By Admin 
Stocks to watch today: A decline was seen in the Indian stock market on Friday, the last day of the last trading week or the first trading week of the year 2026. A decline of more than 0.50 percent was recorded in the stock market amid global signals like US-Venezuela conflict, US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 500 percent tariff on India, American efforts to weaken Russia economically.
Analysts say that this fall has stopped the short-term rally in Nifty and now the index is re-testing its medium-term support zone near 100 DEMA around the level of 25600. In today’s business, shares of companies like TCS, HCL Tech, DMart, ICICI Lombard, RIL, Lemon Tree Hotels and many others are going to be in focus.
ICICI Lombard
ICICI Lombard General Insurance recently disclosed a lapse at the corporate level, whereby the unaudited financial report for the December quarter was mistakenly shared on the personal WhatsApp status of a senior employee. After this, the insurance company alerted the stock exchanges as a precaution.
Adani Enterprises
Shares of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited are going to be in focus today because the company’s MD Karan Adani announced on Sunday that Adani Group is going to invest Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Kutch in the next five years. This shows that India is emerging as a preferred and attractive hub for the world for investment and manufacturing.
Reliance Industries
Before the December quarter results, global brokerage firm Goldman Sachs has increased the target price for its shares to Rs 1835 per share from the current Rs 147 6. Apart from this, the rating has been retained in the ‘Boy’ category. Apart from this, the stock is also in the news due to the news of seeking permit from America for purchasing oil from Venezuela. Also, last Sunday, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani promised to invest Rs 7 lakh crore in Gujarat in the next five years, which is double the investment of Rs 3.5 lakh crore before 2021. This will promote India’s clean energy mission and overall development.
Lemon Tree Hotels
Hotel chain operator Lemon Tree Hotels will make a huge investment of around Rs 960 crore from Warburg Pincus in its subsidiary Fleur Hotels to enhance long-term shareholder value. This will support the growth of the flesh. Warburg will buy APG’s entire 41.09 percent stake in Pincus Fleur. The company is looking to reorganize its business, under which two focused, high-growth and large-scale platforms will be created.
D-Mart
Avenue Supermarts, the company running the retail chain Dmart, has released the results for the third quarter of the financial year 2026. The company’s consolidated profit after tax (PAT) has increased to Rs 855.92 crore from Rs 723.72 crore in the same period last year, which is an increase of 18.3 percent year-on-year (YoY). At the same time, revenue from operations has seen an increase of 13.3 percent year-on-year. Today DMart shares may also be in focus.
IREDA
Navratna company IREDA has earned more than 37 percent profit in the December quarter, which was due to the jump in its revenue. The company said in an exchange filing that its net profit in the October-December period of the last financial year was Rs 425 crore. The company’s revenue from operations increased by 38 percent to Rs 2140 crore, which was Rs 1699 crore in the same period a year ago.
NTPC
NTPC will set up a facility to produce synthetic natural gas from coal with an investment of about Rs 10,000 crore in Chhattisgarh. A senior official of the company gave this information. He said that the company is looking for technology tie-ups for different processes like coal beneficiation and gasification to make Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG).
Apart from these, investors will also keep an eye on shares of TCS, HCL Tech and Anand Rathi Wealth in today’s trade as these companies will declare their third quarter results later today.
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