Overview
- About 90 companies have scheduled record or ex-dividend dates between Aug. 11 and 15 under a condensed corporate-action calendar
- ICICI Bank will pay a final dividend of ₹11 per share, and other headline payouts include ₹5.5 from Reliance, ₹10.5 from Hindustan Petroleum, ₹10 from IndiGo and a ₹10 special dividend from Pidilite Beyond dividends, VRL Logistics is issuing a 1:1 bonus on Aug. 14, while India Glycols and Sprayking plan stock splits on Aug. 11 and 12 respectively
- Under the T+1 settlement rule, shares must be purchased one trading day before the ex-date, making today the last session to qualify for many of next week’s payouts
- Front-loaded buying is driving elevated volumes and predictable share-price adjustments as stocks go ex-dividend