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We maintain our BUY rating on the stock.

Q2FY26 performance: MCX reported healthy result as expected with revenue of 374 crore, which increased by 31% YoY and was flattish sequentially. Average daily turnover (ADT) for futures segment has increased 55% YoY, 3% QoQ to 41,758 crore while options premium ADT has increased 25% YoY, 4% QoQ to 4096 crore. Sharp surge in price and volatility of gold as well as silver has boosted ADT growth. EBITDA grew 36% YoY and 1% QoQ at 243 crore. EBITDA margins...

Shyam Metalics & Energy’s (SMEL) Q2FY26 EBITDA of INR 5.4bn was 6%/4% below our/consensus’ estimates. EBITDA surged 32.7% YoY, largely driven by strong growth in steel/semi sales volumes of 12%/44% to 544Kte/370Kte.

SignatureGlobal India (Signature) delivered a 57% sales booking CAGR over FY21–25, largely in affordable/mid-income housing projects.

KEC posted good execution growth of 19% YoY and margin improvement of 80bp YoY in 2QFY26. The slight miss in PAT was attributed to higher interest expenses, which moved up due to higher debt and higher working capital.

Syrma SGS Technology (SYRMA) continued its strong operating performance, with EBITDA up ~62% YoY in 2QFY26. EBITDA margin expanded 150bp YoY due to a favorable business mix and better operating leverage.

Craftsman Automation’s (CFTM) consolidated revenue grew 65% YoY to INR 20bn, 10% higher vs. I-Sec est. EBITDA margin of 15.1% in Q2FY26 (up 20bps QoQ), was largely in line with I-Sec est. of 15.0%. Margin expansion was led by operating leverage and cost optimisation.

Craftsman’s 2QFY26 consol PAT of INR912m was ahead of our estimate of INR863m, aided by better-than-expected revenue growth, especially in the aluminum segment.

Quarterly Update Q2FY26

Amber Enterprises’ (Amber) Q2FY26 performance was marred by subdued margins due to weaker margins of RAC segment.