Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.15 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,32,469.84 crore.

Key benchmark indices are expected to extend their gains on Tuesday tracking firm global cues. It will be important to see how Nifty behaves near the 200-day SMA, which stands around 10,173. The SGX Nifty is pointing that Nifty may open around 10,167.  

Nifty could face resistance around 10,173 which is its 200-day SMA, but if it sustains above the 200-day SMA in the next few sessions, it could possibly lead to a continuation of the upside bounce up to the 10,230 level. Stocks in the news: Reliance Infrastructure, Cipla, Tata Metaliks, KNR Constructions, Mindtree, Punj Llyod, PFC, KEC International, Adani Enterprises, Dilip Buildcon, Wipro, MCX and Capital First.

This merger is likely to help state-run sick company STC. STC is reporting losses from the fiscal year 2011 till date.

The infrastructure theme has enriched returns of the investors in the last one year till January 15, 2018. Around 18 infrastructure schemes which have completed 3 years have given an average return of 42.5 per cent. But post Union budget, the market volatility has dragged the returns of these schemes. These funds bled like nothing in the past 2 months which has turned the cumulative 3 months returns of these schemes red.

LIC Housing Finance closed 5 per cent up and grabbed second largest position in the Nifty Financial Service index. The stock breached its 50 days EMA resistance at 527-528 level almost after mid-October 2017 and recently broke out of its major resistance range of  520-530, breaking the lower top lower bottom pattern.

Technically, Bank Nifty opened on a flat note and surged so much so that it could fill the gap it made on last Friday. Bank Nifty had broken its upward sloping trendline at 25,295 on February 14, followed by a pullback and again a retreat from 25,725 on February 27.

KEC International, an RPG Group Company, has bagged new orders totalling Rs. 2,419 crore. The turnkey order includes construction of GIS substations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Bihar.

The company which is a subsidiary of ICICI Bank launched its Initial Public Offering on March 22 and the offer closes at 17:00 hours on Monday, March 26, 2018.

Pharma major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories launched palonosetron hydrochloride injection. The injection is a generic version of ALOXI.