Market calendar
What can move markets — RBI & Fed rate decisions, jobs and inflation data, big results dates, and market holidays. Upcoming shows forecast vs previous; Past shows the actual number once it's released.
Wednesday, August 5
YesterdayNOT to be confused with JK Cement (separate, bigger co; its Q1 was ₹274.62 cr -15%). Fuel/material costs + a ₹130 cr exceptional charge drove the decline.
ScanX / Whalesbook ↗Biopharma major — profit jump led by biosimilars & generics; consolidated per house rule.
BSE (board meeting intimation) ↗Services PMI (final) eased to a 4-year low from 57.4 in June on softer new business — still expansionary above 50.
S&P Global ↗Higher input/employee/other costs squeezed margins despite double-digit revenue growth.
Free Press Journal / Kotak Neo / Prokerala ↗Volume-led turnaround on operational efficiencies/cost rationalisation, not revenue growth.
Free Press Journal / EquityBulls / Business Standard ↗MPC held the repo rate at 5.25% for a 4th straight meeting and kept the neutral stance (SDF 5.0%, MSF 5.5%); Gov. Sanjay Malhotra flagged inflation edging above target on fuel/food, seen peaking in Q3 — the repo rate sets loan EMIs and bank margins.
RBI ↗Tuesday, August 4
2 days agoMargin squeeze despite strong revenue; stock fell ~14% on the print.
Business Standard ↗Beauty GMV +28%; margins at a 12-quarter high — profitability inflection.
Business Standard ↗Tariff hikes + subscriber upgrades drove ARPU; telecom bellwether.
Business Standard ↗Auto-components supplier; record quarterly revenue tracks strong OEM demand.
Free Press Journal ↗Flat bottom line despite +15% income — depreciation/finance costs on new capacity (Subansiri Lower 250MW). Corrected an earlier over-stated auto-fill.
Reuters / Sahi / Free Press Journal ↗Volume-led (patients +10%, tests +11%); specialty & TruHealth outgrew; FY27 guide kept at 14-16% growth. Results declared Aug 5.
BSE (board meeting intimation) ↗Air-cooler maker; profit dipped on a softer cooling season.
Free Press Journal ↗India's largest oil & gas producer; standalone soared on high crude prices, consolidated hit by refiner arm HPCL.
ANI ↗Rail-transport PSU consultancy; margin eased YoY.
Whalesbook ↗Monday, August 3
3 days agoReal-estate bellwether; profit edged up even as revenue fell on lower sales bookings/deferred launches.
Business Standard / ANI ↗Cryogenic-equipment maker; steady revenue growth, healthy order inflow. Results out Aug 3; call Aug 4.
Business Standard / ScanX ↗India's largest stainless-steel maker; MD flagged West-Asia conflict disrupted production. Results out Aug 3; call Aug 4.
Business Standard / ANI ↗Factory-activity gauge — above 50 signals expansion. Jul eased to 53.5 (June 54.2), the softest reading in nearly five years and below the 53.9 flash; still a 57th straight month of expansion.
S&P Global ↗Fintech turned in its third consecutive profitable quarter; shares jumped ~8%.
Business Standard / Inc42 ↗Hotel operator; steady RevPAR growth despite geopolitical headwinds (no absolute Q1 PAT in press — operational basis).
Today's Traveller ↗Saturday, August 1
5 days agoIT services large-cap; EBIT margin 13.5% (-280bps QoQ), record TCV $1.15bn incl a $650M deal; signed a business-combination agreement to acquire Nagarro SE.
Business Standard / company release ↗Consolidated PAT ₹263.11 cr (+11% YoY vs ₹237.17 cr); Rev ₹5,606.71 cr (+8%). Sales volume -6% but pricing power + product mix expanded margins.
Free Press Journal / ScanX ↗Consolidated PAT ₹2,825 cr (+43% YoY vs ₹1,974 cr); AUM ₹1,91,532 cr (+43%); EPS ₹69.72. Board flagged leadership succession — Alexander George MD, George Alexander Muthoot Exec Vice Chairman, K R Bijimon CEO, all eff 1 Oct 2026.
Free Press Journal / Whalesbook ↗Gross GST ₹2.11 lakh cr (+15.4% YoY); net after refunds ₹1.81 lakh cr (+15.8%); domestic +10.1%, imports +28.8% (₹66,511 cr). A real-time gauge of activity and consumption.
Ministry of Finance / PIB (via ANI) ↗July dispatches: Maruti 241,421 total (domestic all-time high 200,123); M&M 1,03,860 (+26%, SUVs 60,048 +20%, dom tractors 32,643 +21%); Hyundai 75,360 (+25.4%, dom 54,210); Tata Motors 39,641 (+37%). A demand pulse for autos and consumer spend.
OEM disclosures (via Business Standard) ↗Consolidated PAT ₹48 cr (-6% YoY vs ₹51 cr); Rev from ops ₹287 cr (+21.6%); EBITDA ₹56 cr (+12%), margin 19.5% (vs 21.2%). Sonal Ramrakhiani appointed CEO.
IANS / NewKerala ↗Friday, July 31
6 days agoProfit surge flattered by ₹528 cr of other income; core margin stayed thin — EBITDA margin eased to ~3.0% (from 3.8%) in the low-margin EMS model.
Business Today ↗Tiles maker's profit jumped 56% on volume growth and softer gas costs; a read on the building-materials / housing-demand cycle.
EquityBulls ↗Hydro PSU; consolidated PAT roughly flat as higher interest/finance costs offset a ~52% revenue jump; standalone PAT ₹259 cr.
Business Standard / MarketsMojo ↗Volumes +29.3% and revenue +36%, but EBITDA margin slipped to ~8.2% (from 10.4%) on higher raw-material and operating costs, dragging profit lower.
Business Today / Free Press Journal ↗Lending drove the quarter (Bajaj Finance PAT +28%, BHFL +23%, Bajaj Life NBV +87%); board approved pursuing a re-insurance business. Headline is profit attributable to owners; total consolidated PAT was ₹6,297 cr.
Business Standard / Free Press Journal ↗Profit fell as EBITDA margin compressed to ~16.8% (from ~29.7%) on the West Asia crude spike hitting input costs, even as revenue jumped 28%.
Business Today / Outlook Business ↗Slid to a loss as the West Asia conflict spiked crude costs and squeezed refining margins, despite a record first-quarter throughput of 19.2 MMT.
ANI / The Tribune ↗Thursday, July 30
7 days agoTextile & acrylic-fibre maker's profit up ~50% on margin expansion (EBITDA margin 17.5% vs 13.7%). Corrects an earlier auto-fill that understated PAT/revenue.
Business Standard / EquityBulls ↗Defence shipbuilder: strong operating quarter with EBITDA margin up to 15.2% (from 11.5%). Corrects an earlier auto-fill that understated PAT/revenue.
EquityBulls / Sahi ↗Record AUM ₹5.47L cr (+23.9%); new loans booked 1.61 cr (+20% YoY). Consolidates Bajaj Housing Finance — headline is attributable-to-owners PAT.
Business Standard ↗Profit up 19% YoY but -21% QoQ vs ₹2,965 cr on a one-time loss; board cleared a ₹33,873 cr NINL (Odisha) expansion.
Free Press Journal ↗Driven by auto + farm-equipment volume growth, stronger M&M Financial Services and Tech Mahindra margins; 400-500bps commodity inflation a drag. Parent M&M — distinct from MMFSL, which reported Jul 21.
Business Standard ↗Loss narrowed on quick-commerce scale — Instamart GOV +40%, food-delivery GOV ₹9,490 cr (+17%); EBITDA loss cut 32% to ₹650 cr.
Business Standard ↗City-gas margins squeezed by costlier raw gas procurement YoY, though profit recovered ~47% sequentially; volumes up ~7%.
Free Press Journal / EquityBulls ↗Wednesday, July 29
Consolidated per house rule. Profit fell on a high pre-sales base (Q1 FY26 had ₹12,126 cr pre-sales); operations steady.
Business Standard ↗Consolidated per house rule. Record quarter on strong project execution.
scanx ↗Consolidated per house rule.
IANS / Business Standard ↗Consolidated per house rule. Strong operational turnaround on margin expansion.
scanx / sahi ↗Bank → standalone per house rule. Profit driven by better NIMs and lower slippages.
Whalesbook / Business Standard ↗Consolidated attributable-to-owners per house rule; OFAC settlement paid 14 May 2026. Operating quarter strong (record EBITDA); loss is one-off.
Business Standard / BusinessToday ↗Consolidated (continuing ops) per house rule. Brand turnaround lifted margins to a record.
Business Standard ↗Consolidated per house rule (standalone/other summaries cite ~₹94 cr). Margin expansion on operating leverage.
sahi / scanx ↗Consolidated per house rule. Profit fell on a one-off residential base; hospitality/annuity core grew double-digit.
scanx ↗HELD unfilled per no-guess bar (demerger trap). After the May/Jun-2026 demerger, Vedanta split into separately-listed Aluminium / Oil & Gas / Power / Iron & Steel entities + the VEDL parent; each reported Q1 SEPARATELY (Oil&Gas PAT +₹945 cr, Iron&Steel +₹121 cr, Power −₹423 cr loss; Hindustan Zinc, still a VEDL sub, PAT ₹5,469 cr ~2x YoY). No clean single VEDL-parent consolidated Q1 number available — do NOT fill VEDL with a demerged-entity figure (same class of trap as Tata Motors CV/PV).
Upstox ↗Consolidated per house rule. Sequential profit recovery on textiles; lower debt.
EquityBulls ↗Consolidated per house rule. Revenue nearly doubled on capacity ramp; margin compressed on mix.
Upstox ↗Tuesday, July 28
Factory-output gauge (new 2022-23 base year); June growth accelerated to 7.3% YoY, led by manufacturing and capital goods.
MoSPI ↗PepsiCo's largest bottler outside the US. VBL reports on a calendar year, so this is Q2 CY2026. Consolidated basis (house rule for non-financials).
Business Standard / Upstox ↗Wind-energy major. Revenue jumped but PAT slipped on logistics disruption and project-mix change; margin contracted. Consolidated basis.
Business Standard / Zee Business ↗Monday, July 27
Mid-cap IT bellwether; Encora consolidation drove the 49% revenue jump and 110% PAT growth. Consolidated basis (house rule for IT). Corrected 28 Jul — auto-fill had wrong ₹3,080cr/-16% figures.
BSE (official results filing) ↗Saturday, July 25
Microfinance stress and deposit costs are the swing factors for this lender.
BSE (official results filing) ↗Small-finance lender transitioning to a universal bank — deposit costs are the pressure point.
BSE (official results filing) ↗Friday, July 24
Diagnostics bellwether — fastest revenue growth in four years on volume + pricing.
Business Standard / EquityBulls ↗Largest private life insurer — APE and VNB margin gauge new-business momentum.
Outlook Business / EquityBulls ↗Largest retail NBFC — AUM growth signals vehicle/SME credit demand.
Free Press Journal / EquityBulls ↗Large public-sector lender; its provisional update already showed advances up 17%.
BSE (official results filing) ↗Follows JSW Steel's strong quarter — a second read on steel prices and spreads.
BSE (official results filing) ↗India's biggest power generator — capacity additions and plant load factors matter most.
BSE (official results filing) ↗Thursday, July 23
Airline swung to a loss on an 86% jump in fuel expenses despite 20% revenue growth.
BSE (official results filing) ↗Mid-cap IT with heavy BFSI exposure; management guided to further sequential acceleration in Q2 FY27.
BSE (official results filing) / Mphasis release ↗Profit fell 39% on weaker US business & higher expenses; FY27 margin guidance maintained.
Business Standard ↗Recently listed e-commerce platform — losses roughly halved as revenue grew 48%.
Entrackr / Business Standard ↗Steady growth quarter; profit dipped sequentially. Ashiss Kumar Dash named CEO-designate.
Business Standard ↗Wednesday, July 22
Profit recovered on sharply lower provisions and slippages; NII near-flat as advances shrank YoY.
Business Standard / Business Today ↗OMC slid into loss as the West Asia crude spike lifted input costs while fuel prices were held down.
Business Standard / Indian Masterminds ↗Profit and revenue rose on 27% capacity growth to 20.1 GW; highest-ever quarterly EBITDA.
Business Standard ↗Premium liquor volumes are a clean signal of urban discretionary spending.
Business Standard / EquityBulls ↗Profit fell on higher finance costs and depreciation from aggressive capacity expansion; installed base 14,535 MW.
Business Standard ↗Profit fell on a ₹106 cr one-time actuarial charge tied to India's new labour-code wage definition; EBITDA up 8%.
Free Press Journal / EquityBulls ↗Profit jumped on higher generation; board approved a ₹15,000 cr QIP and a higher debt ceiling.
Business Standard ↗Revenue leapt as Blinkit's inventory-led (1P) model grosses up sales; quick commerce turned adjusted-EBITDA positive.
Deccan Herald / Business Standard ↗Loss driven by holding petrol/diesel/LPG prices below cost during the crude spike; ₹3,485 cr LPG under-recovery.
Business Standard ↗A staples bellwether — volume growth signals whether urban consumption is recovering.
BSE (official results filing) ↗Renewable-capacity ramp — a proxy for India's green-energy build-out.
Business Standard / PSUWatch ↗Profit slumped on a semaglutide API inventory provision and a 35% fall in North America sales.
Business Standard ↗Tuesday, July 21
Profit growth came from lower provisions rather than lending — advances up 16.4% but NII up only 6%.
Business Standard ↗A ₹532 cr swing in regulatory deferral balances flatters the profit jump; total PAT including minorities was ₹1,237 cr.
Business Standard ↗Record quarterly revenue; standalone profit runs above consolidated because the financial-services arm drags the group number.
Business Standard ↗Consolidated YoY is not like-for-like — Bajaj Auto International Holdings was folded in from Nov 2025 with a one-quarter reporting lag, so much of the 65% revenue jump is inorganic.
Business Standard ↗Domestic like-for-like RevPAR up 14%; portfolio now 645 hotels after 11 openings in the quarter.
Business Standard ↗Monday, July 20
Record quarterly EBITDA ₹203 cr (+182%), margin 8%; cash balance ₹13,529 cr. Board also took up a maiden bonus issue.
PTI / Prokerala ↗Beat estimates — volumes 41.31 MT (+12.2%), EBITDA ₹5,146 cr (+12.1%), grey cement realisation ₹5,218/tonne (+3.7%).
Business Standard ↗Saturday, July 18
Lower provisions (-45% YoY) and ~15% loan growth offset NIM pressure.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Q1 FY27 (Upstox/ANI) ↗Beat on a ~44% drop in provisions; core NII +8% to ₹14,646 cr; NIM eased to 3.46%.
Axis Bank Q1 FY27 (Business Standard) ↗NIM slipped to a record-low 3.26%; gross advances +15.4% YoY.
HDFC Bank Q1 FY27 (Business Standard) ↗Beat estimates; consolidated PAT ₹15,440 cr (+14%); provisions down ~30% YoY.
ICICI Bank Q1 FY27 (Business Standard) ↗Friday, July 17
Profit more than doubled and beat the ~₹3,070 cr estimate on stronger steel prices, higher volumes and a better product mix.
JSW Steel Q1 FY27 results (BSE filing) ↗India's largest company by market cap — sets the tone for energy, retail and telecom.
Reliance Industries / Upstox ↗Thursday, July 16
Reliance's financial-services arm; profit up on dividend income, Jio Credit AUM ₹30,667 cr (2.6x YoY).
Free Press Journal ↗No.3 IT exporter; muted profit, soft Q2 guide (-1.5% to +0.5% CC), ₹2 interim dividend.
Business Standard ↗Tuesday, July 14
Wholesale inflation rose to 9.87% on fuel (+27.4%) and food (+6.14%) — far above retail CPI at 4.38%, a squeeze on producer margins.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry ↗Monday, July 13
Deficit widened ~59% YoY as imports (+31%) outpaced exports (+15.5%) — pressures the rupee and current account.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry ↗PAT +20% YoY, revenue ₹34,579 cr (+13.9%); ₹12/share interim dividend; FY27 guidance held at 1-4% cc.
HCLTech Q1 FY27 release / Business Standard ↗17-month high — food inflation crossed 5% (5.32%), firming the case for a hawkish RBI on Aug 4-6.
MoSPI ↗Thursday, July 9
Kicked off India's Q1 season — ₹12 interim dividend, $9.5B order book, margins at 24%.
TCS press release ↗Friday, June 26
Indian equity markets shut for the day — no cash or F&O trading.
NSE/BSE holiday calendar ↗Indian equity, F&O and currency markets shut for the day — no trading.
NSE India holiday calendar ↗Dates and figures are compiled from reputable public sources and shown as reported by them, for education only — not investment advice. Always verify against the official source before acting.