Stocks to Watch: Grasim Industries, Bank of Baroda, Lupin and More

The Nifty Futures on the Singapore Exchange, an early indicator of Nifty performance in India, is little changed at 8,606.

Here are all the stocks to watch in trade today

• Ultratech Cement: CCI Aditya Birla Group-controlled firm's Rs 16,189 crore deal with Jaiprakash Associates
  
• Indian Overseas Bank: To consider preferential issue August 16
  
• Sunil Hitech Engineers: Announces 1:10 stock split
  
• GAIL: Places order for Auraiya-Phulpur pipeline
  
• Tata Chemicals: To evaluate options for potash operations based on partner
  
• Mahindra & Mahindra: Says autonomous tractors can boost farm productivity, sees self-driving future in farms
  
• Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL): Government to provide one-time budgetary support of Rs 900 crore
  
• TVS Electronics: Appoints Karthi Chandramouli as vice president finance and chief financial officer
  
• Bajaj Finance: Allots NCDs worth Rs 160 crore
  
• HSIL: Approves demerger of retail business
  
• NTPC: Commissions 50 MW of NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project Stage-I in Anantapuramu
  
• Siti Cable Network: To be renamed as Siti Networks Limited
  
• Lupin: Gets USFDA nod for potassium deficiency treatment drug
  
• IFCI: Reduces lending rate by 0.1 percent to 9.3 percent

Read: Ricoh India's Minority Shareholders Fail to Unseat Four Directors From Board

Media Reports

• ICICI Bank: India Value, Baring to buy ICICI Home Finance for Rs 2500 crore (Economic Times)
  
• Jindal Steel: Lenders may invoke guarantees as Jindal Steel misses payment (Financial Express)
  

• GE, L&T: Join hands to manufacture subsea equipment (PTI)
  
• Macquarie, Tata Housing to partner for Rs 2,000 crore projects (Mint)
  
• Reliance Industries: Jio says incumbent telcos trying to scuttle entry (Economic Times)
  
• Yes Bank: To raise $1 billion by selling shares to large investors (Economic Times)
  
• Tata Securities said to close retail equity broking unit (Economic Times)
  
• DoT suspends spectrum sharing, trading till auction concludes (PTI)

*The move may impact merger of Reliance Communications (R-Com) with Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd as well as R-Com and Aircel Ltd to some extent.

• Aditya Birla: Health insurance business gets IRDAI nod; may begin operations in last quarter of this year (Mint)
  
• IL&FS: Temasek, CPPIB in fray to pick up SBI, Central Bank stakes in company (Mint)
  

In Depth: Tata Chemicals to Sell Urea Business to Yara Fertilisers for Rs 2,670 Crore

New Offerings

• RBL Bank IPO to offer shares at Rs 224-225 apiece starting August 19
  
• Dilip Buildcon shares to list today

Also Read: RBL Bank Looks to Script New Future With Rs 1,200 Crore IPO

Earnings Reaction to Watch

• ADF Foods: Q1 net Rs 2.63 crore versus Rs 92 lakhs YoY
  
• Balaji Telefilms: Q1 net income Rs 66.7 lakhs versus Rs 4.26 crore
  
• Balmer Lawrie: Q1 profit Rs 37 crore versus Rs 32.3 crore
  
• Corporation Bank: Q1 profit Rs 35.92 crore versus Rs 204 crore
  
• Dalmia Bharat: Q1 profit Rs 48.31 crore versus Rs 9.57 crore loss
  
• Indiabulls Real : Q1 profit Rs 117 crore versus Rs 90.2 crore
  
• Indian Hotels: Q1 group loss Rs 169 crore versus Rs 72.39 crore loss
  
• Suven Life: Q1 net income Rs 32.58 crore versus Rs 20.49 crore
  
• VST Industries: Q1 profit Rs 41.61 crore versus Rs 30.92 crore

Earnings to Watch

• Balrampur Chini Mills
  
• Bank of Baroda
  
• Coffee Day Enterprises
  
• Dhanuka Agritech
  
• Godrej Industries
  
• Granules India
  
• Grasim Industries
  
• Great Eastern Shipping
  
• Gujarat Pipavav Port
  
• ICRA
  
• IPCA Laboratories
  
• IDBI Bank
• IRB Infrastructure
  
• J.K. Lakshmi Cement
  
• Jyothy Laboratories
  
• Kesoram Industries
  
• KRBL
  
• MRF
  
• Page Industries
  
• PTC India
• Phoenix Mills
  
• Rural Electrification Corp
  
• Trent
  
• VA Tech Wabag
  
• VIP Industries