The stock of Specialty Polymer major Ester Industries was locked in its 10 per cent upper circuit following the announcement of a major order win. The company signed a long-term agreement with a US-based firm, the size of the order is expected to be around Rs. 900 million per year.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 35 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 3,19,544.84 crore.

One of the risk associated with investment in mutual fund is portfolio concentration. To earn more returns, equity funds have the tendency of investing large part of their portfolio in a handful stocks and sectors to beat the benchmark. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 35 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 3,19,544.84 crore.

Going ahead, Nifty has crucial support placed in the region of 11,090-11,100 and any move towards this support zone could be used as an incremental buying opportunity. On the upside, the levels of 11,175, followed by 11,200, are the resistance points for the Nifty. Top stocks to watch out: Welspun Corp, Snowman Logistics, Rushil Décor, Biocon, MOIL, HCL-Tech, Ester Industries, Reliance Infrastructure, ICICI BANK and Inox Leisure. 

Today, the start is likely to be cautious on sluggish regional cues. The SGX Nifty indicates that the Nifty may open at 11,133 with a loss of 10 points. 

After a downfall in the month of November, the share of foreign portfolio investments (FPI) in domestic capital markets through participatory notes (P-notes) has jumped to a 6-month high of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore at the end of December, despite stringent norms imposed by the market regulator SEBI to check their misuse. 

The Economic Survey tabled by the government as part of the pre-budget session buoyed the market throughout the trading session on Monday. The stock markets traded near their all-time high in a rangebound manner. The survey reported that more than 60 per cent of India's GDP is fueled by internal trade.

Sintercom India Limited on Monday announced the launch of its NSE Emerge SME initial public offer (IPO). The issue is scheduled to be open for subscription between February 5 to 7, 2018 with a price band of Rs. 63 to Rs. 65 per equity share of face value of Rs. 10 each.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.03 p.m. on January 29.