The markets on March 11, 2019 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 36,977.65, up by 306.22 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,143.40, up by 108.00 points. 

Government-owned Punjab National Bank has sanctioned loans to over 1,600 MSMEs totalling Rs. 689 crore through its portal psbloansin59minutes.com.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 85.56 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,39,930.66 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 85.56 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,39,930.66 crore.

Markets seem to be excited by the fact that the Election Commission has declared the dates for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, which would be conducted in seven phases from April 11 through May 19. The BSE Sensex was at 36,988.68, up by 317.25 points, while Nifty50 was at 11,138.80, up 103.40 points, the highest level since the beginning of 2019.

Going ahead, the zone of 10,980-10,990 is a crucial support level for the index, while on the way up, it is important for the Nifty to first pierce the resistance of 11,090. Stocks in news: Dilip Buildcon, Cipla, Suven Life Sciences, GMR Infrastructure, Mangalam Cement, Nitesh Estate and OIL.

The Indian markets are likely to experience Monday morning blues as, at the time of writing, the SGX Nifty indicated that Nifty may open to open modestly lower by 13 points at 11,045.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on March 11 are NHPC, Nila Infrastructure, UCO Bank, NTPC and Oil India

Domestic MF saw net outflow in the month of February 2019, which resulted in AUM dropping marginally on a month-on-month basis.

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), Larsen & Toubro’s wholly-owned subsidiary, has won a significant order from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) through international competitive bidding.