Top stocks in focus on July 1: IREDA, NHPC, NTPC Green, HUDCO, Bharat Electronics, Hindustan Copper and more
Aavas Financiers: Aquilo House Pte. Limited has been designated as the new promoter of the company.
IREDA: The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency reported a 29% year-on-year increase in loan sanctions for Q1, amounting to ₹11,740 crore, compared to ₹9,136 crore a year ago.
United Breweries: The company introduced a new product, 'Amstel Grande' beer, in Karnataka, targeting the premium strong category.
Balaji Amines: Commenced commercial production of Isopropylamine at its Osmanabad manufacturing unit.
NHPC: Commissioned Phase IV (53.57 MW) of the Karnisar Solar Project, bringing total operational capacity to 214.28 MW out of a planned 300 MW.
HUDCO: Reported loan sanctions worth ₹33,904 crore and disbursements of ₹12,812 crore in the first quarter.
Thangamayil Jewellery: Opened new branches in Chennai as part of its retail expansion.
Timken India: Started commercial production at its new manufacturing facility in Bharuch, Gujarat.
Bharat Electronics: Secured additional orders worth ₹528 crore since the previous disclosure on June 20.
NCC: Received new orders worth ₹1,690.51 crore in June 2025, focused on the building division.
Apollo Hospitals: The board approved a scheme of arrangement involving Apollo Healthco, Keimed, and Apollo Healthtech.
Sona Comstar: Exploring the manufacturing of rare earth magnets in India, according to media reports.
Kalpataru Projects: Announced fresh orders valued at ₹989 crore across various segments.
HCL Technologies: Partnered with OpenAI to advance enterprise-scale artificial intelligence adoption.
NTPC Green Energy: Commissioned 32.8 MW of solar power capacity at the Khavda project site in Gujarat.
Astec LifeSciences: Launched a ₹249.35 crore rights issue priced at ₹890 per share.
ITI Ltd: Signed an agreement with BSNL for the ₹1,901 crore BharatNet Phase-3 project (NER-II package).
Godrej Industries: Increased its stake in Godrej Capital to 90.89% through a ₹285 crore investment.
Oil India and ONGC: Administered pricing mechanism (APM) gas prices revised upward to $6.75/mmbtu from $6.41/mmbtu.
SJVN: Began commercial operations of a 100.25 MW solar capacity, part of the 1,000 MW Bikaner project.
Hindustan Copper: Signed an MoU with Coal India for joint exploration of copper and critical minerals.
Gabriel India: Set to consolidate Anand Group's auto components businesses through a share swap arrangement.
Jet Fuel Price Update: Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price in Delhi increased by ₹6,271/kl to ₹89,344.05/kl.
CG Power: Plans to raise ₹3,000 crore via a qualified institutional placement (QIP) following its highest-ever order win.
Bharat Forge: Board approved transfer of the defence business to Kalyani Strategic Systems through OCRPS worth ₹500 crore.
ESAF Small Finance Bank: Transferred ₹733.4 crore of non-performing and written-off loans to an asset reconstruction company for ₹73.34 crore.
Bank of India: Reduced its lending rates by 5 basis points across all tenors, effective July 1.
Uno Minda: Finalised the acquisition of 1.69 crore shares (49.90% stake) in UnoMinda EV Systems from FRIWO GmbH for ₹141.27 crore.
Torrent Pharmaceuticals: Anticipates completion of the ₹19,500 crore JB Pharma acquisition within 15–18 months.
Ashok Leyland: CEO of Switch Mobility, S Mahesh Babu, to step down effective August 31.
JK Cement: Declared a final dividend of ₹15 per share for FY25.
Can Fin Homes: Appointed Abhishek Mishra as Chief Financial Officer for a three-year term starting June 30.
Patel Engineering: Board to consider a debt issuance proposal at its meeting scheduled for July 3.
Wipro: Appointed Tulsi Naidu as chairperson of its nomination and remuneration committee.
Larsen & Toubro (L&T): Subsidiary L&T Energy Green Tech incorporated a new wholly owned arm, Panipat Green Hydrogen.
Hindustan Zinc: Disclosed contribution of ₹90,000 crore to the exchequer over the past five years, including ₹18,963 crore in FY25.
Grindwell Norton: Recommended a final dividend of ₹17 per equity share.
One Mobikwik Systems: Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius sold 4.43 lakh shares at ₹246.23 per share.
ASM Framework Updates: To be included in ST-ASM : Balaji Amines, Jai Balaji.
To be excluded from ST-ASM : Avantel, Dam Networks, Premier Explosives.
To be included in LT-ASM: Orient Bell.
Price Band Revision:
Diamond Power: Revised from 10% to 5%.
Dividend Ex-Dates Today: Cera Sanitaryware: ₹65 per share.
JSW Infrastructure: ₹0.8 per share.
Polychem: ₹20 per share.
Dividend Ex-Dates Tomorrow: Bharat Seats: ₹1.1 per share.
Sika Interplant: ₹2.4 per share.
Other Corporate Developments: Sigachi Industries : A fire incident at the Hyderabad facility resulted in one fatality; plant operations suspended for 90 days.
Gensol Engineering: Keya Vimal Salot sold 3 lakh shares at ₹42.32 per share.
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