The upcoming trading week is poised to witness a flurry of corporate actions, with several listed companies across sectors heading into their ex-dates for dividends, stock splits, buybacks, and bonus issues. These corporate actions — decisions undertaken by companies that impact their shareholders — often influence stock prices in the short term and can present both risks and opportunities for investors.Among the most common actions are dividends (cash payouts to shareholders), stock splits (where the number of shares increases while the price per share adjusts accordingly), and bonus shares (free additional shares issued to existing shareholders). The ex-date, or ex-dividend date, is the key cutoff — to be eligible for any of these benefits, an investor must purchase shares at least one trading day before the ex-date, as per the T+1 settlement cycle.
