Unihealth Hospitals successfully performed a complex emergency CABG surgery at UMC Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, saving a 35-year-old patient suffering from critical multi-vessel coronary artery disease.

Cochin Minerals and Rutile is debt-free with Rs.164 crore reserves against equity of Rs.8 crore. It has paid an 80% dividend for four consecutive years and announced the same for FY26. Q1FY27 PAT surged 279% to Rs.12.38 crore, with EPS of Rs.15.81. The stock looks attractive at Rs.296 cum 80% dividend versus its all-time high of Rs.415.

Munjal Showa reported a sharp turnaround with Q1FY27 PBT rising to Rs.12.87 crore from Rs.0.94 crore in Q4FY26. The debt-free company has reserves of Rs.670 crore, paid a 225% dividend for FY26 and trades at 0.81x book value. The stock may surpass its 52-week high of Rs.162.

Investment rules for uncertain times include treating 2026 as a capital protection year rather than an aggressive growth year. Maintain 12–18 months of emergency funds, avoid investing borrowed money, focus on fundamentally strong companies, invest gradually, keep 20–30% cash for opportunities, diversify across sectors, avoid panic selling and FOMO buying, and review portfolios periodically without overreacting to daily volatility.

Value Buy: On 7 July 2026, POLUNIN Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund LLC bought 44.19 lakh shares of IOLCP at Rs.166.65. The stock is now available at attractive valuations, promoters have increased their stake by 9.66% in the last two quarters, and Q1 results are due on 10 August 2026. It may surpass its 52-week high of Rs.179.

Stocks to watch include Archidply, Anant Raj, Black Rose, Cochin Minerals, Chemcon Speciality Chemicals, Haldyn Glass, Him Teknoforge, IOLCP, Morepen Laboratories, Munjal Showa, NOCIL, Pennar Industries, Plastiblends, Rajesh Power, Sarlapoly and Talbros Engineering. Keep on radar.

As per astrology view, important turning dates are 10, 12, 14, 17, 19 and 21 August 2026.

Sathlokhar Synergys E&C Global reported a strong Q1FY27 performance with total income rising 67.8% YoY to Rs.206.19 crore, EBITDA surging 131.4% to Rs.31.35 crore, EBITDA margin expanding to 15.2%, and PAT jumping 132.6% to Rs.21.41 crore.

Rajesh Power has secured a Rs.70.05 crore order from Rajasthan Vidyut Prasaran Nigam, taking fresh order inflows over the last 30 days to more than Rs.1,003 crore.

As per market grapevine, several blue-chip companies including Reliance, HDFC Bank, TCS, HUL, Infosys, ITC, ONGC, Nestlé and many others have delivered little or no returns over extended periods despite strong underlying businesses.