Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 90.22 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,07,173.93 crore.

Prices have corrected, making lower tops and lower bottoms from the 2018 top of 86.74 made on October 3. Currently, Brent crude is trading at USD 77.58/barrel. we hold 74.40-74 as the crucial supports provided 75.10 is broken on a closing basis. On the upside, 78 followed by 80.88 will act as major resistance.

The bank has acquired an additional stake of 4.95 per cent in NSDL, which now hold 9.95 per cent of the paid-up share capital of NDSL. The stakes were acquired from Axis Bank.

The index is now in close proximity to its crucial support zone of 10,000-9952. However, a decisive move below this support zone would open up for further correction up to the levels of 9680-9700 in the short term. Stocks in news: Cox & Kings, Dishman Carbogen Amcis, Dr Lal Path Labs, Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company, Peninsula Land, India Cements and Axis Bank.

Today, the start of the fresh week is likely to be cheerful one, despite the Asian markets trading on a mixed note. Positive trends in the SGX Nifty Index Future which was trading at 10,103, up by 56 points, also indicated a positive start for the local bourses. On the earnings front, big names like Bharat Petroleum Corporation, HDFC Asset Management Company, Tata Power, Century Textiles and Industries, Colgate Palmolive, LIC Housing Finance, Union Bank of India, will release their results today. 

By now, all income taxpayers would have received an intimation from Income Tax (IT) Department under Section 143(1) giving details of either the refund payable by the IT department to the taxpayer if the tax paid/deducted exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer, or asking the taxpayer to pay the balance amount of tax payable by the assessee, if the tax deposited by the assessee is less than the amount computed by the IT department.

If you have defaulted your credit card payment for more than six months, you would get a statement which reads “credit charge-off”. So what does it mean? Does it mean that your payment is “waived” by the company and you no longer have to pay the debt?

If you are a day trader, you would certainly be maintaining a stop loss and a profit target on every trade. You set a stop loss to limit your loss to a manageable level as per your risk appetite and the profit target that you set is to book your profit once your target price is reached.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that there is growing evidence of an upturn in investment activity in India. According to RBI’s latest paper entitled “India’s Investment Cycle: An Empirical Investigation”, this revival in the investment cycle is expected to last up to 2022-23 when the investment rate is estimated to rise up to 33 per cent of the GDP from the current level of 31 per cent.

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