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Feb 4, 2026 • etnownews

Exide Industries share price surges 6% on Q3 results and India-US trade deal; is it BUY?

Exide Industries Share Price: Shares of auto components company Exide Industries were trading higher following its strong Q3 results and positive sentiment from the India-US trade deal. As of 11:50 am, the stock was up 3.1 per cent, or Rs 10, at Rs 337.95, after hitting an intraday high of Rs 345.85, reflecting an upside of 5.8 per cent from the previous close of Rs 327.95.Citi Maintains Buy Rating on Exide IndustriesMajor brokerage Citi has maintained a Buy rating on Exide Industries with a target price of Rs 480. Citi highlighted that the company’s Q3FY26 results exceeded estimates, and the management’s outlook remains positive.Demand for auto OEM replacement, railways, and solar batteries is strong, while momentum in industrial batteries is expected to continue into the fourth quarter. The first line of Exide’s Li-ion cell plant is expected to be operational by March 2026, and pricing actions are underway to offset pressure from rising commodity costs.Exide Industries Q3FY26 PerformanceExide Industries reported a 23 per cent rise in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 194.97 crore for the quarter ended 31 December 2025, driven by increased demand following GST rate reductions. In the same quarter of the previous fiscal, PAT stood at Rs 158.44 crore.Consolidated revenue from operations rose to Rs 4,200.59 crore from Rs 4,016.72 crore in the year-ago period.Export Boost from Europe and India-US Trade DealExide Industries expects additional exports of Rs 400-500 crore in the next fiscal, driven by an exclusive tie-up with a European partner and benefits from the India-US trade deal, as reported by PTI.Speaking to reporters, Managing Director and CEO Avik Roy said the company has entered into an exclusive arrangement with a European entity as part of its global export expansion strategy. Though details of the partner and structure of the collaboration were not disclosed, Exide plans to focus on forklifts, material handling equipment, and high-end car segments in Europe, with exports likely under private labels.Exide Share PerformanceExide Industries has shown mixed stock performance across periods. The stock gained 5.5 per cent in the past week and 3.99 per cent in two weeks but declined 7.91 per cent in a month and 13.28 per cent over six months. Long-term, it surged 178.39 per cent over 10 years, reflecting strong cumulative growth.(Disclaimer: The above article is meant for informational purposes only, and should not be considered as any investment advice. ET NOW DIGITAL suggests its readers/audience to consult their financial advisors before making any money-related decisions.)

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Feb 4, 2026

Dividend Stock: Triveni Turbine announces 225% cash reward in Q3 results - Record date, payment date fixed

Triveni Turbine Dividend 2026, Triveni Turbine Q3 Results FY26: Industrial steam turbine maker Triveni Turbine Ltd on February 3 announced its Q3 quarterly results for financial year 2025-26. The BSE 500 company has also declared an interim dividend for its shareholders. Notably, the firm has fixed the record date and payment date for the dividend. The details of this corporate action have been shared through an exchange filing. Triveni Turbine Dividend 2026The company announced a cash reward of Rs 2.25 for its shareholders on face value of Rs 1 (225 per cent)."Declared an Interim Dividend of Rs.2.25/- per fully paid-up equity share of the face value of Re.1/- each for the financial year 2025-26," the company informed in its Feb 3 dated exchange filing.Triveni Turbine Dividend 2026 Record DateFebruary 9, 2026 has been set by the company as the record date for the purpose of dividend eligibility. "...fixed Monday, February 9, 2026 as the Record Date for purpose of ascertaining the entitlement of Members/Beneficial Owners to the said Interim Dividend," the filing added. Triveni Turbine Dividend 2026 Payment DateThe payment date for the payout to shareholders has been fixed as on or before February 23, 2026. "The Interim Dividend shall be paid (subject to deduction of tax at source) on or before February 23, 2026 to those equity shareholders of the Company whose names appear in the Register of Members of the Company or in the records of the Depositories as Beneficial Owners as on the Record Date," the filing added. Triveni Turbine Dividend HistoryThe company had announced a final dividend of Rs 2 for FY25 with record date in September.Before that, an interim dividend of Rs 2 was announced with record date in February 2025.Triveni Turbine Q3 Results FY26Profit stood at Rs 92.1 crore in Q3 FY26, compared to Rs 92.4 crore in Q3 FY25, reflecting a marginal decline of 0.3 per cent year-over-year (YoY). Revenue increased to Rs 624 crore in Q3 FY26 from Rs 503 crore in Q3 FY25, showing growth of 24.1 per cent YoY. #Q3WithETNOW | Triveni Turbine reports Q3 earnings; check out the key numbers 👇 #EarningsWithETNOW #TriveniTurbine pic.twitter.com/KtaltsfuJr— ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) February 3, 2026 EBITDA rose to Rs 134.1 crore in Q3 FY26 from Rs 108.9 crore in Q3 FY25, up 23.1 per cent YoY. EBITDA Margin was 21.5 per cent in Q3 FY26, slightly down from 21.7 per cent in Q3 FY25, a contraction of 20 basis points (bps). Triveni Turbine Share PriceOn Tuesday (Feb 3), the stock closed at Rs 548.10, up 8.49 per cent from its previous closing, on BSE.(Disclaimer: The above article is meant for informational purposes only, and should not be considered as any investment advice. ET NOW DIGITAL suggests its readers/audience to consult their financial advisors before making any money related decisions.)

Feb 4, 2026

Is ChatGPT down? OpenAI users report widespread issues | Check latest status

ChatGPT had a brief outage on February 3 (February 4 in India) that impacted thousands of users, mainly in the US ChatGPT users experienced high error rates, including issues with loading the service or initiating a new conversation, as per OpenAI’s status page.As per the website outage tracker, Downdetector, the number of complaints regarding problems with ChatGPT started to increase at approximately 3:20-3:30 p.m. ET (1:50-2:00 a.m. IST on February 4). The number of complaints reached a peak of over 12,500, gradually reducing to 3,700 complaints just before 4:00 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. IST), then below 1,000 complaints shortly after, finally reducing to less than 100.OpenAI's status page reported a brief disruption affecting several ChatGPT-related services, including Conversations, Login, File Uploads, Search, Voice Mode, Image Generation, ChatGPT Atlas, Deep Research, Agents, Connectors/Apps, and Codex.The company addressed the outage, marking it resolved by 6:30 p.m. ET (5 a.m. IST), with services back online. The disruption was largely regional in the U.S., with no major global impact reported.Is ChatGPT down?As per an official notification issued by OpenAI, there are no problems at present that are impacting the ChatGPT system. Everything is running smoothly, and users should not be experiencing any problems. Likewise, according to Downdetector, there are no problems at present that are causing significant issues for users. Contrary to previous concerns or reports, the system is currently running well and is operational. OpenAI is continuing to monitor the system to ensure that it is running smoothly.OpenAI users report widespread issues: ReactionsOne user reacted to the ChatGPT outage on X, exclaiming in frustration that the service was down and asking who she could turn to for help. Another user, Prateek Thakur, tweeted that he was unable to use ChatGPT and wondered if the platform was down. A different user humorously commented that it was “time to use your brain again,” while yet another expressed impatience, saying they were still waiting for ChatGPT to be fixed.ChatGPT overviewChatGPT is an AI language model developed by OpenAI that can understand and generate human-like text. Essentially, it can chat, answer questions, explain concepts, help with writing, and even code.It works by predicting the most likely next word in a sentence based on patterns it learned from massive amounts of text data. Users interact with it by typing prompts, and it responds in natural language.There are also versions with extra features, like voice input/output, image generation, and browsing capabilities, depending on the platform.

Feb 4, 2026

Indian Oil dividend 2026: IOCL board meeting tomorrow to announce cash reward

Indian Oil dividend 2026: State-owned oil company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is set to declare its earnings for the third quarter of the financial year 2025-26. The October-December 2025 earnings season has started, and several companies have already announced the dates on which they will unveil their Q3 FY26 results.Oil PSU Indian Oil, on Friday (January 16), through an exchange filing, informed about its October-December 2025 period results schedule. The board of directors of Indian Oil is set to meet early next month. IOC board meeting tomorrow: Indian Oil Q3 results 2026 date and timeIn the regulatory filing, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) informed the BSE that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the company is scheduled on Thursday, February 5, 2026, to consider and approve the unaudited financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025.“Pursuant to regulation 29 (1) & (2) and 50(1) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements), Regulations 2015, it is hereby informed that a Board Meeting of the Company is scheduled on Thursday, 5th February 2026, inter alia, to consider and approve the Standalone and Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results of the Company for the quarter ended 31st December 2025.” said the company in an exchange filing.Indian Oil had announced its second-quarter earnings at around 4 PM on October 27, 2025. Therefore, it is expected that the company might declare its Q3 FY26 earnings at the same time on Thursday, February 5, 2026.IOC board meeting: Likely to declare dividendThe company has scheduled its board meeting for tomorrow, February 5, to consider and declare Q3 results for the quarter ended 31st December 2025. It is also expected that the board may declare an interim dividend for the financial year 2026. IOC dividend historyIndian Oil Corporation, a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, had announced its interim dividend for the financial year 2025-26 according to the exchange filing dated 12 December 2025. The company had declared an Interim Dividend of 50 per cent, translating to Rs 5.00 per equity share of face value of Rs 10/- each for the financial year 2025-26. The record date was fixed on December 18, 2025, and the payment was made to the eligible shareholders on or before 11 January 2026. Indian Oil, a Maharatna PSU, had also issued bonus shares in a 1:1 ratio in July 2022. Since then, the company has paid a final dividend on four occasions: Rs 2.40 in August 2022, Rs 3 in July 2023, Rs 7 in July 2024, and Rs 3 in August 2025. Additionally, it has declared an interim dividend of Rs 5 in November 2023.Indian Oil Share Price TodayAt the time of writing this report (1:028 PM), the shares of IOC were up by 2.54 per cent to trade at Rs 171.80. The previous closing scrip was Rs 167.55.(Disclaimer: The above article is meant for informational purposes only, and should not be considered as any investment advice. ET NOW DIGITAL suggests its readers/audience to consult their financial advisors before making any money related decisions.)

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