At 12.30 pm, the HFC's saw decline of more than 20% across the board. The pack was led by DHFL which corrected by more than 50% followed by YES bank which fell  by more than 25%. 

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.18 p.m. on September 21, 2018.

The markets on September 21, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,364.64, up by 243.42 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,293.45, up by 59.10 points. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.03 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 20,50,327.67 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.03 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 20,50,327.67 crore.

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The growth has moderated for the mutual funds in their equity funds in the last few months. Besides, there is also an increase in the weight of defensives and decline in the weight of cyclicals in the overall portfolio of equity mutual funds.

Going ahead, the level of 11,200 is likely to act as an immediate support for the Nifty, followed by the important support placed in the region of 11,170-11,160, whereas on the upside, the levels of 11,280, followed by 11,310, are likely to act as near term hurdles for the index.  Stocks in news: Yes Bank, Clariant chemicals, ICICI Bank, Strides Pharma Science, Graphite India, NBCC, Manali Petrochemicals, Gravita, ITC, Max India and Dilip Buildcon.

Indian markets are expected to start the final trading session of the week with an uptick as cues from the global markets are positive. The SGX Nifty is trading up by 42 points at 11,354, indicating positive start for the day. However, it would be interesting to see how the market shapes up as the day progresses, because lately we have seen that after a positive start, market pares it gains and selling pressure intensifies in the last leg of trading. Would it be a replica of the previous trading session or would the bulls return to the scene? The answer to this would depend a lot on the rupee movement. 

Moody’s retains Yes Bank’s issuer, deposit and unsecured debt rating at ‘Baa3/P-3' with stable outlook, despite a change in leadership set to take place next year.