As the pharmaceutical sector is a defensive play, an investor may consider allocating 5 to 10 per cent of their corpus in such funds for the long term. 

 Dr Reddy's Laboratories: The company announced the launch of Ertapenem for injection in the US market.

Here is a list of the best-performing equity MFs in the month of April 2021.

Hinduja Group’s, NXT Digital Limited has entered into a partnership with one of the largest multi-system operators (MSO) in the country i.e. SITI Networks Ltd for sharing its infrastructure facility via headend-in-the-sky (HITS) platform. 

On Tuesday, GRM Overseas Limited, one of India’s leading basmati rice exporters announced that its subsidiary, GRM Foodkraft Pvt Ltd has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Reliance Retail Limited (JioMart) to place its products in Reliance stores.  

Ruchi Soya Industries Limited has signed a business transfer agreement (BTA) with Patanjali Natural Biscuits Pvt Ltd (PNBPL) to acquire its business of manufacturing, packing & labelling of biscuits, cookies, rusk and other associated bakery products.

NTPC, GAIL, and Adani Transmission are seen contributing to BSE Utilities index with Nava Bharat Ventures topping the index, winning charts with nearly 12 per cent gains in today's session.  

The market opened in red on May 11, 2021.

The market opened in red on May 11, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,74,55,683 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,76,380.57 crore.

The market opened in red on May 11, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,74,55,683 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,76,380.57 crore.