Stocks to watch: On Monday 18 August, stocks of many legendary companies will be monitored in the stock market. From the financial sector to auto, pharma, infra and hospitality, important news of companies associated with many sectors has come out. Let’s know about the companies whose stocks will be on the radar of investors and traders in Monday’s trading session.
The S&P Global Ratings upgrade the long-term issues of India’s top 10 financial institutions on Friday. It has seven bank-ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Union Bank of India and Indian Bank. Also, three financial companies include Bajaj Finance, Tata Capital and L&T Finance.
Inox Wind Limited recorded the most quarterly profit in Q1Fy26. The company’s net profit rose to ₹ 97.3 crore on an annual basis. This includes a different tax charge of ₹ 40 crore. Revenue rose 29.2% to ₹ 826.3 crore and the profit before tax rose 167% to ₹ 138 crore.
Q1Fy26 Net Profit of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited fell 86.2% to ₹ 46.8 crore. Revenue rose 0.6% to ₹ 3,264 crore. The company’s Ebitda declined by 1.4% to ₹ 580 crore and the margin fell to 17.7%.
Telecom company Vodafone Idea Limited had a net loss ₹ 6,608 crore in the June quarter. This has increased on an annual basis, but decreased by ₹ 7,166 crore in the March quarter. The company’s revenue rose 5% to ₹ 11,022.5 crore on an annual basis. Average per user income (ARPU) rose 15% to ₹ 177. Vodafone Idea has chosen Abhijeet Kishore as the new CEO, who will replace Akshay Mundra from 19 August.
JK Cement Limited has approved the greenfield project of ₹ 4,805 crore with 7 MTPA capacity in Rajasthan and Punjab. The company also announced that CS Shambhu Singh would retire on 31 October 2025.
Infrastructure company KEC International Limited has received new orders worth ₹ 1,402 crore. This includes 765 KV Transmission Line Project in India, Supply Order in the US, Repit Order of High-Regent Project in North India and several cable and conductor contracts for domestic and foreign markets.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (August 15) that India’s first indigenous semiconductor chip will be ready by the end of the year. This will reduce the dependence on imports in electronics, automobiles, mobile and defense industry and will also reduce the cost. Vedanta is the biggest name among semiconductor chip making companies.
PM Narendra Modi said that the discovery of critical minerals is going on in more than 1,200 places across the country and a National Exploration Mission will be brought for it. The Lok Sabha has recently passed the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025. Which will increase critical mineral supply and the income of the states. Its effect can be seen on the stock of Hindustan Copper.
India plans to increase the nuclear power generation capacity by 10 times in the next 20 years. PM Narendra Modi said in the Independence Day speech that work is going on on 10 new reactors. He said that the government will bring major reforms in the nuclear sector and allow private sector participation by amending the Atomic Energy Act and Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act. This is a positive news for Larsen & Toubro.
IIFL Finance Limited said that its subsidiary IIFL Home Finance CEO Monu Ratra resigned on 14 August 2025. His term will end on 6 October 2025.
The company’s net profit rose by 87% to ₹ 17.4 crore in the June quarter, which was ₹ 9.3 crore in the same period last year. Revenue increased by 5.2% to ₹ 232.7 crore, while it was ₹ 212.2 crore in the same quarter of the previous year. The company’s stock rose 0.09% to close at ₹ 335 on Thursday.
Net profit increased by 64.5% to ₹ 51 crore in the June quarter of Ahluwalia contracts. It was ₹ 31 crore in the same period last year. Revenue rose 9.3% to ₹ 1,005 crore, while it was ₹ 919 crore a year ago. The stock fell 0.55% to close at ₹ 945 on Thursday.
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Hospitality Chen Lemon Tree Hotels Limited said that its subsidiary Fleur Hotels has received a contract for developing a 5-star orica hotel in Nehru Place in Delhi from Delhi Development Authority (DDA). The company received this letter of award on 14 August 2025.
Coffee Day recorded a net profit of ₹ 28 crore in Q1 FY26, compared to ₹ 11 crore in the same period last year. Revenue rose 3% to ₹ 269 crore, which was ₹ 260 crore a year ago. The stock closed over 0.5% on Thursday.
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