All the fall and volatility in the stock market in the month of February 2018 has not dented the faith of mutual fund investors and equity AUM as a percentage of India’s Market Cap is at 5.3%, all-time high.

Last year witnessed beginning of the trend of banks listing their different business arms, providing special business focus and raising funds to independently cater to their growth. We saw a wave of insurance companies being listed from both private and public sectors. The next in the line is ICICI Securities, which will get its own identity and and independent status from its parent ICICI Bank.

The IPO of Bandhan Bank Limited received an overwhelming response from both retail and institutional investor community. The bank's Rs. 4,500 crore IPO was subscribed 518 per cent at 15:00 hours on its closing day.

Infrastructure development company Ashoka Buildcon surged on the bourses by over 3 per cent in Monday’s intraday trade as the NHAI announced that the company is the lowest bidder for a project in Gujarat.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.08 p.m. on March 19, 2018.

The markets on March 19, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 32,980.74, down by 195.26 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,122.85, down by 72.30 points.

The Board of Directors of the state-run iron ore miner, NMDC at its meeting held on March 17, 2018 decided not to declare interim dividend for the financial year 2017-18. 

Kishor Biyani promoted Future Lifestyle Fashions surged as much as 3 per cent in an otherwise vary market conditions. The stock has been trading with higher bottoms and multiple resistance at tops forming an Ascending Triangle pattern and has breached the upper trendline on March 01, 2018.  

Presently, the company boasts of Rs. 80,000 crore order book, out of this order book around Rs. 50,000 crore orders belong to redevelopment.

Suzlon Group, India’s major energy solutions provider, on Monday announced that it has won two projects of 300 MW and 200 MW each under SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) bid.