DSIJ Mindshare

The banking and financial sector has remained the favourite sector of fund managers. On analysis of data of mutual fund holdings at the end of December 2017, banking and financial sector stocks such as ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were bought most in the last month of the 2017.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.09 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,44,331.22 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.09 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,44,331.22 crore.

The level of 10,400 is a crucial support for the Nifty, followed by 10,340. On the upside, if Nifty holds above the levels of 10,550-10,570, it could extend its upmove up to the level of 10,650. The 14-period daily RSI is holding at the key support area of 35 and, previously, it has witnessed sharp upside rally after taking support from this level. Stocks in news today: Ashapura Intimates, Praj Industries, Bajaj Electricals, Orient Press, Mcnally Bharat Engineering, KEC International and Canara Bank.

Indian markets are expected to make a gap-up opening as cues from global peers are optimistic. The SGX Nifty indicates that the Nifty could surge as much as 117 points at the opening bell and open around 10,613. However, a crucial event will unfold today as the RBI will announce its monetary policy, about which the consensus is that status quo on rates will continue.