Equity markets are expected to open flat and take a breather after registering a scintillating rally in the last 3-4 trading sessions. Additionally, the Asian peers are trading in a capped range in the trade today. The SGX Nifty is pointing that Nifty may open flat at 10,425.  

On the upside, Nifty has strong resistance placed in the region of 10,440-10,450, and both the 50-SMA and 100-SMA stand at 10,438. Stocks in the news: Lemon Tree Hotels, Infosys, Dr Reddy Laboratories, HFCL, Oricon Enterprises and Star Cement.

The exchange’s daily trading turnover in the derivatives segment crossed the Rs 3,257 crore (USD 500 million) level during the trade.

Country’s third largest private sector bank, Axis Bank surged 5 per cent plus from its previous close, after Board trimmed CEO Shikha Sharma's tenure to 7 months from three years of reappointment. Axis Bank is off its upward sloping trendline support level and is heading northwards.

Indian mutual fund industry is quite expansive with a huge basket of schemes for investment. Previously, the fund houses used to have multiple schemes under the same category with different attractive names. 

IndoStar Capital received the market regulator's approval to float Rs 2,000 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO).

The rising bond yields as well as trade war fears have made markets much more volatile than they were in the past couple of years. 

Hindalco was the top gainer in the early hours of the trade on Tuesday supported by a sharp jump in Aluminium prices. The prices have surged from US$2,004 per tonne in the first week of April to US$2,151 per tonne currently on London Metal Exchange.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.21 p.m. on April 10, 2018.

The markets on April 10, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,870.74, up by 82.20 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,399.15, up by 19.80 points.