India's steel consumption to grow by 8 per cent- 9 per cent in the next few years, aided by strong demand from the infrastructure, construction and manufacturing sectors, believe analysts.
Kumar Mangalam Birla bought a total of 40.9 million shares, representing 0.04 per cent stake in Vi, between January 30 and February 1, 2026
In the past one month, the Nifty PSU Bank index has outperformed the market by surging 7 per cent, as against 0.5 per cent gain in the Nifty 50.
Volume growth of tyre companies remained healthy, supported by robust momentum in both the OEM and replacement segments, along with continued premiumisation, said Ceat management.
G Chokkalingam of Equinomics Research believes that a pullback in ITC was overdue, as the sell-off was way beyond his expectations. The analyst sees fair value for ITC in the range of ₹375 - ₹380 leve
AAVAS Financiers stock quoted lower for the eight straight trading day, and has plunged 14 per cent during this period.
Cyient, Birlasoft, Cigniti Technologies, eClerx Services and Tata Technologies were down between 4 per cent and 6 per cent in Friday's intra-day trade.
At 10:45 AM; the Nifty PSU Bank, Nifty Realty and Nifty Auto index were down in the range of 0.67 per cent and 2 per cent, as compared to 0.60 per cent decline in the benchmark Nifty 50.
Hitachi Energy order backlog stood at ₹29,872.2 crore as of December 31, 2025, providing revenue visibility for several upcoming quarters.
However, till Wednesday, in the past two trading days, the stock price of the Murugappa Group company - TII had rallied 14%, while in the past seven days had surged 20.4%.
With expectation of urban demand recovery, analysts at Motilal Oswal Financial Services said they need to see if January trends for QSR companies are sustaining.
Despite the recent correction, in the past six months, the market price of Hindustan Zinc has zoomed 141%, and Vedanta 48%, as compared to 3.4% rise in the BSE Sensex.
Thus far in the month of February, the Nifty India Defence index slipped 5.5 per cent, as against 1.3 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
In the past one month, the BSE Oil & Gas index has outperformed the market by gaining 2.2 per cent, as against 2.2 per cent decline in the BSE Sensex.
However, in the past one month, the stock had underperformed the market by falling 22 per cent till Tuesday, February 3, 2026 and touched a 52-week low of ₹109.80 on January 27, 2026.
As many as a combined 41.5 million shares representing 7.3 per cent of total public shareholding of the IDBI Bank have changed hands on the NSE and BSE.
At 11:21 AM on Wednesday; the BSE Oil & Gas index was the top gainer among sectoral indices, up 2.4 per cent, as compared to 0.16 per cent decline in the BSE Sensex.
Textile stocks in focus: Lower reciprocal tariffs and recent trade deals with UK/EU provide multi-year advantage to boost earnings/cashflows by enhancing export base for the sector, believe analysts.
Share price of Avanti Feeds surged 12 per cent to ₹1,078.75 on the BSE in Wednesday's intra-day trade, and surpassed its previous high of ₹999.99 touched on November 13, 2017.
Nifty's Budget day high at 25,440, has now shifted from resistance to support, says Kunal Shah, Sr. Tech Analyst at Mirae Asset ShareKhan. On the upside, the analyst expects the Nifty to test 26,700.