Patanjali Foods Limited reported its first-quarter results, with net profit surging 86% year on year and revenue reaching a record high. The stock is expected to be in focus on Monday. The strong profit growth and record revenue highlighted the company’s operating performance. Investors reacted positively to the update.

Alphabet’s early investment in SpaceX has surged in value. The company invested $900 million in 2015 and, after SpaceX’s $86 billion initial public offering in June, became the largest single institutional holder. As of the end of June, Alphabet reported the stake at about $94 billion, and at Thursday’s share price it would be worth about $77.9 billion, or 86.5 times the original investment.

Gold posted a strong August performance, gaining 9% over the month. The move was driven by a weaker U.S. dollar index, which made dollar-priced gold more attractive to holders of other currencies. It was also supported by firmer expectations that the Federal Reserve could ease policy, lowering the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding gold and lifting demand.

Gold fell on Thursday after US wholesale inflation slowed more than expected in July, helped by declines in energy and food costs. The data cooled markets’ expectations for a September Federal Reserve rate increase. Bullion slid as much as 1.5% to $4,343.91 an ounce, breaking below the $4,400 level. Silver also weakened, falling 1.4% to $64.42 an ounce.

ASX Ltd. shares jumped 9% after the exchange operator pointed to buoyant demand for new listings. The company said it listed 100 new entities in the 12 months through June, up 45% from a year earlier. Net income fell 3.5% to A$484.9 million, missing the A$509.3 million average analyst estimate in a Bloomberg survey, as total expenses rose 21%. ASX also guided for fiscal 2027 spending of A$170 million to A$190 million and declared a final dividend of A$1.047, down from a year ago.

Solar Industries reported its first-quarter results, with net profit jumping 92.6% year-on-year to ₹653 crore. Revenue rose 70.3%. The performance reflects strong profitability and business expansion.

Tata Motors reported an 83% year-on-year surge in net profit to ₹2,560 crore for the first quarter. Revenue rose 20% over the same period. The results point to strong growth in both profitability and income for the company.

Gold rose to a two-month high above $4,400 an ounce as traders positioned ahead of the US consumer price index release due Wednesday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey sees July CPI rising 0.1% month-on-month after a 0.4% decline the prior month. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said multiple rate hikes may be needed to return inflation to the central bank’s 2% target. Silver climbed 0.4% to $65.98 an ounce.

European benchmark gas futures surged more than 10% on Monday as traders remained unconvinced that negotiations involving Iran and Oman would quickly restore global LNG flows via the Strait of Hormuz. Europe’s storage sites are just under 59% full, well below the five-year seasonal norm of 76% and at the lowest seasonal level in records dating back to 2009. Citigroup strategists including Maggie Xueting Lin expect inventories to reach about 74% by the end of October if Middle East LNG exports gradually resume from mid-August, but warned of demand-spike risks if El Niño brings extreme cold spells, according to Bloomberg. Dutch TTF front-month futures settled at €61.24 per megawatt-hour, while US gas futures also posted their biggest gain in more than two months on short-covering tied to swings in weather forecasts.