Stocks to watch today: Infosys, Vodafone Idea, RVNL and others in focus

Kolkata: A few large and mid-cap stocks will be in focus of investors today, Jan 28, 2026. Analysts caution that the market could be volatile as it has been for quite some time now. The activity might be due to quarterly results, major deals, order wins, and new partnerships. Let’s have a look at the stocks which can attract the attention of investors. At the end of a volatile session on Jan 27, Sensex was 319 points higher at 81,857 while Nifty 50 climbed 126 points to close at 25,175.

Several large-cap and mid-cap stocks will be in focus for investors in today’s trading session. The market may witness volatility due to news related to quarterly results, major deals, order wins, and new partnerships. Let’s find out which stocks will be in focus today.

Q3 results expected today

Quite a few prominent companies are expected to announce their Q#FY26 financial results today. These include Larsen & Toubro, Maruti Suzuki India, Bharat Electronics, SBI Life Insurance Company, ACC, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, Aditya Birla Real Estate, ASK Automotive, Balkrishna Industries, CarTrade Tech, CSB Bank, Gland Pharma, ICRA, Lodha Developers, Novartis India, National Securities Depository, Pine Labs, SBI Cards and Payment Services, Star Health and Allied Insurance Company, Sundram Fasteners, Thyrocare Technologies and TVS Motor Company. The market could also react to the results of these companies.

Other stocks in focus

Vodafone Idea: Vodafone Idea has released its Q#FY26 numbers which show its loss has declined to Rs 5,286 crore, compared to a loss of Rs 6,609 crore in the same quarter last year. The company’s revenue increased by 1.85% to Rs 11,323 crore, compared to Rs 11,117 crore last year. EBITDA rose by 2.2% to touch Rs 4,816 crore, while the EBITDA margin remained at 42.5%, compared to 42.4% earlier.

Vishal Mega Mart: Vishal Mega Mart’s Q3 numbers show that profit jumped 19.1% to reach Rs 312.9 crore, compared to Rs 262.7 crore last year. The company’s revenue increased by 17% to Rs 3,670.4 crore, from Rs 3,135.9 crore previously. On another basis, the company’s revenue growth was 26.6%, reaching Rs 3,537 crore.

Infosys: Infosys has announced a strategic partnership with AI-based development platform Cursor. Under this partnership, both companies will create a Center of Excellence to help enterprise clients accelerate AI-native product development.

Vedanta and Hindustan Zinc: Vedanta has approved the sale of its stake in Hindustan Zinc. The company will sell up to 6.7 crore equity shares through an Offer for Sale on January 28 and 29. This represents approximately 1.59% of the company’s paid-up equity. According to the announcement, 3.35 crore shares will be in the base offer, and 3.35 crore shares are reserved under the oversubscription option. The floor price of the offer has been fixed at Rs 685 per share.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation: ONGC, through a joint venture with Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines, has signed a contract with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries to build two very large ethane carrier ships. This will strengthen the company’s logistics and energy transport capacity.

Titagarh Rail Systems: Titagarh Rail Systems has entered into an agreement with ABB. Under this agreement, the company will supply propulsion systems for 25kV metro projects. This also includes technology transfer for driverless metro systems and the transfer of manufacturing of converters and traction motors under the Make in India initiative.

Rail Vikas Nigam: Rail Vikas Nigam has received a significant order worth Rs 242.5 crore from South Central Railway. This project involves upgrading the existing 1x25kV system to a 2x25kV feeding system in the Ongole to Gudur section. The company will also undertake related feeder and earthing work.

Life Insurance Corporation of India: LIC has subscribed to 5.12 lakh debentures of Bajaj Finance. Each debenture has a face value of Rs 1 lakh, which takes the total commitment to Rs 5,120 crore. This amount will be used by the company for its general business requirements.

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