SF Intracity (9699.HK) issued a positive profit alert for the first half of 2026, forecasting profit attributable to owners of no less than RMB301 million, up at least 120% year on year. It also expects adjusted net profit of no less than RMB240 million, an increase of no less than 50%, and revenue of no less than RMB11,669 million, up at least 14%. The forecast falls under statutory disclosure requirements for Hong Kong-listed companies and directly reflects an improvement in the company’s fundamentals.

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is developing a 1.75 million tonnes petroleum storage facility at Mangaluru, with half of the capacity set aside for strategic reserves and the rest for commercial operations. Separately, three investors in Paytm parent One 97 Communications plan to sell shares worth up to Rs 2,002 crore at a 5% discount in a deal structured as a 100% secondary sale, meaning the company will not receive proceeds. LIC, Airtel and BSE were also among stocks on investors’ radar amid a broader market rise.

Vedanta Aluminium will turn ex-dividend on August 5 for its first interim dividend of Rs 8 per share. For the April–June quarter, the company posted a 216% year-on-year jump in net profit to Rs 5,629 crore. Revenue from operations rose 46% to Rs 21,393 crore, while EBITDA climbed 134% to Rs 10,499 crore and the EBITDA margin improved to 50%.

India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) rolled out a new closing auction to replace the previous 30-minute volume-weighted average price (VWAP) method for setting official closes. The Nifty ended at 24,774.30, up 390.70 points (1.60%), after a 0.8% late surge at around 3:28 PM, while the Sensex closed at 78,639.03, up 544.39 points (0.70%). The 90-basis-point gap between the indices was far wider than the usual 5–10 basis points, pointing to immediate disruption in index pricing and derivatives settlement.

JSW Infrastructure, an Indian infrastructure stock, handled 31 million tonnes of cargo in Q1FY27, up a little less than 6% year on year. Over the same quarter, institutional ownership rose, with FIIs increasing their holding to 11.21% and DIIs to 9.19%. The company reported a ROCE of 13.7%, close to the industry median of 13.9%, and said it operates 186 million tonnes per annum of capacity across ports on India’s east and west coasts.

RateGain said it has advanced the integration of Sojern, adding 320 data partners and 1.5 billion travel graph IDs to its platform. The company reported Q4 gross margin of 23.5%, with annualised cost synergies reaching USD 15 million, above its earlier guidance. Customers using its Agentic ARI product reported a 30% to 40% improvement in ARI traffic optimisation.

Grab lifted its 2026 revenue outlook to US$4.10 billion–US$4.15 billion and announced a US$750 million share buyback programme. Second-quarter GMV rose 21% year on year to US$6.5 billion, supported by growth in active users. The company said it spent US$706 million on customer and driver incentives during the quarter, including more than US$7 million to support driver earnings amid the fuel crisis. Shares of Nasdaq-listed GRAB rose 3% in after-hours trading.

Credit Corp Group (ASX: CCP) reported FY2026 results for the year ended 30 June 2026, with revenue of A$586 million, up 7.4%, and net profit of A$105.5 million, up 12.1%. Net assets per share rose to A$13.18. The company paid A$46.26 million in fully franked dividends for the year. Over the past 12 months, its shares have underperformed the ASX 200 Index by 10%.