Stock Market Today: All You Need To Know Before Going Into Trade On August 18

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GIFT Nifty Verify

The GIFT Nifty, which is an early indicator of the benchmark’s efficiency, pointed to a decrease begin for the index. It traded 0.23% decrease at 24,318.50 as of seven a.m.

Asian Market Verify

Asian inventory markets traded broadly muted or decrease on Tuesday, with South Korea’s Kospi bucking the regional development after coming back from a vacation. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.38%, whereas Australia’s ASX 200 was up 0.01%. The Kospi surged 3.04%.

Commodity Verify

World Crude oil costs edged upwards after Donald Trump’s bombing risk to Oman solid a shadow over the peace prospect. Brent Crude traded 0.25% greater at $91.10 per barrel, and West Texas Intermediate was up 0.45% to $84.88 per barrel.

Gold and silver costs in India inched up on Tuesday. In response to bullions.co.in, 24K gold was quoted at Rs 1,56,210 per 10 grams on the India stage, whereas silver 999 advantageous was at Rs 2,39,110 per kg as of 06:38 am.

Inventory Market Recap

Indian fairness benchmarks prolonged declines for the fifth consecutive buying and selling session, registering their longest shedding streak since July 24. The Sensex settled 281.09 factors, or 0.36%, decrease at 77,728.16, extending its decline by 116.27 factors from the provisional shut. The Nifty 50 ended 78.35 factors, or 0.32%, decrease at 24,287.65, falling one other 52.15 factors from its 3:15 pm stage.

US Markets Recap

U.S. shares traded blended on Monday as renewed optimism round synthetic intelligence and semiconductor shares helped the Nasdaq maintain in constructive territory, whereas the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Common slipped amid recent tensions within the Center East.

At 9:35 a.m. EDT, the Nasdaq Composite was up 13.15 factors, or 0.05%, at 26,742.31. The S&P 500 fell 10.12 factors, or 0.13%, to 7,775.64, whereas the Dow Jones Industrial Common dropped 194.40 factors, or 0.36%, to 53,538.01.

Lastly, the indices settled within the crimson once more with S&P 500 down 0.52% to 7,745.06, tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down 0.32% to 26,644.91, and Dow Jones Industrial Common down 0.51% to 53,459.78.

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Shares In Information

South Indian Financial institution: To open 5 new branches in Kannur, Kerala.
Poonawalla Fincorp: Allotted 31,500 secured listed NCDs aggregating Rs 315 crore via non-public placement.
Nelco: Introduced a strategic partnership with Elveo to convey next-generation director-to-device and IoT connectivity to South Asian markets. Invested USD 20 million in Lunar Holdco CCDs on August 17, 2026, for the satellite tv for pc connectivity partnership.
Sonata Software program: Appointed Hariprasad Rebala as Chief AI Officer.
Bharti Airtel: Shabnam Sinha to succeed Sunil Bharti Mittal as Chairperson.
DCX Methods: Obtained buy orders value Rs 15.19 crore for cable and wire harness assemblies. Subsidiary Raneal Superior Methods acquired export orders value Rs 3.09 crore for printed circuit board assemblies.
Ceigall India: Delhi PWD cancelled the Rs 330.84 crore road-strengthening tender for which the corporate had emerged as L1 bidder.
Piccadily Agro Industries: Obtained no hostile remark/no objection letters from BSE and NSE for its proposed demerger with Piccadily Meals & Necessities.
Lloyds Engineering Works: Subsidiary LADS partnered with Italy’s Alpar Ingegneria for defence product growth, expertise switch and licensed manufacturing in India.
GMR Airports: Commenced business operations at Alluri Sitarama Raju Worldwide Airport via subsidiary GMR Visakhapatnam Worldwide Airport.
UltraTech Cement: Appointed Jayant Dua as Managing Director and Director.
CRISIL: Assigned ‘CRISIL AAA/Steady’ score to Rs 250 crore NCDs and reaffirmed current ‘CRISIL AAA/Steady’ and ‘CRISIL A1+’ rankings.
PNB Housing Finance: Shareholders accepted elevating as much as Rs 10,000 crore via non-public placement of NCDs.
Man Infraconstruction: Acquired an extra 16% partnership curiosity in MICL Properties LLP for Rs 16,000, taking its complete curiosity to 50%.
Fischer Medical Ventures: Allotted 4.54 lakh fairness shares to promoter FMV Holdings Pte Ltd on conversion of warrants.
Samvardhana Motherson Worldwide: Subsidiary SMR Automotive agreed to accumulate an extra 0.15% stake in China’s Shenzhen Autocruis Know-how for USD 0.44 million, taking its holding to 67.93%.
IIFL Finance: Fitch upgraded its Lengthy-Time period Issuer Default Ranking to ‘BB-‘ from ‘B+’, with a Steady outlook. Senior Secured Debt and World Medium-Time period Word Programme rankings had been additionally upgraded to ‘BB-‘ from ‘B+’.
Lloyd Enterprises: Accomplished acquisition of 73 lakh shares, representing 17.98%, in Metal Infra Options Firm for Rs 219 crore.
Amber Enterprises India: Subsidiary IL JIN Electronics allotted 30.49 crore bonus shares to Amber, sustaining its 89.71% stake.
Baazar Type Retail: Closed one Type Baazar retailer in Raiganj, West Bengal, taking its complete retailer rely to 276.
Hexaware Applied sciences: Launched Zero Friction Enterprise, an AI-led framework masking modernisation, cybersecurity, engineering, operations and enterprise software program.
KPI Inexperienced Power: Energised 130 MW AC photo voltaic capability, taking cumulative capability at its Bharuch hybrid IPP to 269.7 MW.
Sambhv Metal: CRISIL assigned Sambhv Metal Tubes an A+/Steady score for Rs 162 crore of financial institution debt.
HCL Tech: Report says telecom leaders establish AI as the highest income driver, however solely 25% are able to scale.
Manappuram Finance: Allotted Rs 850 crore of subordinated NCDs via non-public placement.
Financial institution of Baroda: Fitch assigned a BBB- score to USD 400 million 2029 notes and USD 300 million 2031 senior unsecured notes.
SPR Auto Applied sciences: Launched QIP challenge with a flooring worth of Rs 4,438.20 per share and fundraising goal of as much as Rs 1,000 crore.
CEAT: Authorized conversion of a USD 24.5 million inter-company mortgage into fairness of wholly owned Sri Lankan subsidiary CEAT OHT Lanka.
Netweb Applied sciences: Launched QIP with a flooring worth of Rs 4,885.90 per share and should provide a reduction of as much as 5%.
Venus Pipes: Commissioned a 6.1 MW DC photo voltaic unit with an funding of Rs 22 crore and anticipated annual financial savings of Rs 6 crore.
Sigma Superior Methods: Partnered with Indrajaal Autonomous Protection Methods to safe Rs 155 crore of anti-drone patrol automobile orders from the Residence Ministry.
Paytm: Resilient proposes a block market commerce in Paytm shares beneath its current OCD settlement with Antfin.
Lloyds Engineering Works: Allotted 7.07 crore shares at Rs 71.25 per share on a preferential foundation, successfully finishing the acquisition of SISCOL.
SEDEMAC Mechatronics: India Scores upgraded its financial institution mortgage services score to IND A/Steady from IND A-/Steady and affirmed its short-term score at IND A1.
Axis Financial institution: Priced USD 300 million senior notes beneath its USD 5 billion GMTN programme at a 5.179% coupon.
Freeway Infrastructure: NHAI awarded the corporate an Rs 80.17 crore contract to function Palayam Price Plaza for 90 days.
Protean eGov Applied sciences: Obtained an Rs 5.99 crore contract from the Authorities of Arunachal Pradesh for the Arun Parivar Patra challenge, with a 48-month tenure.
Trident: Included Trident World Industries as an entirely owned subsidiary for abroad brand-building, gross sales, advertising and enterprise growth.
Varun Drinks: Accomplished the merger of South Africa-based Twizza with its holding firm Bevco.
Lenskart: Subsidiary Baofeng Framekart Know-how included Wenzhou Framekart Commerce Co. in China with an funding of RMB 1 million.
Manipal Well being Enterprises: Signed an settlement to accumulate the Kinder Ladies’s Hospital & Fertility Centre, Bengaluru enterprise for Rs 130 crore.
Hatsun Agro Merchandise: Arun Icecreams debuted on the New York India Day Parade 2026 as a part of its US enlargement and brand-building efforts.
Oberoi Realty: DTCP Haryana upheld approvals for the Three Sixty North Gurugram challenge and rejected AIPL’s cancellation plea. Restrictions on recent allotments and third-party rights have been lifted.

Board Conferences

Balkrishna Industries: To determine on fundraising.
Bharat Petroleum Company: To determine on fundraising.
EFC (I): To determine on fundraising.

Company Motion

IPO Openings

Sunshine Footage: IPO value Rs 282 crore opens on August 18 and closes on August 20, 2026.
Shankesh Jewellers: IPO value Rs 367 crore opens on August 18 and closes on August 20, 2026.

IPO Itemizing

AGM

DCM Shriram, Ratnamani Metals & Tubes, Wonderful Natural Industries, Hindware Residence Innovation, Timken India, Kirloskar Industries, Go Digit Normal Insurance coverage, Avantel, SEAMEC, Protean eGov Applied sciences, Hindustan Development Firm, Northern Arc Capital, Spandana Sphoorty Monetary and Sudarshan Chemical Industries.

Securities In Ban For Commerce Date Aug 18, 2026

Bandhan Financial institution
LIC
Manappuram Finance
SAIL

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F&O Cues

Nifty August futures: Down 0.33% at 24,370, at a premium of 83 factors.
Nifty choices August 18 expiry: Most Name open curiosity at 24,500 and most Put open curiosity at 24,300.

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