Stocks in News: Thursday, 17 September 2026

Daily 10:00 AM IST scan. This quick report scans the current Nifty 500 universe (501 constituents) against recent corporate announcements and market headlines from the monitored feeds. Items are grouped by headline tone and are not buy or sell recommendations.

Positive Stocks in News (7)

• ICICI Bank: HDFC Bank is winning the mutual fund vote over ICICI Bank. Can the shift last?. HDFC Bank’s stock has fallen 27% in 2026, while ICICI Bank has gained 1.6%. Yet mutual funds have increasingly favoured HDFC Bank, adding to the laggard while trimming ICICI Bank. By August-end, ICICI Bank remained the larger mutual-fund holding, but the recent flow pattern signals a shift in preference as investors assess HDFC Bank’s valuation and recovery potential. (Positive) Source: Economic Times Markets
• HDFC Bank: HDFC Bank is winning the mutual fund vote over ICICI Bank. Can the shift last?. HDFC Bank’s stock has fallen 27% in 2026, while ICICI Bank has gained 1.6%. Yet mutual funds have increasingly favoured HDFC Bank, adding to the laggard while trimming ICICI Bank. By August-end, ICICI Bank remained the larger mutual-fund holding, but the recent flow pattern signals a shift in preference as investors assess HDFC Bank’s valuation and recovery potential. (Positive) Source: Economic Times Markets
• Ntpc: GR Infraprojects shares drop 2% after terminating contract with NTPC. Here’s why. Shares of GR Infraprojects fell 2% after the company issued a notice to terminate its contracts with NTPC for a Battery Energy Storage System project at Mouda Super Thermal Power Station. The termination follows continuing force majeure and war-risk circumstances, along with contractual issues. GR Infraprojects has invoked the dispute resolution mechanism and is assessing the financial impact of the move. (Positive) Source: Economic Times Markets
• PVR INOX: PVR Inox buyback: Last chance to participate in multiplex operator's Rs 300 crore buyback. Should you tender shares?. The record date for the buyback was scheduled for September 4. This means only those shareholders who owned shares of the company on that day are eligible to tender shares in the offer, and investors taking fresh positions today will not qualify. (Positive) Source: Economic Times Markets
• Oil India: Russian oil uncertainty hangs over India’s largest buyers. Indian state-owned refiners are facing growing crude supply uncertainty as Middle East disruptions coincide with the risk of tougher US restrictions on Russian oil buyers. Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline shutdown has disrupted more than 400,000 barrels a day of supplies to India, although about half the capacity could return within days. Also reported: Aramco closes supply tap for Indian refiners, new oil barrels to cost more. Saudi Arabia has sold some spot cargoes to traders expected to deliver small volumes to Indian refiners through Hormuz. The risk-taking traders are likely to follow the same modus operandi they have used in recent weeks, buying Iraqi crude at a deep discount and moving it through the strait to the Gulf of Oman, where they transfer the cargoes ship-to-ship for onward delivery to Indian and other customers.... (Positive) Source: Economic Times Companies
• Gail: Gail India Gets PNGRB approval to transfer city gas assets to subsidiary. The PNGRB has approved Gail India's transfer of six city gas distribution areas. This move paves the way for Gail Gas to proceed with its initial public offering. Gail Gas plans to raise ₹3,000 crore through this upcoming public offering. The subsidiary aims to list its shares by the end of the current financial year. Gail India will then dilute a minority stake in its wholly owned subsidiary. (Positive) Source: Economic Times Companies
• Cochin Shipyard: Dividend stocks alert, record date: Last chance to buy Cochin Shipyard, Anupam Rasayan, Balu Forge, and others | List. Cochin Shipyard and others are likely to attract investors' attention on September 17 due to approaching dividend record dates. (Positive) Source: Mint Markets

Neutral Stocks in News (5)

• Reliance Industries: Reliance Industries shares in focus as govt slashes windfall tax on fuel exports; stock down 21% in 2026 so far. Reliance Industries will remain in focus after the government cut windfall taxes on petrol, diesel and ATF exports. The company, a major exporter of ATF and diesel, is also raising Rs 12,500 crore through a five-year bond issue amid continued volatility in oil prices. (Neutral) Source: Economic Times Markets
• Infosys: Infosys, TCS, other IT stocks in focus after first Fed rate hike in 3 years. Will inflationary pressures offset anti-AI euphoria?. Indian IT stocks such as Infosys and TCS are likely to remain in focus after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, citing elevated inflation. Analysts expect higher-for-longer rates to pressure risk assets, while AI-related developments could influence sentiment towards Indian IT stocks. (Neutral) Source: Economic Times Markets
• TCS: Infosys, TCS, other IT stocks in focus after first Fed rate hike in 3 years. Will inflationary pressures offset anti-AI euphoria?. Indian IT stocks such as Infosys and TCS are likely to remain in focus after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, citing elevated inflation. Analysts expect higher-for-longer rates to pressure risk assets, while AI-related developments could influence sentiment towards Indian IT stocks. (Neutral) Source: Economic Times Markets
• Ongc: Hormuz crisis lifts ONGC oil business, squeezes petrochemical unit as feedstock costs surge. The financial landscape for ONGC's petrochemical unit OPaL is alarming, as it faces considerable losses amid skyrocketing naphtha and gas prices. This situation starkly contrasts with ONGC's thriving oil exploration sector. To stabilize its finances, OPaL intends to divest from specific product lines and plans to import lower-cost ethane feedstock by the fiscal year 2029-30. (Neutral) Source: Economic Times Companies
• NMDC: NMDC recovers 27.29 carat gem diamond from Panna. Based on its colour, carat weight,and clarity (CCC), and add one S-Shape ,the newly recovered 27.29-carat diamond is initially estimated to be valued at around Rs 1 crore. The final value will be determined through the prescribed evaluation and auction process, the company said. (Neutral) Source: Economic Times Companies

Negative Stocks in News (0)

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