Shares of Vedanta Group companies were trading mixed in morning trade on Thursday, August 13, with Vedanta Aluminium Metal trading 0.86% lower at ₹457.50 on the NSE, while parent company Vedanta Ltd quoted 0.62% lower at ₹274.10. Vedanta Power shares were trading at ₹36.94 on the NSE, and Vedanta Oil and Gas traded 0.34% higher at ₹38.53. Vedanta Iron and Steel shares showed the strongest performance, trading over 2% higher at ₹39.88 on the NSE. Hindustan Zinc shares were also trading 1.2% higher at ₹591.60.
The Q1 FY27 earnings season is drawing to a close with over 300 companies declaring earnings on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Major companies reporting include Siemens, Zydus Lifesciences, MRF, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), Manappuram Finance, Gujarat Energy, and Bata India, among others. According to reports from Upstox, the earnings season will also see results from engineering and construction companies like Kalpataru Projects International, generator and motor maker TD Power Systems, and electrical cables manufacturer Finolex Cables.
As part of the latest index rejig announced by the NSE on Monday, 27 stocks will be added to the NIFTY500 index, including Vedanta Aluminium Metal Ltd., Vedanta Iron and Steel Ltd., Vedanta Oil and Gas Ltd., and Vedanta Power Ltd. According to reports from Upstox, other stocks on the inclusion list include Azad Engineering, Cupid Ltd, Aether Industries Ltd, Avanti Feeds Ltd., and Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd. (CMPDI). Meanwhile, 27 stocks will be excluded from the NIFTY500 index, including Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd., Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands Ltd., Bikaji Foods International Ltd., Chalet Hotels Ltd., Pfizer Ltd., Sapphire Foods India Ltd., and Saregama India Ltd., among others.
Four newly demerged Vedanta entities could attract combined passive inflows of up to $159 million following the NSE Indices' September 2026 reshuffle, according to estimates by Nuvama Alternative and Quantitative Research. Vedanta Aluminium Metal is expected to receive the bulk of the inflows at $149 million, followed by Vedanta Oil & Gas at $4 million. Vedanta Power and Vedanta Iron and Steel could each see inflows of around $3 million, while Sterlite Technologies is estimated to receive $10 million and Vedanta could see an outflow of $13 million. Among other Vedanta group companies, Vedanta could see an outflow of $13 million.
In July 2026, Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal unveiled an ambitious growth roadmap at the company's 61st Annual General Meeting (AGM), announcing plans to nearly treble zinc and lead production to 3 million tonnes by 2031, double silver production to 1,500 tonnes, and raise copper production to 1 million tonnes by the end of the decade. The chairman also committed $5 billion in investments to expand the oil and gas business. Speaking at the AGM, Agarwal said ferrochrome capacity would be ramped up to 5 lakh tonnes by FY28 and nickel output increased to 60,000 tonnes. The company plans to accelerate exploration across its ten critical and strategic mineral blocks covering lithium, cobalt, gold, copper, nickel, manganese, rare earths and potash.
