Share Market News August 8: At around 7:50 am, GIFT Nifty futures, an early indicator of the Nifty50 index were down 173 points or 0.71 per cent at 24,192 ahead of opening on Dalal Street..  Domestic equity benchmarks Nifty50 and Sensex registered sharp gains on Wednesday driven by buying interest in financial, energy and IT shares. The Sensex ended 874.9 points, or 1.1 per cent, higher at 79,468 while the 50-blue-chip index settled at 24,297.5, up 305 points, or 1.3 per cent, from its previous close. 

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Investors await the outcome of a key bi-monthly policy review due on Friday for domestic cues. 

Meanwhile, here's a list of stocks that are likely to be in focus on Thursday, including Godrej Consumer Products, Pidilite, Apollo Tyres, and RITES.

Corporate earnings

Godrej Consumer Products, Apollo Tyres and Dr Lal Pathlabs were among the companies that released their financial results for the April-June period post-market hours on Wednesday. 

GCPL reported a 41.3 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 450.6 crore for the quarter ended June 30. 

Zee Business analysts had pegged the FMCG major's quarterly net profit at Rs 484 crore. 

More than 20 companies are slated to report their financial results on Thursday, including Page Industries, MRF, SAIL, Bharat Forge, Bayer Cropscience, Ircon International, Concor, RVNL, Sobha, and JB Chem & Pharma. Here's the list:  

AAL FILATEX LICI SEAMECLTD
ABB GALAXYSURF LINCOLN SERVOTEACH
ADCON GARFIBRES LUMAXIND SHALPAINTS
AGRITECH GATEWAY MAJESAUT SHALPRO
AJMERA GCSL MANRAJH SHANKARA
ALICON GEECEE MAYURUNIQ SHILPAMED
AMNPLST GOODRICKE MCCHRLS-B SHNALUM
APLLTD GREAVESCOT MEDANTA SHREYAS
ARCHITORG GRSE MEENST SHYAMAINFO
ARISINT GRWRHITECH MEGACOR SIDH
ARTEMISMED GSPL MINDACORP SIPL
ASHIMASYN GUJALKALI MINDTECK SKILVEN
ASTRAL GUJPETR MMRUBBR-B SNOWMAN
ASTRAZEN GUJSTATFIN MMWL SOBHA
AUSOMENT HBLPOWER MNIL SPSL
AVALON HCG MODRNSH SRINACHA
AWHCL HCL-INSYS MONEYBOXX STCINDIA
AZAD HCLTD MPSLTD STEELCAS
BAJEL HIKLASS MRF SUGALDAM
BAYERCROP HITECHCORP MULTIBASE SURATRAML
BBTC HITKITGLO MUNJALAU SUTLEJTEX
BERVINL IFCI NAVA SWADHATURE
BHAGWOX IGARASHI NDLVENTURE TALBROSENG
BHARATFORG IL&FSENGG NDRAUTO TATIAGLOB
BHARATGEAR INCREDIBLE NIACL TCC
BIOCON INDGELA NIKHILAD TECHIN
BIRLACORPN INDIANHUME NOCIL TECILCHEM
BLIL INDIASHLTR NUTECGLOB TEGA
BOMTALKIES INDINFO OIL THACKER
BPLPHARMA INDOAMIN ORIENTALTL TIMKEN
BURNPUR INDOUS ORIENTPPR TOKYOPLAST
CARYSIL INDTONER PAGEIND TRANSPEK
CHANDNIMACH INSPIRISYS PARACABLES TRIMURTHI
CHEMFAB IRCON PCBL TRIVENIENT
CHEVIOT IRIS PCS TVSHLTD
COCHINSHIP IVP PENINLAND UCIL
COCHMAL JAMESWARREN PODDARMENT UNIABEXAL
CONCOR JAYBHCR POLYCHEM UNICHEMLAB
CONFIPET JAYCH PREVEST UNIPARTS
COSMOFIRST JBCHEPHARM PRUDENT UNITECH
CPML JGCHEM PURITY UPSURGE
DAIKAFFI JINDCAP RAJPACK URSUGAR
DCMFINSERV JYOTHI RAJSREESUG VALUEIND
DEVITRD KALPACOMME RBGUPTA VEL
DIGISPICE KANDAGIRI REMLIFE VERTEX
DREAMFOLKS KHADIM RHL VIDEOIND
DYNAVSN KILITCH RICHUNV VIDHIING
EICHERMOT KLBRENG-B RISAINTL VIRAT
ELCIDIN KMSUGAR RKSWAMY VIVANZA
EMAINDIA KOPRAN RVNL VIVIDIND
EMKAY KPIGREEN SADHNA VJLAXMIE
ESQRMON KPT SADHNANIQ WABAG
ESSARSHPNG KRATOSENER SAIL ZARDIINV
EUREKAFORBE KSHITIJ SAKTHIFIN ZEELEARN
EUREKAI LESHAIND SANDHAR ZNIVITRD
FERVENTSYN LIBORDFIN SANSERA ZODIACLOTH

Corporate action

 RITES, Ecoplast and Sealmatic India shares are scheduled to trade ex-dividend, and Rajoo Engineers ex-dividend on Thursday.

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