*Financial News*
Source: Leading Newspapers
 *Compiled by: RUDRA SHARES* 
Vande Mataram
Friday, 22 May 2026

*Commodities*
• Silver stood at Rs 2,64,822 spot on May 21
• Gold stood at Rs 1,57,838 spot on May 21
• Oil falls, stocks climb as investors hope for progress in Iran war talks
• ‘Strait of Hormuz closure risks economic shock on scale of 2008 recession, warns Rapidan Energy

*Metals, Cement & Infrastructure*
• Rising freight rates amid global tensions hit steel sector: Tata Steel
• SAIL to invest over ₹35,000 crore in expansion over next two years
• 'Adani Power strikes Rs 4,200 crore deal for Jaypee power assets amid group overhaul
• 'Dalmia Bharat seals Rs 2,850 crore deal for JAL cement assets after Adani insolvency takeover

*Automobile & EV*
• Sajjan Jindal's JSW Motors secures ₹8,000 crore SBI funding for EV push
• Maruti Suzuki India to increase prices by up to ₹30,000 from June 2026

*Telecom, Technology & Digital Business*
• Quick commerce firm Zepto plans ₹11,000-crore IPO in July: Report
• Airtel’s new priority plan under govt lens
• Govt AGR relief, fresh funding fuel 61% rally in Vodafone Idea stock since April

*Travel, Hospitality & Aviation*
• Agoda bets on resilient India market to expand its global travel business
• Delhi to Noida International Airport in 21 minutes under proposed high-speed rail corridor
• Tata Sons board to discuss Noel Tata concerns, Air India and Tata Digital plans on May 26: Report

*Healthcare & Pharma*
• Apollo HealthCo eyes Q1FY27 breakeven amid group restructuring plans

*Banking, Finance & Markets*
• Central Bank of India 'blessed' with liquidity, now we are building the capability to deploy it better: CMD Kalyan Kumar
• Govt relaxes insolvency rules for MSMEs
• India considering steps to control CAD amid Rupee, export pressure: Piyush Goyal
• Rupee moves up after 10 days on likely RBI intervention
• Sebi proposes tweaks to price discovery for IPOs, re-listing
• Foreign investors continue to pull out from financials
• Vedanta hunts a single giant bullet to kill its $5.5bn debt monster
• Even as mainboard IPOs slowdown, SME issue pipeline remains solid
• FPIs net sell Indian equities worth Rs 1,891 crore, while DIIs buy Rs 2,492 crore on May 21

*Consumer, FMCG & Media*
• Cigarette biz weakness drags ITC margins in March qtr
• Aditya Birla Group bets big on IPL boom, says media rights frenzy is far from over

*Energy & Fuel*
• Efforts being made to ensure adequate fuel supply at petrol pumps, says govt official

*Politics & Government*
• 86.11% voter turnout recorded in re-polling at West Bengal's Falta constituency
• 'Calcutta HC gives interim protection to Trinamool Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee
• After opposition attack, BJP lists gains from PM's tour
• Tamil Nadu CM Vijay expands cabinet by inducting 23 more ministers, Congress joins govt
• PM Modi chairs 4.5-hour Council of Ministers meet, pushes for faster completion of pending work

*Global Affairs*
• ‘US, Iran in intense indirect talks to draft final agreement: Report
• Iran destroys over two dozen US MQ-9 Reaper drones, wiping out 20% of Pentagon fleet

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