Morepen Laboratories reported record quarterly revenue of Rs. 575.31 Cr for Q1 FY27 ended June 30, 2026, up 34% YoY, and PAT of Rs. 56.35 Cr, up 394% YoY. EBITDA rose 207% YoY to Rs. 87.72 Cr, lifting the EBITDA margin to 15.25% from 6.65% in Q1 FY26. The company said its Rs. 825 Cr CDMO mandate has entered the full-scale commercialization phase, with Rs. 58 Cr of commercial CDMO dispatches completed in Q1 FY27.

Anawil Wire & Engineering Limited (VMPL) launched its IPO on August 3, 2026, positioning itself as India’s first pure-play windmill tower manufacturer to tap public markets. By 2:00 PM on the second day of bidding, the offer was subscribed 6.98 times and carried an order book of ₹359.81 crore. The listing comes as India seeks to lift installed wind capacity from around 50 GW to 100 GW by 2030, while local tower manufacturing remains a key bottleneck.

As of June 30, 2026, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) held 15.88% of Indian listed companies, a 14-year low, down 0.24 percentage points from March 31, 2026. FIIs were net sellers during the June quarter, withdrawing Rs 1.43 lakh crore, with Rs 1.53 lakh crore exiting the secondary market and Rs 10,096 crore entering via the primary market. Over the same period, private sector promoter holdings rose to a two-year high of 41.36% on the NSE. The figures point to continued foreign outflows that have kept pressure on India’s equity market.

India’s National Stock Exchange said the sharp divergence between Nifty 50 and Bank Nifty spot and futures prices on Aug. 3 was caused by the newly implemented Closing Auction Session (CAS) mechanism. The SEBI-guided process applies to derivative-eligible stocks and is intended to improve transparency and price discovery in the cash market. NSE said the divergence was a normal outcome of a technical transition and did not reflect a market anomaly.

OVAL Projects Engineering Limited reported Q1 FY27 revenue of ₹18.00 Crore, up 114.29% year on year. The company said its unexecuted order book stood at ₹514.27 Crore, with total orders at ₹818.68 Crore. It focuses on oil and gas infrastructure work in India, with operations spanning more than 10 states.

India’s total gold demand fell 6% year on year to 131.4 tonnes in the April–June quarter, but the value of purchases jumped 50% to a record Rs 1,98,100 crore as prices stayed at historic highs, the World Gold Council said. Jewellery demand dropped 15% to 75.1 tonnes, while bar and coin demand rose 9% to 50.3 tonnes. Gold ETF demand increased 49% to 4.2 tonnes.

Manba Finance reported Q1 FY27 results with operating revenue of ₹92.6 crore, up 34.2% year on year, and net profit of ₹13.3 crore, up 36%. Assets under management (AUM) rose to ₹1730.8 crore, an increase of 22.28% from a year earlier, while net worth increased to ₹423 crore. The company said its asset quality continued to improve. The results are framed as a typical performance for an India-based NBFC, with implications for sentiment and valuation narratives in the NBFC sector.

India’s rigid plastic packaging maker Mold-Tek Packaging Limited reported Q1 FY2025 net profit of Rs. 25.57 crore, up 14.17% year on year, while revenue rose 24.90% to Rs. 300.45 crore. EBITDA per kg hit a record Rs. 46.68. The company attributed the gains to better capacity utilisation, consolidation of its Hyderabad units, and a higher contribution from its higher-margin pharma packaging business. The company is unlisted in India and is not listed on major exchanges such as ON or US, and has no direct connection to assets listed as ONUS or SUS.

Global refined copper supply could face a 25% structural deficit by 2035 under current policy settings, the International Energy Agency said in a report. The shortfall is tied to delays in developing new mining projects. The IEA also cited a 40% decline in average global copper ore grades since 1991, which has increased extraction costs and project complexity.