In a significant development, National Highways Authority of India established its Rs. 250 billion medium term note (MTN) programme on India INX’s Global Securities Market.

The stock of Ashoka Buildcon was buzzing on Thursday as the company managed to emerge as the lowest bidder for two project worth Rs. 759.84 crores in Uttar Pradesh.

The Reserve Bank of India in its first bi-monthly policy meet for FY2018-19 has left the policy repo rates unchanged at 6 per cent.

State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals surged by around 3 per cent on the bourses on Thursday as the company commissioned a 330 MW Kishanganga Hydro-Electric project (HEP) in Jammu & Kashmir.

Indoco Remedies witnessed a rise of 4 per cent in its share price during the morning hour. The company announced that its Patalganga unit has received accreditation from the Japanese drug regulatory authority.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.44 p.m. on April 5, 2018.

The markets on April 5, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,467.70, up by 448.63 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,277.25, up by 148.85 points. 

Leading plastic manufacturer Supreme Industries inks joint venture deal with Kumi Kasei Company Limited.

Many times investors use the past returns record of a scheme to arrive at an investment decision. These past returns play a key role in determining the efficiency of the scheme and the fund manager.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,95,607.32 crore.