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For the October 7, 2026 market session, the watchlist centers on company updates from Titan, Mphasis and JSW Cement, alongside the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee decision. Banks, insurers, real estate, automobiles and leveraged non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are also in focus because of their sensitivity to interest rates. This is a news watchlist, not a ranking or a buy recommendation.
Company updates behind the stock watchlist
The Financial Express, in a report published October 6, 2026, identified three companies with specific business updates. The figures below are as reported by that publication; they are not independently verified here against company disclosures.
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Titan: Q2 FY27 growth and new stores
Titan reported 25% year-on-year growth across its consumer businesses in the second quarter of FY27 and added 78 net new stores, taking its overall network to 3,758, according to The Financial Express. Its jewellery segment grew about 21%, added 42 stores and reached 1,269 stores. Tanishq, Mia, Zoya and beYond grew 20% together, while CaratLane grew 32% and added 13 stores.
Mphasis: Social Security Scotland contract
Mphasis announced an agreement worth about £35.4 million with Social Security Scotland. The Financial Express reports that Mphasis will manage and maintain the platform used for benefit applications, eligibility decisions and payments for around 2 million citizens.
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JSW Cement: more grinding capacity
JSW Cement commissioned an additional 1 MTPA grinding unit in Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Financial Express says the addition takes the plant’s capacity to 3.50 MTPA and the company’s total grinding capacity to 25.1 MTPA. Its reported clinker capacity is 9.74 MTPA, including its joint venture.
RBI decision puts banks, insurers and rate-sensitive sectors in focus
The October 7 RBI Monetary Policy Committee decision is the session’s principal policy event in The Financial Express watchlist. Named banks are ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank; named insurers are ICICI Lombard, SBI Life and HDFC Life. The broader groups to watch are real estate, automobiles and leveraged NBFCs.
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Emkay’s view, quoted by The Financial Express, is a forecast rather than the RBI’s decision: “We expect the RBI to kick off the rate hike cycle with a cautious 25bp increase, while retaining a neutral stance and signaling a higher-for-longer rate environment; a 50bp hike remains an outside risk as tighter global financial conditions increasingly shape the RBI’s reaction function.” Emkay also points to inflation concerns, with its second-half FY27 forecasts running about 20 basis points above RBI projections.
On liquidity, Emkay says FCNR-led excess liquidity is keeping monetary conditions accommodative despite sterilization measures. It expects the October policy to provide more clarity on the RBI’s sterilization strategy and says a further open market operation (OMO) sales announcement is possible. These are brokerage views reported by a secondary news source; they do not establish what the RBI decided. Nor does the sector list imply that every company in a group will respond in the same way to a rate move.
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The Financial Express reported that on October 6 the Sensex closed at 73,067.81, up 685.34 points (0.95%), and the Nifty closed at 22,776.10, up 220.35 points (0.98%). These are prior-session closing figures, not live October 7 prices or a forecast.
The report quoted Vinod Nair of Geojit Investments: “Crude oil prices slipped below the $100 mark after a large G7 stockpile release and alternative supply measures helped offset disruptions to vessel movements through the Strait of Hormuz.” Nair said that development, together with strong Q2 updates from financials and retail, “improved investors’ sentiment and supported a rebound from the oversold levels.”
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How to use this watchlist
- For Titan, Mphasis and JSW Cement, the stated catalysts are reported business updates: growth and store additions, a contract, and added cement grinding capacity, respectively.
- For the named banks and insurers and the three broader sectors, the focus is the policy event and potential sensitivity to rates—not a stated company-specific announcement or a predicted share-price move.
- The source provides no valuations, risk measures or expected returns that would support ranking these securities.
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