In-line with the counter import duty hikes imposed by EU and China on goods originating from US, the Indian government has proposed to increase duty on apples, walnuts and non-alloy steel exported by the Americans.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 93.10 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,87,651.18 crore.

In the coming session, support may come in at the levels of 10,700, followed by 10,650. On the upper side, the level of 10,820 is likely to act as an immediate resistance level for the Nifty. Stocks in news: InterGlobe Aviation, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Adani Transmission, Gayatri Projects, JK Cement, Indiabulls Real Estate, Majesco and BHEL.

Key benchmarks are likely to witness a modestly positive opening following positive leads from Asian peers. The Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange are currently trading with modest gains of 14 points at 10,805.  

Multinational pharma company, Cipla posted a 3 per cent hike in its share price as the company received final approval for its new drug application (ANDA) for Efavirenz tablets 600mg from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).

Money market mutual fund are the open-ended schemes which predominantly invests in ultra-safe and high-quality liquid instruments like treasury bills, commercial paper, certificates of deposits and repurchase agreements, with having less than one-year maturity. The debt funds, fixed maturity plans and gilt funds are some of the options provided by money market funds.

For the month of May 2018, Technology witnessed the fifth straight month of rising weightage in the domestic equity AUM.

With the markets rallying up more than 200 points, the two new IPOs opening on Wednesday are experiencing positive investor interest. The IPOs of State-owned engineering consultancy RITES Limited and specialty chemical major Fine Organics are open for subscription until June 22, 2018.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.19 p.m. on June 20, 2018.

The markets on June 20, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,502.56, up by 215.82 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,765.55, up by 55.10 points.