Investment frenzy as 188 stocks go ex-dividend, split, or announce rights issue in a shortened week

Investors are eyes on 188 stocks scheduled for ex-dividend, rights issues, and a share split during the compressed trading week from September 15 to 18, amid market shutdown on Ganesh Chaturthi.

Investors will watch 188 stocks in the shortened trading week from September 15 to 18, as companies go ex-dividend, one counters goes ex-split and one carries a rights issue. Goodreturns said 186 of the names on the list are set to trade without dividend entitlement, while the market will be shut on Monday, September 16, for Ganesh Chaturthi.

The first active session, Tuesday, September 15, has 37 ex-dividend names, with Blue Dart Express, Dilip Buildcon, KNR Constructions and Karnataka Bank among the better-known companies on the list. Century Extrusions is the only stock in that session with a rights issue, while a long list of small- and mid-cap firms, including Aarti Pharmalabs, India Tourism Development Corporation, J. Kumar Infraprojects and Time Technoplast, will also turn ex-dividend.

Wednesday, September 16, brings another heavy batch of corporate actions. Goodreturns reported about 38 stocks going ex-dividend, alongside a rights issue in Tuni Textile Mills. The day’s names include Bajaj Steel Industries, BLS International Services, Hindustan Copper, Prakash Industries, United Drilling Tools and VST Tillers Tractors, showing that the week’s activity is spread across sectors from industrials and infrastructure to travel, finance and consumer goods.

The pace picks up again on Thursday, September 17, when at least 32 stocks are due to go ex-dividend. Among the more prominent names are Bharat Rasayan, Gujarat Fluorochemicals, IRCON International, Sansera Engineering and Sunteck Realty. The week then closes on Friday, September 18, with 79 stocks going ex-dividend and Kairosoft AI Solutions, listed as Volkai in the Goodreturns table, going ex-split from Rs.10 to Rs.1. The final day’s list is broad, with companies such as Anupam Rasayan India, Caplin Point Laboratories, Cochin Shipyard, Genus Power Infrastructures, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals, Hinduja Global Solutions, KRBL, Krsnaa Diagnostics, LT Foods, Olectra Greentech, PG Electroplast, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers, Relaxo Footwears, RITES and Transformers and Rectifiers (India) all due to come into focus.

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