Stocks to watch: Vedanta, Hindustan Petroleum, ONGC among shares in focus today after US-Iran peace deal

Indian markets closed sharply higher with Sensex up 2.30% and Nifty up 1.99% on US-Iran peace deal optimism and a sharp drop in crude oil prices; Gift Nifty signals a gap-up open on Monday. Key stock-specific triggers include Vedanta's four demerged entities (Aluminium, Oil & Gas, Power, Iron & Steel) debuting on exchanges, ONGC's subsidiary OPaL raising up to ₹4,471 crore via NCDs, HPCL setting Aug 14 as record date for a ₹19.25 final dividend, and Power Grid winning a TBCB transmission project in Andhra Pradesh.