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Stocks to Watch, July 25: Paras Defence, SBI Card, Tata Chemicals, Bajaj Finance, IEX, REC Ltd, auto, gems & jewellery, and textiles stocks

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By Upstox News Desk

5 min read | Updated on July 25, 2025, 08:10 IST

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SUMMARY

Stocks to Watch: Shares of select sectors will be in focus after India and the UK on Thursday signed a landmark trade deal to boost two-way trade by eliminating tariffs on cars, textiles, whisky, and a range of other products.

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The GIFT NIFTY futures suggest that the NIFTY50 index will open 104 points lower. | Image: Shutterstock

Stocks to Watch: The stock market is expected to open with losses on Friday, July 25. The GIFT NIFTY futures suggest that the NIFTY50 index will open 104 points lower.
Here is a list of stocks that may remain in focus today.
Earnings today: A total of 80 companies are slated to announce their financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 (Q1 FY26). Some of the names that will release their earnings are Bank of Baroda, Bajaj Finserv, Chennai Petroleum Corporation, Cipla, Aadhar Housing Finance, Grindwell Norton, Paras Defence and Space Technologies, SBI Card, Sobha, Vakrangee, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, Tata Chemicals, and Schaeffler India.
Auto, pharma, gems and jewellery, others: Shares of select sectors will be in focus after India and the UK on Thursday signed a landmark trade deal to boost two-way trade by eliminating tariffs on cars, textiles, whisky, and a range of other products.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Keir Starmer firmed up the 'Vision 2035' strategy to expand ties in areas of defence, technology, clean energy, and migration.

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), inked by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and his UK counterpart Jonathan Reynolds in the presence of the two prime ministers, seeks to enhance bilateral trade by around $34 billion annually besides ensuring better market access.

Cyient: Cyient on Thursday, July 24, reported a 6.9% year-on-year (YoY) increase in its consolidated net profit to ₹153.8 crore in the first quarter of FY26, as against ₹143.9 crore in the corresponding period a year ago.

However, sequentially, the net profit fell 9.7% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) from ₹1,170.4 crore in Q4FY25.

REC: State-owned REC Ltd. on Thursday, July 24, posted a 29% year-on-year (YoY) surge in its consolidated net profit to ₹4,465.71 crore in the June quarter compared to the year-ago period, mainly on the back of higher revenues.

The company had reported a consolidated net profit of ₹3,460.19 crore in the quarter ended on June 30, 2024, it said in a regulatory filing.

Its total income rose to ₹14,823.98 crore in the quarter under review, jumping 13.22% YoY from ₹13,092.44 crore in the same period a year ago.

IEX: Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), the country's largest energy exchange, on Thursday, July 24, reported a net profit of ₹121 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year, marking an upside of 26% from ₹96 crore in the same period last year.

Its revenue from operations in the April-June period advanced 15% to ₹142 crore from ₹124 crore in the year-ago period.

Electricity volumes in the first quarter rose 15% to 32.4 billion units, and the company traded 52.7 lakh renewable energy certificates, up 149% annually.

Bajaj Finance: Bajaj Finance, the country's largest non-banking finance company (NBFC), on Thursday, July 24, reported a consolidated net profit of ₹4,700 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY26), marking an upside of 20% from ₹3,912 crore in the same period last year.

Its net interest income, the difference between interest earned and interest expended, advanced 22% in Q1 to ₹10,227 crore from ₹8,365 crore in the year-ago period.

Bajaj Finance's fees and commission income came in at ₹1,784 crore, up 17% from ₹1,524 crore in the corresponding period last year.

SBI Life Insurance: SBI Life Insurance Company, on Thursday, July 24, reported a 14.41% year-on-year (YoY) surge in its profit after tax (PAT) to ₹594.37 crore in the first quarter of FY26.

In the corresponding period a year ago, it had clocked a profit of ₹519.52 crore.

The insurance company's net premium income stood at ₹17,178.50 crore in the quarter under review, jumping 13.72% YoY from ₹15,105.48 crore in the June quarter of FY25.

Sun Pharma: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Thursday said it has settled an antitrust litigation in the US entailing a payment of USD 200 million.

The subsidiaries of the company, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. (SPII) and Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., have signed a settlement agreement with the End Purchaser Plaintiffs in the In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, US, the Mumbai-based drugmaker said in a regulatory filing.

Karur Vysya Bank: Private sector Karur Vysya Bank on Thursday reported a net profit of ₹521.45 crore for the April-June 2025 quarter.

The Tamil Nadu-based bank had earned a net profit of ₹458.65 crore during the corresponding quarter of last financial year.

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For the year ending March 31, 2025, the net profit of the bank stood at ₹1,941.64 crore.

The total income for the quarter under review grew to ₹3,015.80 crore from ₹2,672.88 crore registered in the corresponding quarter of last financial year. For the financial year ending March 31, 2025, the total income was at ₹11,507.59 crore.

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