tata Investment Corporation Ltd, The Anup Engineering Ltd, Timken India Ltd, Trivi Specialty Chemicals Ltd, Varun Beverages Ltd, V-Guard Industries Ltd, VST Industries Ltd, WPIL Ltd.
Other Corporate Actions
Stock Split: Narmada Agrobase Ltd (From Rs.10 to Rs.2)
Spin-Off: Inox Green Energy Services Ltd
Income Distribution: Knowledge Realty Trust (REIT), PowerGrid Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT)
Right Issue: SI Capital & Financial Services Ltd
Suspension / Resolution Plan: Bloom Dekor Ltd, Winsome Yarns Ltd
Derivatives Status
Sources: WOWNEWS24X7, Moneycontrol, Investing.com
