Mumbai, Jan 12, 2026, 02:07 IST — Market session ended.
- Reliance ended Friday at ₹1,475.30, gaining 0.3% for the day but sliding roughly 6% year-to-date. 1
- Mukesh Ambani committed to investing ₹7 lakh crore in Gujarat over the next five years, targeting clean energy projects and an AI-ready data centre in Jamnagar. 2
- Investors eye Reliance’s Oct-Dec earnings set for Jan. 16, looking for signals on capex and margin trends. 3
Reliance Industries Ltd (RELI.NS) will draw attention when Indian markets open Monday, after chairman Mukesh Ambani committed ₹7 trillion in investments across Gujarat over the next five years. He revealed a major push into clean energy and data centres, including what he described as India’s largest AI-ready data centre in Jamnagar. The announcement came during a state business conference on Sunday. 2
The announcement gives investors a fresh figure to factor in, just as the stock is already acting like a macro proxy, reacting sharply to oil and policy news.
Reliance closed Friday at ₹1,475.30, marking a 0.3% gain for the day. However, the stock remains roughly 6% lower compared to its level at the end of 2025, after hitting a high of ₹1,611.80 on January 5. 1
Ambani revealed that Reliance has poured over ₹3.5 trillion into Gujarat in the last five years and plans to double that investment to Rs 7 lakh crore within the next five. He also pointed to Jamnagar as the hub for what he called the world’s largest integrated clean energy ecosystem, covering solar, storage, green hydrogen, and green fuels. 4
Ambani also revealed that Reliance’s telecom unit, Jio, plans to roll out an AI language platform, enabling users to interact in their native tongue. “In Jamnagar, we are constructing India’s largest AI-ready data centre … affordable AI for every Indian,” he stated. 5
An AI-ready data centre is designed to manage the intense computing demands of training and operating large AI models. Ambani noted the platform will operate in a user’s “own language, on their own device.” 6
Reliance shares dropped 7.4% last week, marking their steepest weekly decline since October 2024 amid tariff concerns and uncertainty over crude sourcing hitting oil and gas stocks, Reuters reported. Amit Jain, co-founder of Ashika Global Family Office Services, warned, “If such extreme tariffs are enacted, the immediate effect would be volatility.” 7
Reliance announced in an exchange filing that its board will convene on Jan. 16 to approve unaudited results for the quarter and nine months ending Dec. 31, followed by an analyst call. Morgan Stanley has maintained an “overweight” rating on the stock and bumped up its target price to ₹1,847, according to Moneycontrol. 3
Overweight is broker jargon for anticipating a stock will outperform its peers or the broader market. When it comes to Reliance, traders usually focus on refining margins — the profit earned from converting crude into fuels — along with demand trends at Reliance Retail and Jio.
Investors will be keen to see a breakdown of how much of the Gujarat pledge represents new spending versus projects carried over from before, along with any guidance from management on when returns might materialize.
Yet the market swiftly penalizes hefty spending when cash flow feels the squeeze. If refining and petrochemicals post a weaker quarter, or retail growth slows, ambitious plans could quickly lose traction.
The immediate focus is Monday’s open. The bigger milestone comes with the Jan. 16 earnings and analyst meeting, where guidance on capital spending and margins will be key.
