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Foreign institutional investors cut holdings in major Indian banks in Q1 FY27, including HDFC Bank (down 2.18 percentage points to 41.82%), Axis Bank (down 2.09 percentage points to 42.05%) and ICICI Bank (down 0.69 percentage points to 33.79%). Federal Bank was the exception, with FII ownership rising 1.66 percentage points to 27.71%. Over the same period, the Nifty index gained 16% in July. The shift points to weaker near-term foreign sentiment toward large banks even as the broader market rebounded.

KEC International said it has won new orders worth Rs 1,063 crore spanning civil construction and transmission and distribution, lifting its total order book to Rs 6,300 crore. The company’s civil wins include a high-rise residential project, while its T&D business secured a 400 kV transmission line order in Africa and tower, hardware and pole supplies in the Americas. The stock rose 2% to Rs 478.75, taking its market capitalisation to Rs 12,744 crore.

Peak XV and Elevation Capital are set to pare their holdings in Meesho through a block deal of about Rs 1,900 crore, involving a combined 2.3% stake. The sale is for nearly 10.5 crore shares at a floor price of Rs 182.08 each, a 5% discount to the prevailing market price. Meesho also reported that its Q1 net loss narrowed to Rs 133 crore, while Citi reiterated a Buy rating and raised its target price to Rs 220 from Rs 210.

Maas Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: MGH) said data centre company Firmus will make an additional A$300 million equity investment and has awarded A$855 million in new contracts. The deals lift work-in-hand at its wholly owned electrical infrastructure unit, JLE Group, to A$1.2 billion scheduled for delivery over the next 18 months. Maas Group also raised its full-year underlying EBITDA guidance to A$300–A$310 million from A$250–A$280 million. Shares rose 8.1% to A$5.36.

Several India-listed companies posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results, led by Great Eastern Shipping, where profit nearly doubled and the stock rose 3.5%. Restaurant Brands Asia climbed 6.2% after reporting strong same-store sales. IREDA reported net profit up 36.8% year on year to ₹3.38 billion, while GPT Healthcare posted a 65.7% increase in net profit. The results point to improving earnings momentum and acted as positive catalysts for the respective stocks.

Nissan reported operating profit of ¥78 billion for the quarter ended June 30, far above the ¥6 billion consensus estimate, after a ¥79 billion loss a year earlier. Revenue was ¥3 trillion, matching expectations. The automaker maintained its full-year guidance for ¥200 billion in operating profit and ¥13 trillion in revenue, but trimmed its global sales outlook to 3.15 million vehicles. The cut largely reflected weaker demand in China, where industry sales fell 22% in the first half and Nissan’s sales declined 15%.

Texmaco Rail and Engineering reported June-quarter results with net profit up 66.8% year on year to ₹50 crore, while revenue fell 16.9% to ₹757 crore. EBITDA declined 19.6% to ₹57 crore, and the EBITDA margin was unchanged at 8%. The company also received orders from South Western Railway worth ₹0.74 crore and from Central Warehousing Corporation worth ₹70.72 crores to manufacture and supply BLSS rakes along with a Brake Van.

SF Intracity (9699.HK) issued a positive profit alert for the first half of 2026, forecasting profit attributable to owners of no less than RMB301 million, up at least 120% year on year. It also expects adjusted net profit of no less than RMB240 million, an increase of no less than 50%, and revenue of no less than RMB11,669 million, up at least 14%. The forecast falls under statutory disclosure requirements for Hong Kong-listed companies and directly reflects an improvement in the company’s fundamentals.

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is developing a 1.75 million tonnes petroleum storage facility at Mangaluru, with half of the capacity set aside for strategic reserves and the rest for commercial operations. Separately, three investors in Paytm parent One 97 Communications plan to sell shares worth up to Rs 2,002 crore at a 5% discount in a deal structured as a 100% secondary sale, meaning the company will not receive proceeds. LIC, Airtel and BSE were also among stocks on investors’ radar amid a broader market rise.

Vedanta Aluminium will turn ex-dividend on August 5 for its first interim dividend of Rs 8 per share. For the April–June quarter, the company posted a 216% year-on-year jump in net profit to Rs 5,629 crore. Revenue from operations rose 46% to Rs 21,393 crore, while EBITDA climbed 134% to Rs 10,499 crore and the EBITDA margin improved to 50%.