Share Market News August 23: Domestic equity benchmarks finished a session full of rangebound moves 0.2 per cent higher on Thursday driven by buying interest in financial shares though selling pressure in auto stocks limited the upside. The Sensex added 147.9 points to end at 81,053.2 while the Nifty50 settled at 24,811.5, up 41.3 points from its previous close. 

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Here's a list of stocks that are set to be in focus during Friday's session, including Zomato, HPCL, Bikaji Foods, LIC Housing Finance, Nykaa, Bharti Airtel, Bharat Forge, RailTel, Wipro, IRCTC, Federal Bank, and ONGC: 

Share Market News | Annual general meetings (AGMs)

Two companies are set to conduct their annual general meetings (AGMs) on Friday: Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL and Max Financial. 

Share Market News | Stock split

Jindal Saw's board is scheduled to meet on Friday to consider a share buyback proposal. 

Share Market News | Bikaji Foods

Bikaji Foods' board is scheduled to meet to discuss the acquisition of Arbia Foods.
 
RailTel Corporation of India in the spotlight

RailTel Corp has bagged an order of Rs 52.7 crore involving live CCTV surveillance solutions from the UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board.

Share Market News | Zomato  

Zomato has decided to immediately shut down its intercity service 'Legends', its CEO Deepinder Goyal announced on microblogging site X (formerly Twitter).

Share Market News | Wipro 

The IT major has extended its agreement with John Lewis Partnership for completing a Cloud transformation project.  

Share Market News | Bharat Forge

 
Bharat Forge's board has approved the acquisition of the remaining stake in subsidiary Kalyani Powertrain for Rs 105.5 crore.

Share Market News | Corporate Earnings

With much of the earnings season now behind, two smallcap companies are scheduled to report their quarterly numbers on Friday: Energy Development Company, and Generic Engineering Construction and Projects.   

Share Market News | Dividends & other corporate action: LIC Housing Finance, IRCTC, ONGC, Federal Bank in focus

Forty stocks are slated to trade ex-dividend, ex-buyback, or ex-rights on August 23. Here's the list: 

Stock Corporate Action
MAYUR UNIQUOTERS LTD.-$ Buy Back of Shares
R.J.SHAH & CO.LTD. Dividend - Rs. - 2.5000
GUJARAT AMBUJA EXPORTS LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 0.3500
CRESTCHEM LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 0.5000
DEEPAK SPINNERS LTD.-$ Final Dividend - Rs. - 0.5000
Gandhar Oil Refinery (India) Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 0.5000
Kronox Lab Sciences Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 0.5000
EVEREST KANTO CYLINDER LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 0.7000
IL&FS INVESTMENT MANAGERS LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 0.7000
Bhageria Industries Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 1.0000
CREST VENTURES LIMITED Final Dividend - Rs. - 1.0000
Rashi Peripherals Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 1.0000
FEDERAL BANK LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 1.2000
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 1.5000
ASTRA MICROWAVE PRODUCTS LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 2.0000
GUJARAT HOTELS LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 2.5000
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 2.5000
SURYA ROSHNI LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 2.5000
KUANTUM PAPERS LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 3.0000
MAYUR UNIQUOTERS LTD.-$ Final Dividend - Rs. - 3.0000
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 4.0000
The Yamuna Syndicate Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 400.0000
KFin Technologies Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 5.7500
GODFREY PHILLIPS INDIA LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 56.0000
VENKY'S (INDIA) LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 7.0000
A.K.CAPITAL SERVICES LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 8.0000
Vedant Fashions Ltd Final Dividend - Rs. - 8.5000
LIC HOUSING FINANCE LTD. Final Dividend - Rs. - 9.0000
Bhatia Communications & Retail (India) Ltd Interim Dividend - Rs. - 0.0100
K.P. Energy Ltd Interim Dividend - Rs. - 0.1000
NICCO PARKS & RESORTS LTD.-$ Interim Dividend - Rs. - 0.3500
DYNACONS SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS LTD. Interim Dividend - Rs. - 0.5000
Meera Industries Ltd Interim Dividend - Rs. - 0.5000
UPSURGE INVESTMENT & FINANCE LTD. Interim Dividend - Rs. - 0.5000
ABB India Limited Interim Dividend - Rs. - 10.6600
INSECTICIDES (INDIA) LTD. Interim Dividend - Rs. - 2.0000
TAAL Enterprises Ltd Interim Dividend - Rs. - 25.0000
NATCO PHARMA LTD. Interim Dividend - Rs. - 3.0000
Akshar Spintex Ltd Right Issue of Equity Shares
Dhyaani Tradeventtures Ltd Right Issue of Equity Shares

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