Stocks to watch today: NSDL, Sri Lotus Developers, Bharti Airtel, Raymond Realty, Lupin, NCC, BEL, and HAL

Ahead of the RBI policy announcement, the Indian benchmark indices, the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, are set to open lower today, tracking mixed cues from global peers amid concerns over new U.S. tariffs on key imports. At 8:10, the GIFT Nifty futures were down 40 points at 24,700, indicating a gap-down opening for the Indian share market.

Here are the top stocks that will be in focus today:

Q1 results: Bharat Heavy Electricals, Power Finance Corporation, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, PVR Inox, Blue Star, Trent, Divis Laboratories, Bajaj Holdings, Bharat Forge, Fortis Healthcare, Jindal Stainless, Jyoti CNC Automation, Pidilite Industries, TD Power Systems, and UNO Minda are set to announce their June quarter results today.

Defence stocks: Shares of major defence companies such as BEL, HAL, and others will be in focus today after the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) cleared a slew of capital acquisition proposals amounting to ₹67,000 crore. 

Rate sensitive stocks: Shares of auto, banking, financial services, and realty companies will be in focus in the backdrop of RBI policy announcement.

NSDL, Sri Lotus Developers: After garnering strong responses for their IPOs, shares of NSDL and Sri Lotus Developers are expected to make their debut on the BSE and the NSE today.

Bharti Airtel : The telecom giant's Q1FY26 revenue grew 28.5% YoY to ₹49,463 crore, while consolidated net profit for the quarter rose 43% YoY to ₹5,947.9 crore from ₹4,160 crore a year earlier.

Britannia Industries : The company reported a 3% YoY rise in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter to ₹520.1 crore, while revenue from operations grew by 8.8% to ₹4,622.2 crore in Q1FY26.

Bharti Hexacom: The Bharti group company registered a 23.4% drop in Q1 net profit at ₹391.6 crore, compared to ₹511.2 crore in the previous year, while revenue rose by 18.4% to ₹2,263 crore from ₹1,910.6 crore.

NCC : The company posted an 8.5% decline in its consolidated net profit to ₹192.1 crore for the June quarter, down from ₹209.9 crore in the same quarter last year.

Raymond Realty: The demerged realty arm of Raymond group delivered a strong performance with net profit more than doubling to ₹16.5 crore in Q1FY26, from ₹7.4 crore a year earlier.

Lupin : The drug maker posted a strong performance in Q1 with its consolidated net profit soaring 52.1% to ₹1,219 crore from ₹801.3 crore a year ago.

Prestige Estates Projects : The real estate developer saw a 25.8% jump in its Q1 consolidated net profit to ₹292.5 crore, up from ₹232.6 crore in the year-ago period.

Torrent Power:  The power company reported a 24.8% decline in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter of the current fiscal to ₹731.4 crore, while revenue fell 12.5% to ₹7,906.4 crore.

Gland Pharma : The drug maker reported a 49.9% rise in consolidated net profit for the June quarter at ₹215.5 crore, compared to ₹143.8 crore a year earlier.

Container Corporation of India : The PSU saw its consolidated net profit rise 3.2% to ₹266.5 crore in Q1, compared to ₹258.2 crore last year, while revenue also improved by 2.4% to ₹2,153.6 crore from ₹2,103.1 crore.

Gujarat Gas : The company reported a slight 0.9% YoY decline in its Q1 net profit to ₹327.6 crore from ₹330.7 crore, while revenue dropped by 13% to ₹3,870.9 crore in Q1 FY26.

HG Infra Engineering : The company has received a letter of award from the Military Engineer Services (MES) for the development of an integrated material handling facility at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

One 97 Communications (Paytm):  Antfin (Netherlands) Holding BV, backed by Alibaba Group, has completely exited the company by selling its entire 5.84% stake for ₹3,981 crore.

Aditya Infotech: Invesco Mutual Fund picked up 9.8 lakh shares of the newly listed company at ₹1,023.57 per share, amounting to ₹100.8 crore.

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