Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 82.58 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6,87,265.97 crore.

We are placed very close to the important support level of 10,400. The 100-day EMA and the rising trendline supports are placed nearby this level. Top stocks to watch out today: ARSS Infra, Siemens, Infosys, Reliance Industries, Dilip Buildcon, Adani Enterprises, ITD Cementation, Bhel, Reliance Communication, Natco Pharma and State Bank of India. 

Indian markets are likely to open flat with a positive bias. The SGX Nifty is suggesting that the Nifty could open with gains of 15 points around 10,462 at the opening bell.  

If you think all SIPs taken for any duration of time are good, think again. It has been observed by numerous research studies that SIPs over a longer duration of time have fared much better than SIPs for a shorter duration. 

Many stock market investors are prone to face the dilemma: ‘Should I invest ‘growth’ stocks or should I put my money in ‘value’ stocks.’ This conundrum is quite common and it is necessary to understand the two approaches in order to resolve it.

In the world of investment, people talk of ‘top-down’ or ‘bottom-up’ approach to investing. The lay and novice investors are bewildered by this financial jargon as these terms are beyond their comprehension. So, here we first try to understand what these terms mean and then figure out how to decide which of these two approaches is more suitable in a given situation.

SIPs help mitigate the adverse impact of market volatility by averaging out the cost of buying. Due to these obvious advantages, investors in India have made a beeline to invest in SIP schemes.

The unearthing of PNB’s Rs. 11,400 crore fraud case has bewildered investors with its combination of fake documents, siphoning of public money and the decamping of the fraudsters well ahead of the public disclosure by the bank.

After the sordid Vijay Mallya affair, now comes the Nirav Modi fraud case. These two high profile ‘businessmen’ have between them looted public and private sectors banks of Rs 20,000 crore and fled to foreign shores.

After the previous week's massive slowdown in the markets across the globe, major global indices showed recovery during this week. However Indian markets remained muted as they were dragged down by major banks