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Stocks to Watch today, February 2, 2026: Here are some of the top stocks to remain in focus today as the markets open after the presentation of Budget 2026
Max Healthcare Institute, Aster DM Healthcare, and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises shares managed to end higher post Union Budget on Sunday amid weakness in markets
Defence stocks: Data Patterns, GRSE, Paras Defence, BEML, Mazagon Dock and BEL among others crashed up to 19% in Sunday's intra-day trade even as FM proposed 15% higher Budget spends for the sector.
Budget 2026 | Stock Market LIVE Updates on February 1, 2026: FM Sitharaman on Sunday has raised STT on future trades to 0.05 per cent from 0.02 per cent under Budget 2026.
All the PSU Bank index constituents were trading lower, with Bank of India, Bank Maharashtra, Indian Bank, Bank of Baroda, and Union Bank of India falling in the range of 3 to 7 per cent
Budget 2026 has proposed a tax holiday till 2047 for IT companies providing cloud services using India-based data centres.
As India emerges as a global hub for data centre expansion, driven by rapid data consumption and adoption of cloud reforms, Anant Raj is well-positioned to capitalise on the emerging opportunities.
According to the Budget document, the allocation to be disbursed among banks and fintechs in FY26 has been revised to ₹2,196 crore
ACC, IRCTC, IREDA, Akzo Nobel India, Emami, KPIT Technologies and Premier Energies also hit 52-week lows in the intraday trade on February 1
As per the Budget document, the government proposes to increase the limit for duty-free imports of specified inputs used for processing seafood products for export, to 3 per cent
The government proposes to increase the securities transaction tax, raising STT on futures from 0.02% to 0.05% and on options premium from 0.1% to 0.15%.
Budget 2026 impact: Container Corporation rose over 4 per cent after the FM proposed ₹10,000 crore outlay for container manufacturing in the Union Budget.
BSE share price logged the most losses among peers. The stock declined as much as 5.68 per cent
Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing, Mtar Technologies and Data Patterns rallied in the range of 5 per cent to 6 per cent on the NSE in intra-day trade.
Meesho reported a 12 times year-on-year increase in its net loss to ₹490.7 crore compared to ₹37.4 crore in the year-ago period
Bitcoin slipped below the $80,000 mark after failing to hold above $89,000, with the decline exacerbated by thin weekend liquidity
Despite it being a non-working day, trading will continue in the equity and commodity markets on account of presentation of Union Budget 2026
In the SME space, IPOs of NFP Sampoorna Foods, Grover Jewells, and Biopol Chemicals are scheduled to open for public subscription
Here is the complete list of stocks set to trade ex-dividend next week along with their dividend details and record dates
The management said Strides continues to deliver a strong performance in Q3FY26 with growth primarily driven by the Other Regulated Markets and Growth Markets.