The Union Budget presented last week is considered a populist budget by the street has welfare schemes announced by the government means additional spending. One major concern is that 13 per cent higher spending figure in addition with rural focus may increase fiscal deficit. 

As we all know the importance of health insurance cover, many of you have queries as to how much health insurance cover one must have. Read on to find out more.

Navneet Education reported a PAT of Rs. 7.54 crore with an EPS of Rs. 0.32 per share on a standalone basis for the quarter ended December 2018 as against Rs. 11.87 crore with an EPS of Rs.0.51 per share in the corresponding quarter last year.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.59 p.m. on February 5, 2019.

The markets on February 5, 2019 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 36,649.15, up by 66.41 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,936.55, up by 24.30 points. 

The stock of Jubilant FoodWorks tanks 4 per cent as the national anti-profiteering agency asked the company to deposit a sum of Rs 41.42 crore earned illegally by withholding GST rate cuts to consumers.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.04 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6,08,670.41 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.04 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6,08,670.41 crore.

Going ahead, the zone of 10,950-10,985, which is now acting as a multi-month resistance zone, will be the key zone to keep an eye on. On the downside, the identical low level of the last two trading sessions which is placed around the levels of 10,813-10,814 is likely to act as a strong support. Stocks in news: Wipro, Coal India, Mahindra and Mahindra, Bharat Financial Inclusion and SRF.

Domestic bourses are likely to make a flat to positive start. The earnings season will continue to garner much of the attention today as a host of companies are reporting their earning today, including ACC, Apollo Tyres, BHEL, CESC, DLF, GAIL, Hind Petro, Marico, PNB, Reliance Iinfra, Tata Global, Tech Mahindra, Torrent Power. In a major development, the Modi government has won a psychological victory as the UK home secretary has approved the extradition of Vijay Mallya to India.