Dividends & stock splits: Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank

Nearly 100 stocks, including Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, Coforge and Vedanta Aluminium, will trade ex-date between August 3 and August 7 for dividends and stock splits. Key corporate actions include Maruti Suzuki’s Rs 140-per-share dividend, Bosch’s Rs 270 payout and stock splits by Tembo Global Indu

Trendlyne’s consensus estimates identify 10 BSE large-cap stocks with potential upside of 25% to 37% over the next 12 months. HDFC Bank and HDFC Life lead the list, followed by ICICI Prudential, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, Swiggy and other prominent names.

Week Ahead on D-Street: One of the major domestic event this week is the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The three-day meeting will begin on August 3, with the policy decision and RBI Governor's statement scheduled for August 5.

Stock market today: The Nifty climbed 2.59% to end at 24,383.60, while the Sensex rose 2.68% to close at 78,094.64. While some of the global triggers continue this week, read on to know what are the fresh factors to watch out for this week.

Gift Nifty was trading around the 24,580 level, a premium of nearly 200 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close, indicating a gap-up start for the Indian stock market indices.