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National Aluminium Company Ltd lost 1.57% today to trade at Rs 411.95. The BSE Metal index is down 0.04% to quote at 42100.59. The index is up 3.21 % over last one month. Among the other constituents of the index, JSW Steel Ltd decreased 0.94% and Jindal Stainless Ltd lost 0.32% on the day. The BSE Metal index went up 35.28 % over last one year compared to the 3.01% fall in benchmark SENSEX.
National Aluminium Company Ltd has added 12.92% over last one month compared to 3.21% gain in BSE Metal index and 1.37% rise in the SENSEX. On the BSE, 10062 shares were traded in the counter so far compared with average daily volumes of 3.99 lakh shares in the past one month. The stock hit a record high of Rs 445.1 on 27 Apr 2026. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 183.85 on 29 Aug 2025.
JSW Steel reported consolidated Crude Steel production for the month of July 2026 at 24.02 Lakh tonnes registering 3% YoY growth.
The break-up of production is as below: (Lakh Tonnes)
Particulars
Jul-26
Jul-25*
% Change
Indian Operations
23.39
22.55
4%
JSW Steel USA - Ohio
0.63
0.72
-13%
Consolidated Production
24.02
23.27
3%
* The steel business undertaking of Bhushan Power and Steel (BPSL), a subsidiary of the Company, was transferred on a slump-sale basis to JSW-JFE Steel (JV company) in March 2026. The production figures relating to the transferred undertaking have been reduced from previous year's numbers for comparison.
The capacity utilisation for Indian operations for the month was at 87%. BF3 of Vijayanagar is ramping up well post re-start from 23 June 2026 and currently operating at above 80% of its rated capacity.
JSW Steel today said Moody's Ratings has assigned it Baa3 long-term issuer rating with a stable outlook, placing the Company at global investment grade.
Moody's also upgraded JSW Steel's senior unsecured ratings and the guaranteed senior unsecured revenue bonds issued by Jefferson County Port Authority to Baa3 from Ba1, and withdrew the Company's earlier Ba1 corporate family rating.
The Baa3 rating follows a broader re-rating of JSW Steel over the past month: Fitch upgraded the Company to ‘BB+' from ‘BB' with a Positive outlook (July 6), CARE Ratings upgraded it to CARE AA+ from CARE AA (July 8), and ICRA upgraded it to [ICRA]AA+ from [ICRA]AA (July 30).
JSW Steel Ltd is up for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 1273.6, up 2.14% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.94% on the day, quoting at 24210.65. The Sensex is at 77537, up 1%. JSW Steel Ltd has gained around 3.85% in last one month.
Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which JSW Steel Ltd is a constituent, has gained around 1.08% in last one month and is currently quoting at 12400.25, up 2.05% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 10.4 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 16.72 lakh shares in last one month.
The benchmark August futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 1281.8, up 2.36% on the day. JSW Steel Ltd is up 22.71% in last one year as compared to a 2.59% slide in NIFTY and a 34.62% slide in the Nifty Metal index.
The PE of the stock is 40.48 based on TTM earnings ending June 26.
GAIL (India) Ltd, IndusInd Bank Ltd, Punjab National Bank, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd are among the other stocks to see a surge in volumes on BSE today, 20 July 2026.
JSW Steel Ltd witnessed volume of 4.56 lakh shares by 10:46 IST on BSE, a 7.82 times surge over two-week average daily volume of 58313 shares. The stock increased 1.68% to Rs.1,259.20. Volumes stood at 87591 shares in the last session.
GAIL (India) Ltd clocked volume of 15.69 lakh shares by 10:46 IST on BSE, a 6.33 times surge over two-week average daily volume of 2.48 lakh shares. The stock gained 0.53% to Rs.172.15. Volumes stood at 1.6 lakh shares in the last session.
IndusInd Bank Ltd clocked volume of 10.28 lakh shares by 10:46 IST on BSE, a 6.29 times surge over two-week average daily volume of 1.63 lakh shares. The stock lost 0.70% to Rs.1,020.00. Volumes stood at 98832 shares in the last session.
Punjab National Bank notched up volume of 45.36 lakh shares by 10:46 IST on BSE, a 5.41 fold spurt over two-week average daily volume of 8.39 lakh shares. The stock rose 4.11% to Rs.110.15. Volumes stood at 4.2 lakh shares in the last session.
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd clocked volume of 71002 shares by 10:46 IST on BSE, a 4.22 times surge over two-week average daily volume of 16821 shares. The stock gained 0.44% to Rs.8,860.00. Volumes stood at 14875 shares in the last session.
Investors will continue to monitor developments in the US-Iran conflict, movements in crude oil prices, the ongoing Q1 earnings season, corporate business updates, and the progress of the southwest monsoon for further cues on market direction.
IT shares witnessed buyiung demand for second conesutive trading sessions.
At 10:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 702.13 points or 0.89% to 77,892.09. The Nifty 50 index added 197.45 points or 0.82% to 24,270.20.
The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index fell 0.15% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index declined 0.84%.
The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 1,456 shares rose and 2,138 shares fell. A total of 222 shares were unchanged.
Result Today:
Reliance Industries(up 2.06%), JSW Steel(up 0.58%), Central Bank of India(down 0.06%), Federal Bank(up 1.59%), Tata Technologies(down 1.37%), Poonawalla Fincorp(down 0.18%), RBL Bank(up 0.65%), Havells India,(down 0.33%) Globus Spirits(down 1.25%), Oberoi Realty(up 0.47%), Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem(down 0.60%) and Turtlemint Fintech Solutions (down 1.34%) will announce their quarterly earnings today.
Buzzing Index:
The Nifty IT index jumped 1.26% to 29,084.75. The index jumped 1.89% in past two consecutive trading sessions.
Tech Mahindra (up 2.63%), Infosys (up 1.62%), HCL Technologies (up 1.57%), Tata Consultancy Services (up 1.48%) and Persistent Systems (up 1.24%) were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were LTM (up 0.89%), Mphasis (up 0.5%) surged.
Stocks in Spotlight:
Mahindra EPC Irrigation tanked 7.71% after the company reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 2.14 crore in Q1 FY27, compared with a net profit of Rs 0.98 crore in Q1 FY26. Revenue from operations decreased 12.70% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 54.16 crore in Q1 FY27.
South Indian Bank fell 1.85%. The bank reported a 17.29% year-on-year increase in standalone net profit to Rs 377.63 crore in Q1 FY27, compared with Rs 321.95 crore in Q1 FY26. Total income increased marginally by 0.76% year-on-year to Rs 3,007.30 crore in the first quarter of FY27.
Total expenses for the period under review rose 3.7% YoY to Rs 41,830 crore from Rs 40,325 crore in the same period last year. This rise in raw material costs (up 18.4% YoY) more than offset the decline in finance costs (down 22.8% YoY), depreciation charges (down 15.8% YoY) and other expenses (down 7.3% YoY).
EBITDA improved by 38% YoY to Rs 9,383 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 6,816 crore in Q1 FY26.
Profit before tax in Q1 FY27 stood at Rs 6,160 crore, up by 100.5% from Rs 3,072 crore in Q1 FY26.
The company’s consolidated production for the quarter was 6.59 million tonnes, higher by 3% YoY and 2% QoQ.
Steel Sales for the quarter were best ever for Ql at 6.25 million tonnes, up 4% YoY, with focus on flat steel sales & value-added special products (VASP).
JSW Steel is engaged in the manufacture and sale of iron and steel products and is the flagship business of the diversified JSW Group, which has interests across energy, infrastructure, cement, paints, sports, and venture capital.
The scrip had advanced 1.43% to end at Rs 1238.35 on the BSE today.
JSW Steel reported consolidated Crude Steel production for the first quarter of FY 2026-27 at 6.59 million tonnes, higher by 2% on QoQ basis and 3% on YoY basis.
Blast Furnace 3 (BF3) of Vijayanagar, was under shutdown for upgradation of capacity, started hot-metal production from 23rd June 2026. The Crude steel production growth for the quarter remained at 3% YoY, mainly due to the BF3 shutdown. Excluding BF3 production impact from last year's base, Q1 FY27 volumes grew ~15% YoY, driven by full ramp-up of JVML operations and improved utilisation at Dolvi Unit.
The capacity utilisation for Indian operations for Q1 FY27 (excluding BF3 capacity under shutdown) was at ~94%.