DATE13 Aug

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Morning brief · Friday, 14 August 2026

3B Blackbio’s healthy diagnostics growth, exports overcome order delays

Market pulse

The benchmark indices finished a choppy session with a slight downward bias, as losses in banking and pharmaceutical stocks offset a pocket of strength in the information technology sector. While the broader market was subdued, individual stories captured attention, with Astral, Solar Industries, and Netweb Technologies posting significant gains against the tide.

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@aditya_kondawar · on X

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a mega order, valued between Rs 10,000 crore and Rs 15,000 crore, to construct India's largest NVIDIA B300 AI Factory. This integrated facility, capable of housing 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs, will be located at Vyoma's Chennai data centre campus. Aditya Kondawar highlights this development as a significant step for India in embracing new-age sectors, showcasing progress in advanced technological infrastructure.

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3B Blackbio Dx Limited

₹1,226Past year ▼ 6%M.cap ₹1,049 Cr

One name on the lips of many investors this week was 3B Blackbio Dx Limited. The company’s latest quarterly results were broadly in line with management’s guidance, sparking conversation. Observers noted that the core diagnostics business looked healthy, posting 19 percent growth. Exports were another bright spot, rising 38 percent despite some order cancellations and delays attributed to the geopolitical situation. There was also discussion around its Coris subsidiary, which recorded an expected first-half EBITDA loss. However, investors pointed to progress in cost control and a confirmed order for the third quarter valued at 1.41 million euros.

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