DSIJ Mindshare

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.38 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,55,503.65 crore.

Going ahead, Nifty needs to hold the Doji candle's low of 10,584 to keep the pullback options open towards 10,750 level, as failure to do so would result in extension of corrective decline towards the level of 10,550. Stocks in news: Yes Bank, Coromandel International, Asian Paints and DCM Shriram.

Indian markets are likely to open largely unchanged as cues from Asian peers are dull. The SGX Nifty indicates Nifty is likely to open almost unchanged around 10,697. Ajanta Pharma, Bajaj Auto, BEL, Castrol India, ICICI Bank, Hexaware, IOC, Jubilant Foodworks, LIC Housing Finance, NTPC, Torrent Pharma will declare their results today. 

KEC International reported its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2018 on Tuesday. The company's consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 2,646.63 crore as against Rs. 2404.75 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering 10.1 per cent YoY increase.

India has become the second largest steel producing country as its crude steel production in 2018 surpassed Japan’s production. In 2018, Japan Produced around 104.3 MT steel. India's steel output was at 106.5 MT in 2018, up by 4.9 per cent from 101.5 MT in 2017.