*Financial News*
Source: Leading Newspapers
*Compiled by Rudra Shares*
Vande Mataram
Friday, 28 August 2026

*Commodities*
• Silver (Spot): Rs 2,39,379
• Gold (Spot): Rs 1,57,750

*Banking & Financial Services*
• HDFC Bank, LIC Housing Finance to contest Zee resolution
• Banks, companies better positioned to weather next downturn: CS Setty, SBI Chairman
• Subhash Chandra Case: Rs 22,000 cr is not bank loan write-off, sources on NCLT order

*Power & Energy*
• NTPC plans to treble capacity to 244 GW by 2037, invest ₹16.86 lakh crore
• ACME Solar secures ₹1,571 cr IIFCL funding for 300 MW Rajasthan project

*Industry*
• Hindalco commissions super specialty alumina manufacturing plant in K'taka
• Demand for vaccines surges as H1N1, other influenza cases see a sharp rise
• Multiple challenges ahead for Varun Beverages as it eyes alcobev market

*Automobile*
• TMPV unveils new brand identity TATA.CARS to attract younger generation
• Hero MotoCorp to invest Rs 1,758 crore in Ather Energy, raise stake to 32.8%

*Telecom*
• Free cash flow critical to Vi’s turnaround as 5G expansion accelerates: KM Birla

*Capital Markets & IPOs*
• Symbiotec Pharmalab IPO subscribed 71x on last day of bidding; GMP at 29%
• Skyways Air Services IPO: Issue booked 71x on Day 4; GMP at 31%
• Lumino Industries IPO subscribed nearly 1.5x on opening day; GMP at 67%
• Hy-Tech Engineers IPO booked 244x on final day of bidding; GMP rises to 83%
• Tempsens shares likely to double on listing day today
• Annu Projects IPO subscribed 88% on Day 3
• Paramotor Digital Technology, Pushp Brands receive SEBI approval to go ahead with IPO plans
• Goldman Sachs-backed CRDMO Aragen Life Sciences files IPO papers to raise Rs 800 crore fresh capital
• ESDS Software Solution raises Rs 216 crore via anchor book, Rs 720-crore IPO to open today
• Priority Jewels IPO to open today; anchor investors including WhiteOak Capital invest Rs 27.45 crore
• NSE IPO close to approval, says SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey
• SEBI says no changes planned to current CAS system, expects participation to rise
• Lenskart investor Alpha Wave Ventures II seeks to sell up to $137 million stake

*Markets & Investments*
• FIIs remain net buyers through August on easing valuations; oil prices remain near-term risk
• FIIs net sell Rs 298 crore on August 27; DIIs pump in Rs 4,977 crore
• Faster KYC, nods key to boosting FDI flows: Piyush Goyal

*Politics & Governance*
• Return to Bengal, CM Suvendu urges skilled professionals from state working outside
• 'Parliament becoming a mockery': P Chidambaram attacks Centre over FCRA and delimitation issues
• Bihar becomes first state to have 50 lakh ‘Lakhpati Didis’, says CM Samrat Choudhary
• Punjab Elections: Public posturing apart, BJP holds seat-sharing talks with Badal's party

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