*Financial News* 
Source: Leading newspapers
 *Compiled by RUDRA SHARES* 
Vande Mataram
Friday, 13 February 2026

*Capital Markets & IPO*
• Eternal, Swiggy shares fall as IPO-bound Flipkart likely to foray into food delivery
• Mom's Belief parent files UDRHP for IPO to fund expansion plans
• Accor, InterGlobe weigh IPO for joint hospitality venture
• Motilal Oswal PE sells 2.84% shares in Happy Forgings for Rs 307.6 crore; Netweb Technologies promoter pares 3.67% stake
• MFs raise bets on financials, trim IT and FMCG in January
• SEBI working to cut compliance burden: Tuhin Pandey
• Share India Capital Services settles case with SEBI for Rs 36.07 lakh over merchant banking regulation lapses

*Banking & NBFC*
• Bajaj’s AI break-out: 20 million calls, 1 lakh new offers, Rs 1,600 crore disbursed
• Sale of fast-growing group credit life cover could be hit
• CreditAccess Grameen gets more suitors
• Muthoot Finance raises FY26 growth view after profit surge
• PFC, REC say merger transition smooth; merged firm to have 20% exposure cap

*Telecom & Digital*
• Vodafone Idea falls as JPMorgan downgrades stock, sees up to 24% downside
• Payment digitisation improves further in H1FY26: RBI
• Telcos oppose Trai's plan to block AI-flagged spam numbers

*Economy & Policy*
• Goldman Sachs sees India’s GDP growth at 6.9% in 2026; says US trade deal to add 20 bps
• CPI revamp: Inflation at 2.75% in January
• FII/FPIs net buy Indian equities worth Rs 108 crore; DIIs net bought Rs 277 crore
• US to give yarn, cotton benefits to India, as with Bangladesh: Piyush Goyal

*Automobile & EV*
• Mahindra expands Chennai research valley with Rs 196 crore investment
• Driven by FTAs, Ashok Leyland may redraw EU and UK export playbook
• Mahindra LMM bets on e-rickshaws as Udo launch targets next EV growth phase
• Rolls-Royce to expand footprint across India's air, land and sea domains

*FMCG & Consumer*
• Rural uptick, urban traction lift HUL’s outlook for FY26
• Indians shift towards low- or no-sugar drinks amid health focus
• Dabur opens first South India manufacturing plant; to invest Rs 400 crore
• Hindustan Unilever fully buys Zywie Ventures, sells stake in Nutritionalab
• USV buys majority stake in Wellbeing Nutrition for Rs 1,250 crore

*Metals & Industrial*
• Hindalco to infuse about $250 million more into Novelis
• Adani eyes Rs 3,100 crore cash with major metal bet in Kutch

*Politics & Governance*
• Telangana Municipal Election Results: Crucial test for Congress, BJP, BRS as counting begins soon
• Kerala voters looking towards BJP-NDA with hope: PM Narendra Modi
• Congress says it will face motion against Rahul Gandhi, vows to keep raising issues in Parliament
• MEA says to wait for outcome on Bangladesh polls
• Congress alleges conspiracy in Gujarat roll revision
• Bengal SIR data raises red flags over voter irregularities

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