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Stocks to Watch, August 13: IRCTC, Engineers India, Vishal Mega Mart, Hindustan Copper, Paytm, Nykaa, Nazara Technologies

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5 min read | Updated on August 13, 2025, 08:19 IST

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Stocks to Watch: FSN E-Commerce, the parent company of fashion and beauty retailer Nykaa, on Tuesday reported a 79% year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit to ₹24.47 crore for the three months ended June 2025.

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The GIFT NIFTY futures suggest that the NIFTY50 index will open 78 points higher. | Image: Shutterstock

Stocks to Watch: The domestic equity market is expected to open with gains on Wednesday, August 13. The GIFT NIFTY futures suggest that the NIFTY50 index will open 78 points higher.
Here is a list of stocks that may remain in focus today.
Earnings today: As many as 539 companies are slated to release their June quarter numbers today. The list includes names such as BPCL, Max Healthcare Institute Limited, Muthoot Finance, United Spirits, Samvardhana Motherson International, Vishal Mega Mart, IRCTC, Jubilant Foodworks, AIA Engineering, Deepak Nitrite, Pfizer, Hindustan Copper, Engineers India, Anupam Rasayan India, and Avanti Feeds.
Waaree Energies, Premier Energies: Shares of solar panel manufacturers such as Waaree Energies and Premier Energies, among others, are expected to be on investors' radar on Wednesday, August 13, as, according to news reports, the US Department of Commerce has initiated anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations on solar PV cell and module imports from India, Indonesia and Laos during calendar year 2024.

The decision by the Commerce Department was made after the Alliance for American Solar Manufacturing and Trade filed a petition on July 17, reports added.

HUL: FMCG major HUL has received shareholders' nod to demerge its ice cream business, which owns brands like Kwality Wall's, Cornetto and Magnum, into an independent listed entity.

With this, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has taken one step closer to its goal to demerge its ice cream business.

The majority of its shareholders have voted in favour of the resolution over the "Scheme of Arrangement between Hindustan Unilever Limited and Kwality Wall's", the FMCG major said while sharing the scrutiniser's report.

"The resolution for approval of the scheme of arrangement amongst HUL, Kwality Wall’s (India) Ltd and their respective shareholders, as set out in the notice dated 7th July 2025, has been passed by the members by requisite majority, pursuant to Section 230(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, through remote e-voting and e-voting at the meeting," it said.

FSN E-Commerce: FSN E-Commerce, the parent company of fashion and beauty retailer Nykaa, on Tuesday reported a 79% year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit to ₹24.47 crore for the three months ended June 2025.

The company had posted a net profit of ₹13.64 crore in the corresponding period of the previous financial year.

Total income rose to ₹2,164.27 crore in the quarter under review, compared with ₹1,753.44 crore in the April-June quarter of FY25, Nykaa said in a regulatory filing.

The growth was driven largely by its beauty vertical, which registered a nearly 24% increase in revenues to ₹1,975 crore in the quarter under review from ₹1,594 crore a year earlier.

Nazara Technologies: Digital gaming and e-sports platform Nazara Technologies has reported a two-fold jump in its consolidated net profit to ₹51.3 crore in the first quarter ended June 30.

The company had posted a net profit of ₹23.62 crore in the same period a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing.

The revenue from operations of Nazara Technologies almost doubled to ₹498.77 crore during the reported quarter from ₹250 crore in the June 2024 quarter.

"We are seeing early results from our sharpened focus on IP-led gaming and are reinvesting this momentum into expanding our IP portfolio and strengthening UA to drive sustained growth.

"We have also strengthened our leadership team with recent appointments bringing deep expertise in gaming," Nazara Technologies Joint MD and CEO Nitish Mittersain said in a statement.

NHPC: NHPC has posted a 3 per cent rise in its net profit to ₹1,131.16 crore for the June quarter of FY26 on account of higher income.

The state-owned company had logged a net profit of ₹1,101.63 crore in the April-June period of the preceding financial year.

According to an exchange filing, the company's total income increased to ₹3,442.76 crore from ₹3,037.92 crore in the year-ago period.

The company has commissioned the 800 MW Parbati-11 Project during the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

During the current quarter, NHPC commissioned 214.28 MW out of the total 300 MW Kamisar Solar Power Project in Bikaner.

Paytm: Paytm Payments Services has received the Reserve Bank of India's nod to operate as an online payment aggregator, its parent firm and Paytm brand owner One 97 Communications said in a filing on Tuesday.

The move also removes the restriction on Paytm Payments Services Limited from onboarding new merchants, which was imposed on the company on November 25, 2022.

"Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of One 97 Communications Limited (OCL or the Company), for a Payment Aggregator (PA) licence. We would like to inform you that Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) has granted ‘in-principle’ authorisation to PPSL vide its letter...dated August 12, 2025, to operate as an Online Payment Aggregator under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007," the filing said.

NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), the company which offers depository services to retail and institutional investors, on Tuesday, August 12, reported a consolidated net profit of ₹90 crore in the first quarter of current financial year (Q1FY26), marking an increase of 15% from ₹78 crore during the same period last year.

NSDL's revenue from operations, however, declined 7% annually to ₹312 crore from ₹337 crore in the year-ago period.

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