People easily get lured by the dividends that they get from mutual funds and hence it has been one of the key USP for mutual funds. But these days it's not a hot selling option. Let's find out why.

In recent times, if you are facing losses in mutual fund investments then you are not the only one. Off-late, many investors gave up their FDs and started investing in mutual funds, but now as mutual funds are incurring losses, many investors are thinking to move back to FDs. So let us find out whether doing so would be a good or bad idea.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.27 p.m. on October 04, 2018.

The markets on October 04, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,182.57, down by 793.06 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,615.40, down by 242.85 points. 

Following the downtrend of Wednesday, the BSE Sensitive Index dipped another 600 plus points on Thursday, fuelled by further fall in the Indian rupee. At 10:39 hours, the BSE Sensex was 35,351.76, down by 623.87 points or 1.73 per cent, while the Nifty50 was at 10,662.65, down by 195.60 points.

L&T's subsidiary, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) consortium, has been awarded the biggest single subsea contract by ONGC. The awarded is for ONGC's most sought development block, 98/2 in the Krishna Godavari basin.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.24 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 11,76,210.85 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.24 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 11,76,210.85 crore.

Going ahead,  the area of 10,775-10,800 remains a crucial support level for the index as it is a confluence of 200-DMA, which is currently placed at 10,777, and 78.6 per cent retracement level of July-August, which is placed at 10,815. Failing to hold this crucial support could possibly take the index towards the lower levels of 10,690-10,670 in the short term. Stocks in news: Aditya Birla Capital, Bharti Airtel, Tata Power, Amara Raja Batteries, TVS Motor, SRF, Larsen and Toubro and Infosys.

Selling pressure is likely to continue in the Indian markets following negative cues from Asian peers and the ghost of strong dollar and hardening oil price will continue to spook the markets. The SGX Nifty is trading with a loss of 129 points at 10,754 levels, indicating terrible start to the day.