THE FED MINUTES SHOW VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS SAID TIGHTER FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OVER THE INTER-MEETING PERIOD REFLECTED STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FED TO ADOPT A MORE RESTRICTIVE STANCE BEFORE LONG, WHILE A FEW WHO FAVORED RAISING RATES JUDGED DOING SO WOULD LIKELY HELP FORESTALL THE NEED FOR FURTHER HIKES.

THE FED MINUTES SHOW CHAIRMAN WARSH SAID SIX SCHEDULED MEETINGS PER YEAR, HELD ROUGHLY EVERY TWO MONTHS, WOULD ALLOW MORE INFORMATION TO ACCUMULATE BETWEEN MEETINGS, THOUGH NO DECISIONS WERE MADE ON THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND HE INDICATED NO CHANGE TO THE 2026 SCHEDULE, AS ALMOST ALL MEMBERS AGREED IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO RETAIN POLICY STATEMENT LANGUAGE AFFIRMING THE FOMC 'WILL DELIVER PRICE STABILITY'.

ISRAEL WILL BEGIN PRODUCING SMART BOMBS FOR FIGHTER JETS, IN A MOVE INTENDED TO CREATE WEAPONS INDEPENDENCE IN THE FACE OF TENSIONS WITH IRAN - ISRAEL'S N12 NEWS

NASDAQ COMPOSITE UNOFFICIALLY ENDS SESSION HIGHER BY 38.12 POINTS, OR 0.14 PERCENT, FINISHING AT 26,327.83

S&P 500 INDEX UNOFFICIALLY ENDS SESSION HIGHER BY 16.89 POINTS, OR 0.22 PERCENT, FINISHING AT 7,708.65

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UNOFFICIALLY ENDS SESSION HIGHER BY 114.14 POINTS, OR 0.21 PERCENT, FINISHING AT 53,457.54

📊 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! 📈

📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 20 Aug, 2026

📋 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀:
- SPEL Semiconductor Ltd
- Standard Surfactants Ltd
- Supreme Engineering Ltd
- M.V.K. Agro Food Product Ltd
- Manipal Health Enterprises Ltd

Glenmark Pharma: U.S. FDA Approval 🇺🇸

• U.S. FDA approves Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray 0.05 mg/spray

• Product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to Flonase® Nasal Spray

• Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA will distribute the product

• Flonase® market sales: ~$295.2 million for 12 months ended June 2026

• Approval expands Glenmark’s respiratory portfolio in the U.S.

LIC Gets RBI Approval to Raise Stake in HDFC Bank

LIC approved to increase its holding in HDFC Bank to up to 9.99% from the current 4.11%.

MMTC ; MMTC-PAMP plans to enter household gold recycling, eyes India's 30,000-tonne idle gold stock - Mc

ADITYA BIRLA CAPITAL: EXPANDS SECURED LENDING OFFERINGS WITH PHASE-WISE ROLLOUT OF 200-300 DEDICATED GOLD LOAN BRANCHES BY MARCH 2027

BHARTI AIRTEL : Vodafone Idea to not remove Rs 299 base plan, says in Citi Conference 🔴🔴

This could be negative for Airtel

Churn could be higher for Airtel

With both – Jio and VodaIdea – keeping the Rs 299 plan

Has around 20% users on Rs 299 plan

Around 7.53 crore users

BLUE STAR says Commodity Prices Will Hopefully Soften Soon | See Higher Growth From Data Centres, Semicon Space

PREMIER ENERGIES: CO SAYS DEMAND WILL BE ROBUST FOR TWO YEARS COMING QTRS WILL SEE ROBUST GROWTH WILL EXCEED ANALYST ESTIMATES ON MARGINS AND EBITDA TV

PREMIER ENERGIES: CO SAYS ORDER BOOK AT RS 15000 CR EQUIVALENT TO 2X FY26 REVENUE - CNBCTV18

TILAKNAGAR IND: CO SAYS WILL TAKE A PRICE INCREASE SOON, LIKELY IN THE NEXT 2 MONTHS - tv

Q1 Earnings Have Been Better Than Expectations

Economy Has Fared Better Than Expected Considering The Geopolitical Situation

Positive On Precision Mfg, Industrials, Auto Components Cos

Asian Markets Have Seen Strong Growth On The Back Of Al Play

Indian IT Services Cos Trading At Higher Multiples Than US Peers

Novateor Research Laboratories: ₹8.4 Lakh Order 🧪

• Enters into Marketer & Manufacturer Agreement with Smart Laboratories Pvt Ltd

• Receives Purchase Order for supply of 10,000 units of Advance Teeth Whitening Serum

• Order value: ₹8.4 lakh excluding GST

• Order to be executed within 1 month

• Domestic order

• No promoter/promoter group interest in the awarding entity

SHANKESH JEWELLERS

Total: 1.15x

QIBs: 0.76x

NIIs: 1.01x

Retail: 1.44x

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ORIANA POWER:

CO WINS ORDER WORTH 95 CR RS; CO MCAP 2400 CR RS - SME

AFCOM HOLDINGS LTD:

CO. STARTS OPERATING NEW SECTOR CONNECTING NAVI MUMBAI TO DUBAI WORLD CENTRAL; OPERATIONS BEGAN ON AUGUST 17, 2026

Tilaknagar Industries says

🥃Telangana: Expects price increases within 2 months
🥃 Tamil Nadu: Alcohol policies were restrictive; optimistic on some changes
🥃 Imperial Blue: FY27e volumes at 23.5–24mn cases vs 21mn cases when acquired