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Should you hold textile stocks amid rising cotton prices

Several cotton spinning mills in India have slashed or ceased cotton production on the back of higher prices. Analysts have now turned cautious over the textile sector's outlook for the near-term

High cotton prices to spoil apparel stocks' outlook in near-term: Analysts

At the bourses, shares of textile stocks like KPR Mills, Welspun India, and Vardhman Textiles have tumbled up to 45 per cent so far this year.

Stocks to watch: Titan, Dr Reddy's, Nelco, IOC, GIC Housing, Torrent Pharma

Stocks to watch today: Titan plans to add 20 to 30 Tanishq stores over two to three years in the Middle East and North America; Nelco inked pact with Intelsat to provide inflight connectivity services

DreamFolks Services IPO: Grey market premium jumps 15% on strong demand

In the grey market, shares of Dreamfolks Services were trading at Rs 75 per share, which implies listing at Rs 401 per share against the upper price band of issue price.

Rs 562 crore Dreamfolks Services IPO opens on Aug 24: All you need to know

The price band has been set in the range of Rs 308 to 326 per share and will close on Friday, August 26. The public issue is entirely an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 17.24 million equity shares.

Stocks to watch: TCS, Wipro, Future Ent, IDBI Bank, Adani Green, ONGC, NHPC

Stocks to watch today: Canara Bank plans to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore through tier II bonds; TCS clarified that it would pay 100 per cent of variable payout in the June quarter of FY23.

Stocks to watch: NDTV, RIL, Canara Bank, Tata Motors, NTPC, NHPC, Hindalco

Stocks to watch today: Adani Group plans to buy 29.18 per cent stake in NDTV; Canara Bank plans to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore via tier II bonds.

Stocks to watch: Infosys, RBL Bank, HDFC Bank, Zomato, Sobha, L&T

Stocks to watch today: RBL Bank approved fund raise of up to Rs 3,000 crore to fund the lender's business growth; HDFC Bank plans to raise funds worth Rs 2,500 crore through issuance of Tier-1 bonds.

Are FMCG companies eyeing better margins ahead?

The consumer basket in India has been adversely affected due to the high food inflation and weak macro environment. However, easing commodity prices is expected to ease margin woes of FMCG companies

Deflating commodity costs to aid FMCG firms in H2FY23: Analysts

With commodity prices deflating from their March peak levels, analysts expect the margin profile across consumer goods companies to improve going ahead.

Stocks to watch: L&T, Adani Power, Ambuja Cements, LIC, Paytm, JSW Steel

Stocks to watch today: L&T commissioned a new green hydrogen plant at Hazira in Gujarat; Future Enterprises defaults on payments of interest of two non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of Rs 12.6 crore.

Should you buy jewellery stocks ahead of the festive season?

The onset of festive season is sparkling brightly over the jewellery sector. With gold prices correcting over 12 per cent from March peak, analysts foresee more upside in related stocks down the road

Titan, Kalyan: Jewellery stocks to dazzle in festive season, say analysts

Analysts see more upside for jewellery stocks as festive demand kicks in post the correction of gold prices

Stocks to watch: Bata India, Page Inds, NMDC, Apollo Hospitals, Oil India

Stocks to watch today: LIC, ONGC, HAL will report their June quarter results (Q1FY23) on Friday, August 12; NMDC hikes prices of lump iron ore by Rs 200 a tonne and fines by Rs 100 a tone.

Stocks to watch: Eicher Motors, Tata Consumer, Coal India, BoB, IRCTC

Stocks to watch today: Apollo Hospitals, Trent, Aurobindo Pharma will report their June quarter results (Q1FY23) on Thursday, July 11; Bank of Baroda raised their MCLR rate by 5-20 bps across tenors.

Stocks to watch: Coal India, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, Delhivery, Indian Hotels

Stocks to watch today: Coal India and Tata Consumer Products will report their June quarter results (Q1FY23) on Wednesday, August 10; NTPC plans to fundraise Rs 12,000 crore through NCDs.

HPCL, BPCL shed up to 4% on lackluster June quarter performance

So far in this calendar year, BPCL and HPCL have tumbled 13 per cent, and 14 per cent, respectively. However, frontline indices Nifty50 and the S&P BSE Sensex have remained flat during the same period

Stocks to Watch: Bharti Airtel, Nykaa, Paytm, BPCL, SBI, Titan, Adani Ports

Stocks to watch today: Bharti Airtel and Adani Ports will report their June quarter results (Q1FY23); Titan saw 13-fold jump in net profit to Rs 790 crore in Q1FY23.

Britannia Q1 revenue may rise up to 15% YoY; 2% dip in PAT seen: Analysts

Britannia Industries Q1 preview: Analysts, on average, expect the company to post a 2 per cent drop in core profit-after-tax (PAT) to Rs 378 crore in Q1FY23 from Rs 387 crore in the year-ago period.

How are the markets placed ahead of RBI policy?

At over 8.5%, equity markets clocked their highest monthly gain since August 2021. As investors remain cautious ahead of the RBI's monetary policy, find out how the markets are placed for the week