The retirement fund body is strategising with its consultants to gain best returns for its investment and reach a formula through which it can distribute the profit made to the subscribers.
Experts say that 2018 might not be smooth for the markets due to rising inflation, fiscal deficit and general elections in 2019.
Sensex kicks off 2018 with 244-point fall on profitbooking.
The auto industry has been one of the top robot-buying industries for years, and this trend is expected to continue, it said.
Analysts have cautioned that the market may experiences a bumpy ride in the new year.
In terms of equity volume, 770.77 lakh shares of the company were traded on BSE and over 68 crore shares changed hands at NSE during the day.
Sensex gaining 110 points and the NSE Nifty crossing the 10,500-point mark on widespread gains led by banking, FMCG and capital goods shares.
On Thursday’s trade all the public sector bank stocks ended the session on a lower note, except IDBI Bank. However, IDBI Bank closed the session just 0.58 per cent higher at Rs 60.4 on NSE.
The 30-share Sensex was up 76.71 points, or 0.22 per cent, to scale a new high of 34,087.32, breaching its previous intra-day record of 34,061.88 hit Tuesday.
The US currency held on to its advantage because of unabated month-end demand from importers and banks amid foreign capital outflows.
In the opening session, the domestic unit was up by 3 paise at 64.02. On Friday, it had ended flat at 64.05
It was yet another day of records for stock markets today as both Sensex and Nifty closed at life highs, mainly because of some fag end buying by participants.
Sebi had conducted a probe in the shares of Kushal Tradelink Ltd (KTL) for the period from August 1, 2014 to March 11, 2015 in order to ascertain whether there was any violation of the provisions of the securities laws.
The 30-share BSE Sensex opened on a strong footing at 33,768.47 and hit a fresh intra-day high of 33,964.28. It ended at 33,940.30, a new closing, up 184.02 points, or 0.55 per cent.
Suresh Prabhu said he was looking forward to the country, which has about 1.7 per cent share in global trade, taking a rightful place in the world community.
On Thursday, former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and all other accused were acquitted in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
A joint programme of the IMF and the World Bank, FSAP undertakes a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of a country's financial sector.
DB Realty Ltd jumped 20 per cent , Unitech Ltd surged 13 per cent, Reliance Communications Ltd zoomed 9 per cent, Sun TV Network Ltd rose 5 per cent and Idea Cellular Ltd rose 4 per cent at 12.54 pm.
Yesterday, it had gained 20 paise to close at a three-month high of 64.04, building on the momentum after the BJP's win in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly polls.
The previous closing high was on November 6 when it had finished at 33,731.19.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the rupee opened a tad higher at 64.22 against Monday's close of 64.24 on fresh bouts of dollar selling.
The 800-point fall in the Sensex impacted the sentiment on the foreign exchange market.
Sentiments also boost broader markets; mid-cap index rises 0.76% and small-cap too rises 0.45%.
According to Election Commission tally at 5 pm, the BJP had won 70 seats and was leading in 29 for a possible total of 99 in the 182-member Gujarat assembly.
In a notification issued late Thursday, the government raised the customs duty on cellular phones to 15 per cent from the earlier rate of 10 per cent.






