The markets on April 18, 2018 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,468.09, up by 73.03 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,570.25, up by 21.55 points. 

Many of the mutual fund investors who have retired or are planning for a retirement usually seek the option of gaining a regular income from their investments to meet their day-to-day expenses.

The stressed asset problem in the banking system is getting momentum and has seen its first result today. Electrosteel Steels Ltd becomes the first of the 12 accounts to get resolved under NCLT proceedings

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 66.34 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,87,461.49 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 66.34 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,87,461.49 crore.

Going ahead, the level of 10,570, followed by 10,630, will continue to pose immediate resistance for the index, while on the downside, support is seen around 10,480, followed by 10,450. Stocks in the news: Vedanta, Lupin, Astrazeneca Pharma, Jagran Prakashan, Shalby, Future Consumer and Indian Hume Pipe.

Today, the start is likely to be in the green and the benchmarks may extend their upmove for the tenth straight session following strong close on Wall Street and positive cues from Asian peers. The SGX Nifty is pointing that Nifty may open 32 points higher at 10,586.50.    

The India International Exchange (India INX), India’s first international exchange based in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City, Gujarat has achieved a major milestone on April 16, 2018 when the daily trading turnover of its Derivatives segment crossed approx Rs. 3460 crore.

BSE, India's fastest bourses, announced that Issuers have successfully raised Rs. 6,900 crores on its BSE BOND platform as per the Revised Guidelines issued by SEBI.

With the increasing penetration and rising participation from small town investors the mutual fund SIPs have increased in the last fiscal. The data from AMFI shows that the retail investors are preferring SIP option for investing.