In this briefing: Gaudium IVF and Women Health IPO Review: Gaudy, But Not Fertile Enough HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) Tactical Outlook: Hold or Sell? Infosys: The AI-First Services Opportunity- Capturing a $400 Billion Market Exencial Indutry Tiding Aequitas: Indo-MIM Pre-IPO - The Positives - Global-Scale Manufacturing Platform 1. Gaudium IVF and Women Health IPO Review: Gaudy, But Not Fertile Enough Gaudium IVF IPO will open for subscription on February 20 and close on February 24, with listing on February 27. The IPO price band has been set at INR 75–79/share. The issue is a combination of fresh issue of 11.4M equity shares aggregating to INR900M and offer for sale of up to 9.5M equity shares aggregating to INR750M. The company will use IPO proceeds for funding capex for opening 19 new IVF centers across India and repayment of outstanding loan/borrowings. 2. HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) Tactical Outlook: Hold or Sell? HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) has been losing steam since last summer. In the last few months the stock started to sell-off, but it did not lose more than 10%.

In this briefing: HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) Tactical Outlook: Hold or Sell? Infosys: The AI-First Services Opportunity- Capturing a $400 Billion Market Exencial Indutry Tiding Aequitas: Indo-MIM Pre-IPO - The Positives - Global-Scale Manufacturing Platform HSIE Results Daily: IPCA Laboratories, IRB Infra, Galaxy Surfactants, Ahluwalia Contracts 1. HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) Tactical Outlook: Hold or Sell? HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) has been losing steam since last summer. In the last few months the stock started to sell-off, but it did not lose more than 10%. A recent pullback was flagged as oversold by our quantitative model, last Friday. Then the stock started to rally this week. We think the current rally may be a sell opportunity, possibly taking advantage of the stock recent volatility. Selling setups identified by our model are discussed in this insight. 2. Infosys: The AI-First Services Opportunity- Capturing a $400 Billion Market The shift to "Agentic AI" could propel the global economy to $500 trillion , provided companies overhaul business architectures to bridge the current gap between tech progress and realized value.

In this briefing: Infosys: The AI-First Services Opportunity- Capturing a $400 Billion Market Exencial Indutry Tiding Aequitas: Indo-MIM Pre-IPO - The Positives - Global-Scale Manufacturing Platform HSIE Results Daily: IPCA Laboratories, IRB Infra, Galaxy Surfactants, Ahluwalia Contracts SignatureGlobal India Ltd - SignatureGlobal’s Leap into Commercial Real Estate 1. Infosys: The AI-First Services Opportunity- Capturing a $400 Billion Market The shift to "Agentic AI" could propel the global economy to $500 trillion , provided companies overhaul business architectures to bridge the current gap between tech progress and realized value. Through the Topaz Fabric , Infosys is deploying over 600 specialized agents and small language models (SLMs) to help 90% of their top clients move from pilots to production. Success requires navigating the " Brownfield " productivity gap, where legacy systems and data silos currently consume 60-80% of IT budgets , hindering the deployment of high-impact AI solutions. 2.

In this briefing: Exencial Indutry Tiding Aequitas: Indo-MIM Pre-IPO - The Positives - Global-Scale Manufacturing Platform HSIE Results Daily: IPCA Laboratories, IRB Infra, Galaxy Surfactants, Ahluwalia Contracts SignatureGlobal India Ltd - SignatureGlobal’s Leap into Commercial Real Estate Axis PUNCH: Greenply Industries Ltd - 17th February, 2026 1. Exencial Indutry Tiding Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar's sales decline by 6.7% in December 2025 quarter Man-Made filaments & fibres industry's sales grow by 15.2% in December 2025 quarter Personal & home care products industry's sales grow by 5.4% in December 2025 quarter 2. Aequitas: Indo-MIM Pre-IPO - The Positives - Global-Scale Manufacturing Platform Indo-MIM Ltd (1666551D IN) (IML) is looking to raise about US$750m in its upcoming India IPO. IML provides end-to-end solutions for the manufacture of precision engineering components using metal injection molding technology. Its capabilities include mold designing and tooling, coupled with finishing and assembly operations.

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government’s roll-out of ethanol-blended fuel, called E20, has caused panic and confusion in the world’s third-largest auto market. Here are facts about E20 and details of its impact: How was E20 rolled out? How does it help? E20 is petrol blended with 20% ethanol, an alcohol mainly produced from sugarcane and grains such as maize and rice. It was introduced at a few pumps in April 2023 and has been rolled out across India since April 2025, replacing the 10% ethanol fuel, called E10, that most cars are designed to use. In recent weeks, older fuel blends like E10 and E5 have ceased to be available, leaving consumers with no choice but to buy E20. India says E20 reduces oil imports, helping to save $5 billion in foreign exchange this year, and will add almost $4.6 billion to farmer incomes. The fuel is also considered less polluting. Why are Indians angry? Brazil and the United States are among other major markets pushing ethanol-blended fuels.

The Government has allowed ethanol production from sugarcane juice, syrup, and all types of molasses without any restrictions on volumes.

MUMBAI (Reuters) -India has allowed production of ethanol from sugarcane juice, syrup and all types of molasses without any restrictions on volumes in 2025/2026, the government said in a notification on Monday. In the new ethanol supply year starting from November 1, sugar mills and distilleries are allowed to produce ethanol without any quantitative restriction, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said. Indian sugar mills such as E.I.D.-Parry, Balrampur Chini Mills, Shree Renuka, Bajaj Hindusthan and Dwarikesh Sugar have increased their ethanol production capacity in the last few years.

The petition sought the availability of ethanol-free petrol at all fuel stations and demanded mandatory labelling of ethanol-based fuel

Relaxed export rules and increased diversion for ethanol production could partially offset challenges surrounding pricing. Key players like Balrampur Chini and EID Parry remain on investor watchlists