5 min read | Updated on November 18, 2025, 08:31 IST
SUMMARY
Stocks to Watch: Exide Industries on Monday said it is aiming to commence production at its lithium-ion cell facility by the end of FY'26, with equipment installation and commissioning in the final stages.
The GIFT NIFTY futures suggest that the NIFTY50 index will open 66 points lower. | Image: Shutterstock
Stocks to Watch: The domestic stock market is expected to open in the red on Tuesday, November 18. The GIFT NIFTY futures suggest that the NIFTY50 index will open 66 points lower.
Here is a list of stocks that may remain in focus today.
SBI: Shares of State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, are expected to be in the spotlight on Tuesday, November 18, as, according to a PTI report, the bank is in talks with the government for having a credit guarantee scheme for risky, new-age sectors, its managing director, Ashwini Kumar Tewari, said on Monday.
Mphasis: According to news reports, Blackstone Entity BCP TOPCO is expected to sell a 9.5% stake in Mphasis via block deals. According to reports, the size of the deal will be ₹4,626 crore. The floor price for the same has been fixed at ₹2,570 per share, which is a 4.4% discount to the last traded price.
AstraZeneca Pharm, Sun Pharma: AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited (‘AstraZeneca’), a leading science-led biopharmaceutical company, and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Monday announced a second brand partnership for Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate (SZC) in India. This exclusive agreement is aimed at further accelerating the availability of SZC, an innovative and highly effective treatment for hyperkalaemia, to more patients across India.
Under the agreement, both companies will promote, market & distribute SZC in India under different brand names; AstraZeneca will market SZC as Lokelma®, whereas Sun Pharma will promote and distribute the therapy as Gimliand®.
AstraZeneca will retain the intellectual property rights to SZC and hold the marketing authorisation along with the import licence of the molecule, the press release added.
DCX Systems: The company has received purchase order(s) from its customer(s) amounting to about ₹16.45 crore in the normal course of business. Further, its subsidiary has received a work order worth ₹6.44 crore.
Exide Industries: Exide Industries on Monday said it is aiming to commence production at its lithium-ion cell facility by the end of FY'26, with equipment installation and commissioning in the final stages.
The company also said it is in advanced talks with large two-wheeler original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for such batteries, and two of them are likely to become its initial customers.
Speaking at its latest post-earnings analysts' call, the management said the first production will be an "NCM-based cylindrical cell line" primarily aimed at two-wheeler applications.
The next one to go live will be a prismatic LFP line targeted at stationary applications, it said.
PhysicsWallah: Shares of the company are slated to list on bourses today. The initial public offering of edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah got fully subscribed on the last day of the initial share sale.
One97 Communications (Paytm): SAIF Fund 3, news reports say, is expected to sell its stake in the company via block deals. The floor price of the block trade is ₹1,281 per share, representing a 4% discount to the last traded price.
Saif Partners Fund, reports say, will sell a 2% stake worth ₹1,640 crore.
JSW Infra: JSW Infra said that JSW Overseas FZE, its step-down wholly owned subsidiary, informed the company on Monday that it has entered into a share subscription and purchase agreement (“SSPA”) with Minerals Development Oman, SAOC (“MDO”) and South Minerals Port Company SAOC, Oman (a company incorporated in Oman by MDO) (“Port SPV”) to acquire 51% of the total equity share capital of the Port SPV, subject to fulfilment of the conditions precedent set out in the SSPA.
Puravankara: Realty firm Puravankara Ltd has given on lease around 1.2 lakh sq ft of retail space to Swedish furniture retailer IKEA in Bengaluru.
In a regulatory filing on Monday, the company informed that it has signed an Agreement to Lease (ATL) with IKEA India for the leasing of two floors of retail space at the Purva Zentech Park, located on Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru.
The project is a mixed-use commercial development with about 9.6 lakh square feet of leasable and saleable area. The project is currently under construction and is slated for completion by early 2026.
IKEA India will occupy retail space of more than 1.2 lakh square feet of leasable area across two floors, it said.
Emcure Pharmaceuticals: Bain Capital is likely to sell a 2% stake in the pharma company via block deals. According to reports, the indicative floor price is ₹1,296.51 per share, a discount of nearly 7%.
The size of the block deal is worth ₹493 crore.
Blackbuck (ZinkaLogistics): According to a news report by CNBC-TV18, three shareholders are expected to sell up to a 2% stake in the company worth ₹240 crore via block deals. The base price will be ₹670 per share, the report added.
Tata Power: Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power and a leading player in India’s renewable energy sector, said on Monday it has successfully commissioned NHPC Limited’s landmark 450 MWp (DC) / 300 MW (AC) DCR-compliant solar power project as the EPC contractor at Karnisar Bhatiyan, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
"Executed over a span of two and a half years with unparalleled excellence in execution, the project stands as a demonstration of TPREL’s robust project management and technical capabilities," it added.
JSW Energy: The company said in its regulatory filing that Pritesh Vinay has expressed his intention to step down from the Board of the Company to pursue career opportunities outside the JSW Group and has, accordingly, tendered his resignation as Director (Finance) and Key Managerial Person of the Company.
With inputs from PTI
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