Oil rises slightly as investors await clarity after Iran-Israel halt attacks

Oil rises slightly as investors await clarity after Iran-Israel halt attacks


Oil prices inched up in early trade on Tuesday after Iran and Israel left the door open to a possible resumption of attacks on each other, though they had called a halt to hostilities following an appeal from US President Donald Trump.

Brent crude futures rose 13 cents, or 0.14 per cent, to $94.38 a barrel at 0001 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate was up 11 cents, or 0.12 per cent, at $91.41 a barrel.

Prices climbed as much as 5 per cent in the previous session after renewed Israeli strikes on Iran and attacks in Lebanon reduced hopes of an imminent end to the wider war, but pared gains after Iran’s armed forces announced the end of military operations against Israel.

“While there is some relief from the latest pause in direct strikes, investors are not convinced the truce will hold,” said Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade.

The market is pricing in continued uncertainty rather than a lasting resolution, Waterer added.

Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other after an appeal from US President Donald Trump that they immediately “stop ‘shooting’”, though Tehran said it would resume strikes if Israel continued to hit Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“While this helped stop the situation snowballing, the geopolitical backdrop remains tense, and a lasting peace deal remains elusive,” said Tony Sycamore, market analyst at IG.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement carried by Israeli television that Israel would respond with force if Iran attacked again.

Trump told Axios in an interview published on Monday that he warned Netanyahu that he might find himself fighting alone if he went back to war with Iran.

“The key question is whether current de-escalation efforts can finally translate into a longer-lasting resolution, or if we’re simply in another temporary lull,” Waterer said.

One of the key issues Washington is pressing Tehran for in peace talks is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s supply of oil passed before the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran at the end of February.

On Monday, US forces disabled an unladen oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after it attempted to sail to an Iranian port in violation of the ongoing blockade against Iran, the US military said.

Published on June 9, 2026



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Stocks to Watch today: Airtel, Vi, NLC India, BPCL, Grasim, RVNL, SpiceJet

Stocks to Watch today: Airtel, Vi, NLC India, BPCL, Grasim, RVNL, SpiceJet


Stocks to watch today: GIFT Nifty, an early indicator for domestic equity indices, is indicating at a muted start today. At 7:44 AM, Nifty futures on the GIFT Nifty traded 38 points lower at 23,134. Earlier on Monday, the Nifty 50 index closed in the red, with a cut of 243.70 points, or 1.04 per cent, at 23,123.

 


Meanwhile, Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed as investors assessed the fragile ceasefire in the West Asia. Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.84 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi surged 3.68 per cent, and mainland China’s CSI 300 advanced 0.3 per cent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.53 per cent.

 
 


Notably, Iran has halted military strikes against Israel but warned it would resume attacks if Israeli forces continued operations in Lebanon. Hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the conflict with Iran and Hezbollah was “not yet over,” keeping sentiment cautious.

 


Overnight, the Wall Street indices closed mixed, with the Dow Jones falling 0.16 per cent, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq registering gains of 0.3 per cent and 0.86 per cent, respectively.

 


Stocks to watch today, June  9 (Tuesday) 

 


Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea: Shares of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will remain in focus today after the Bombay High Court quashed the department of telecom’s 2012 decision to levy a one-time spectrum charge, potentially paving the way for settling a decade-old issue still pending in the Supreme Court.

 

NLC India: The government has announced an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 3 per cent of its stake in state-owned NLC India. The government will sell up to 41.6 million shares (3 per cent) of NLC India’s equity capital. The floor price for the OFS has been set at ₹303 against the stock’s last closing price of ₹336.

 

RVNL: State-run Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has secured a fresh order from South East Central Railway for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) in Chhattisgarh. The contract is valued at ₹221.33 crore.

 

BEML: BEML Ltd. is targeting an order book of more than ₹31,000 crore this fiscal year, as the state-run manufacturer pushes ahead with expansion in rail, high-speed trains, and defence systems.

 

SpiceJet: The domestic airline has said it plans to induct three Airbus A320 planes on a damp lease next month to further expand its fleet. The company has already finalised a lease agreement (with the lessor) for these three narrowbody planes.

 


HCLTech: The IT company has announced the launch of an AI Innovation Zone in collaboration with Google Cloud. Located in Santa Clara, California, the AI Innovation Zone will enable global enterprises to scale AI applications across agentic, kinetic and physical AI. 

 


Grasim Industries: The Aditya Birla Group company has announced an investment of ₹3,094 crore, for Phase II Lyocell capacity of 110K TPA at Harihar, Karnataka. This expansion will consist of 2 lines of 55K TPA (150 Tons per day) each. The first line is expected to be commissioned by 2028, and the second line is expected to be commissioned by 2030.

 


TCS: The Tata Group company has announced the launch of its Global Value & Innovation Centres (GVIC) business unit to help enterprises establish AI-native global capability centres (GCCs) and transform existing GCCs into value- and innovation-led operating models.

 


Bank of India: The state-owned bank has inaugurated a dedicated Strategic Business Branch (SBB) in Mumbai to consolidate and scale up its digital and partnership-led financing businesses, including pool buyouts, co-lending, Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS), and supply chain finance.

 

BPCL: BPCL plans to shut a ​crude unit that produces ‌120,000 barrels per day, as well as some secondary units, at its 200,000 bpd Mumbai refinery for three to four weeks in September ‌and October for routine maintenance. 


Vedanta: The company has rebranded its copper and nickel businesses as Vedanta Copper and Vedanta Nickel, respectively, as part of the diversified multinational group’s strategy to create sector-focused identities. In another related development, Vedanta Group-owned CopperTech Metals, which is preparing for a public listing in the US, has disclosed that there is “substantial doubt” about the ability of its Zambian operating company, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), to continue as a going concern.

 


SML Mahindra: The commercial vehicle manufacturer has reported 11.6 per cent Y-o-Y increase in CV sales to 1,678 units in May 2026, compared with 1,503 units sold in May 2025. The company’s commercial vehicle production stood at 1,729 units in the reporting month.

 


IRB Infra: The infrastructure development and construction company’s May toll revenue increased by 25 per cent Y-o-Y in May 2026 to ₹843 crore.

 


JNK India: The company has received a large order (₹100 crore to ₹300 crore) from CC7 Emirates Engineering Solutions L.L.C., UAE for waste gas handling systems. 

 

Avantel: The company has received a contract from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the development and testing of satellite terminals for GSAT. The contract is valued at ₹9.94 crore.  


IGL: Kumar Shanker has taken charge as the managing director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the country’s largest city gas distribution (CGD) company. Shanker was earlier the MD of Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL).

 
 



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Regulators refusing to engage: Apple delays Siri AI for iPhone users in EU

Regulators refusing to engage: Apple delays Siri AI for iPhone users in EU



By Natalie Lung

 


Apple Inc. said it isn’t currently able to launch Siri AI, its redesigned digital assistant, on iPhones or iPads in the European Union, marking the company’s latest standoff with the continent’s antitrust watchdog.

 


Apple said in a statement Monday that it had proposed an EU-specific solution that would make Siri AI compliant with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, known as the DMA, while protecting user privacy by limiting the data that virtual assistants could access.

 


The company said the European Commission did not accept any of its suggestions over the past several months, and that as a result Siri AI will not be available in the EU as part of iOS 27 or iPadOS 27. A representative for the commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of normal business hours.

 
 


This is Apple’s latest pushback at the EU’s attempts to crack down on Big Tech’s market influence. Last year, Apple voiced its opposition to many of the rules within the DMA, including allowing outside payments and downloading of apps from alternative marketplaces. The commission has said it will not repeal or change the DMA in response to the company’s complaints, and Apple has been forced to make changes for EU users accordingly.

 


Earlier Monday, the iPhone maker unveiled the redesigned, smarter Siri, which can answer questions by drawing from what’s on users’ screens, as well as their messages, emails and photos. Apple said under EU regulators’ “extreme interpretation” of the DMA, the company would be required to give any virtual assistant direct access to users’ private data, “without the essential protections necessary to keep users and their data safe.”

 


The regulators’ “refusal to engage constructively on solutions that preserve privacy and security means we do not currently have a timeline for Siri AI’s availability on iOS and iPadOS in the EU,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, in the statement. “Our hope is to eventually bring Siri AI to the EU, and we will continue to engage with EU regulators on a path forward.”

 


Siri AI is otherwise being released for developer testing on Monday, and will be available to users later this year in English, as a beta product. It will still be available to EU users in the upcoming versions of the operating systems for the Mac, Vision Pro and Apple Watch, Apple said. 

 


The company also said Siri AI will not be available in China as it works through local regulatory requirements. 



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Stocks to buy: Analyst at Kotak Sec bets on CarTrade Tech, Gravita India

Stocks to buy: Analyst at Kotak Sec bets on CarTrade Tech, Gravita India



Stocks to Buy Today: Recommendations by Shrikant Chouhan, Kotak Securities


CarTrade Tech – Buy


CMP – ₹2,070


Fair value – ₹2,300


Resistance – ₹2,120-₹2,220


Support – ₹2,010-₹1,880 

CarTrade Tech is a leading digital platform operating across automotive classifieds, vehicle auctions, and online marketplaces through well-established brands such as CarWale, CarTrade, BikeWale, Shriram Automall (SAMIL), and OLX India. The company has built a strong ecosystem connecting vehicle buyers, sellers, dealers, OEMs, financial institutions, and other stakeholders. While concerns around potential disruption from AI-driven search and commerce platforms have weighed on the stock price, we believe CarTrade’s extensive dealer network, proprietary automotive data, and value-added services provide meaningful competitive advantages that should help mitigate the impact of emerging technologies. 

 


A key driver of our positive outlook is OLX India, which remains the only marketplace of scale in India’s second-hand goods buy-and-sell market. Since its acquisition by CarTrade in 2023, OLX has maintained a stable monthly active user (MAU) base of 30–32 million, supported entirely by organic traffic. The platform benefits from strong network effects and limited direct competition, making it a unique digital asset within CarTrade’s portfolio. While historical GMV data is unavailable, annualized GMV transacted on the OLX platform was estimated at approximately US$3 billion in FY2025, and we believe this figure increased further in FY2026. 


Despite facilitating a large volume of transactions, OLX generated revenue of only ₹2.2 billion in FY2026, implying a take rate of roughly 0.7 per cent. This low monetization level presents a significant opportunity for future growth. We expect monetization to improve through initiatives such as the Elite Buyer Program, user verification services, premium listings, and other value-added offerings for buyers and sellers. Importantly, OLX has remained profitable since acquisition, reporting Ebitda of ₹67.1 crore, and PAT of ₹82 crore in FY2026. Given its asset-light operating model and 100 per cent organic traffic, we see substantial scope for margin expansion, with Ebitda margins expected to improve from 31 per cent in FY2026 to 37 per cent in FY2027 and 39 per cent in FY2028. 

While concerns over AI-led disruption have weighed on CarTrade’s core automotive classifieds business, we believe its deep dealer network, extensive automotive data assets, and value-added services should help protect its competitive position. The company is also enhancing customer and dealer engagement through AI-enabled solutions such as SuperDost. We believe OLX remains undervalued relative to other digital marketplace platforms. Accordingly, we value OLX at 35x FY2028 EV/Ebitda, resulting in an enterprise value of ₹4,800 crore for the business. This higher valuation for OLX is the key driver behind our revised fair value of ₹2,300 per share, leading us to upgrade CarTrade Tech to ‘Buy’. 
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Gravita India – Add


CMP – ₹1,547


Fair value – ₹1,910


Resistance – ₹1,620-₹1650


Support – ₹1,510-₹1,460

 
Gravita India is a leading recycling company engaged in the recycling of lead, aluminium, plastics, lithium-ion batteries, and waste tyres. Its flagship Lead Recycling business is complemented by Aluminium Recycling, Plastic Recycling, and Turnkey Projects segments. The company specialises in processing used batteries and various metal and plastic scraps into value-added products, supporting sustainable resource recovery and the circular economy. 


GRAV’s Q4FY26 PAT (-3.4 per cent yoy) was higher than our estimates, with better volumes partially offset by lower margins. Margins were impacted by the conflict in the Middle East, which contributes 10-15 per cent of volumes. 


GRAV has acquired Rashtriya Metal Industries (RMIL) for ₹560 crore, marking its entry into the copper segment. RMIL has a 31.2 ktpa capacity plant in Sarigram, Gujarat with revenues/Ebitda of ₹1,040/80 crore in FY2026. GRAV also plans to establish a 29.4 ktpa copper recycling plant in Mandvi, Gujarat, at a capex of ₹160 crore over the next 12 months. This would process scrap and backward integrate downstream assets of RMIL. In the next phase, GRAV may add additional 30 ktpa capacity at each of its copper plants in Gujarat. Utilisation at RMIL is 50 per cent, and should improve to 60-65 per cent, along with improvement in margins from ₹45/kg to ₹70/kg after full integration over FY2027-29. Working capital days should remain at 90 days since copper scrap is sourced largely from the West. 


Lead capacity of 80 ktpa in Mundra was commissioned in Q4FY26, with another 45 ktpa in Phagi likely to be commissioned in H1FY27 after regulatory approvals (delay of 1-2 quarters). India rubber capacity should also commence within similar timelines, with improving copper utilisations at RMIL in the 60-65 per cent range. The company expects volumes from these divisions to propel volume growth to 20-25 per cent on a yoy basis over the next 2-3 years. The Li-ion battery (LIB) pilot plant in Mundra is also operational, but the company does not expect any revenues from the segment in the near term. 


We tweak EPS by 0-1 per cent for FY2027/28E, factoring in foray in the copper segment. We are positive stock with Add rating with ₹1,910. 


(Disclaimer: This article is by Shrikant Chouhan, head equity research, Kotak Securities. View expressed are his own.)

 



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