🇮🇳 India Daybook ~ Stocks in News — August 18, 2026

Capital Infra Trust: Approved ₹2,921 crore acquisition of 6 road SPVs and a ₹2,675 crore fundraise. (Positive)

Modi Naturals: Secured additional ₹140 crore ethanol order from OMCs, taking ESY 2025-26 book to ~₹540 crore. (Positive)

Highway Infrastructure: Received ₹80.17 crore NHAI toll collection and maintenance contract in Tamil Nadu. (Positive)

SEDEMAC Mechatronics: India Ratings upgraded long-term credit rating to 'IND A'/Stable for ₹214.95 crore facilities. (Positive)

Sigma Advanced Systems: Secured anti-drone vehicle orders worth ₹155 crore from the Ministry of Home Affairs. (Positive)

Robust Hotels: CRISIL upgraded credit rating to 'BBB+/Stable' for ₹170 crore bank facilities. (Positive)

Samyak International: Allotted shares and warrants to raise ₹13.60 crore via preferential issue. (Positive)

Mahan Industries: Shareholders approved preferential issue of equity and warrants to raise ₹29.83 crore. (Positive)

IIFL Finance: Fitch upgraded Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to 'BB-' from 'B+' with a stable outlook. (Positive)

GACM Technologies: Raised ₹49.50 crore through a Qualified Institutions Placement of 49.50 crore shares. (Positive)

Transchem: Executed agreement to acquire 100% stake in Greshma Shares and Stocks for ₹25.91 crore. (Positive)

Aptus Pharma: Board approved preferential equity issue to raise approximately ₹44.88 crore at ₹280 per share. (Positive)

Fermenta Biotech: CARE upgraded long-term credit rating to 'BBB+' for ₹172.98 crore bank facilities. (Positive)

Lloyds Engineering Works: Allotted 7.07 crore shares worth ₹504 crore for SISCOL acquisition and cash. (Positive)

Netweb Technologies: Launched Qualified Institutions Placement with a floor price set at ₹4,885.90 per share. (Positive)

SPR Auto Technologies: Opened ₹1,000 crore Qualified Institutions Placement with a floor price of ₹4,438.20 per share. (Positive)

Aurum PropTech: Shareholders approved 100% acquisition of Locon Solutions via preferential share issue. (Positive)

TCPL Packaging: Q1 PAT surged 79% to ₹40 crore; announced ₹125 crore lithium-ion battery separator capex. (Positive)

Ritesh International: Approved 50% capacity expansion at Ahmedgarh facility with ₹7 crore capital expenditure. (Positive)

Astra Microwave: Order book reached ₹4,300 crore following a ₹2,205 crore contract win from HAL. (Positive)

PTC Industries: Q1 PAT surged 466% YoY to ₹29.2 crore with EBITDA margins expanding to 27.5%. (Positive)

Marine Electricals: Q1 PAT rose 51% YoY to ₹18 crore; order backlog surged to ₹2,073 crore. (Positive)

Saatvik Green Energy: Signed MoU for 3.6 GW Phase-II solar cell manufacturing plant in Odisha. (Positive)

Veerhealth Care: Q1 revenue surged 388% YoY to ₹25.09 crore; targets ₹105 crore for FY27. (Positive)

NIS Management: Q1 PAT rose 35% YoY to ₹6.40 crore; secured ₹45.71 crore Reliance Group contracts. (Positive)

KPI Green Energy: Energized 130 MW AC solar capacity under its Bharuch wind-solar hybrid project. (Positive)

Veranda Learning: Q1 PAT rose 472% YoY to ₹34 crore; guided for ₹670 crore FY27 revenue. (Positive)

Regency Fincorp: Approved issuance of secured Non-Convertible Debentures to raise up to ₹35 crore. (Positive)

Cube Highways Trust: Q1 revenue rose 19.3% to ₹1,127 crore; raised FY27 DPU guidance to ₹14.50. (Positive)

Lloyds Enterprises: Completed acquisition of 17.98% stake in Steel Infra Solutions for ₹219 crore. (Positive)

Indag Rubber: Q1 PAT jumped 176% YoY to ₹5.07 crore; EBITDA margin expanded to 13.6%. (Positive)

GMR Airports: Commenced commercial operations at Bhogapuram International Airport with 6 million initial passenger capacity. (Positive)

Greenlam Industries: Q1 revenue grew 18% to ₹797 crore; PAT turned positive at ₹21 crore. (Positive)

NSB BPO Solutions: Appointed Vinod Pahlawat as Chief Executive Officer effective August 17, 2026. (Positive)

Deccan Gold Mines: Reported ₹6.35 crore profit contribution from Jonnagiri project following gold bullion sales. (Positive)

Stanley Lifestyles: Appointed Sudhir Iyer as Group Chief Financial Officer to lead finance and IT functions. (Positive)

Fredun Pharmaceuticals: Q1 revenue surged 90.4% to ₹228.25 crore; management guided 30-35% blended growth. (Positive)

Global Pet Industries: Issued notice for share buyback of up to ₹13.56 crore at 7.19% equity. (Positive)

Shilp Gravures: Approved ₹6.71 crore capex to add over 18,000 cylinders per year capacity in Karnataka. (Positive)

Felix Industries: Q1 PAT rose 54.5% to ₹5.51 crore; guided FY27 revenue at ₹180-200 crore. (Positive)

Gulshan Polyols: Secured additional ethanol supply order worth ₹146.66 crore from Oil Marketing Companies. (Positive)

Ind-Swift Laboratories: Q1 operating EBITDA jumped 2.85x YoY to ₹33.32 crore with 17.9% margins. (Positive)

UFLEX: Q1 revenue jumped 37.6% YoY to ₹5,397.2 crore; EBITDA rose 92% to ₹919.8 crore. (Positive)

Thyrocare Technologies: Promoter released 100% pledged shares following ₹1,050 crore NCD repayment. (Positive)

Supreme Power Equipment: Order book reached ₹590 crore; Q1 revenue grew 37% YoY to ₹48.3 crore. (Positive)

Auro Impex & Chemicals: Signed agreement for a new 15,400 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in West Bengal. (Positive)

Greaves Cotton: Completed acquisition of remaining 20% stake in Excel Controlinkage to reach 100% ownership. (Positive)

EMS Limited: Declared lowest bidder for a sewerage project in Jodhpur valued at ₹129.80 crore. (Positive)

Suraj Estate Developers: Q1 PAT rose 7% to ₹22.9 crore; pre-sales surged 74% to ₹141 crore. (Positive)

Ola Electric: Launched 'Ola Shakti' battery storage portfolio with residential models starting at ₹99,999. (Positive)

Enviro Infra Engineers: Q1 revenue rose 49% to ₹359.2 crore; order book reached ₹6,721 crore. (Positive)

OBSC Perfection: Q1 revenue surged 84.7% YoY to ₹77.31 crore; PAT jumped 88% to ₹9.47 crore. (Positive)

Larsen & Toubro: Secured ultra-mega offshore order exceeding ₹15,000 crore for a Middle East development project. (Positive)

Bcl Industries: Secured additional allocation of 4.37 crore litres of ethanol from Oil Marketing Companies. (Positive)

Virtuoso Optoelectronics: Q1 net sales surged 85% YoY to ₹375.9 crore; PAT rose 41% to ₹9.05 crore. (Positive)

Vipul Organics: Q1 PAT jumped 99.8% YoY to ₹2.52 crore on revenue of ₹52.18 crore. (Positive)

Arrow Greentech: Q1 PAT surged 269% QoQ to ₹27.4 crore; PAT margins expanded to 30.5%. (Positive)

Genesys International: Appointed former Tech Mahindra Senior VP Nikhil Alulkar as Chief Executive Officer. (Positive)

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