Domestic investors poured Rs 1.5 trillion ($23 billion) into these funds between April and January
The government has also reiterated a commitment to double farmers' incomes by 2022
The free fall in PNB's shares on Wednesday also had a ripple effect on other public sector banks
The results were below Bloomberg's revenue and profit estimate by over 5 per cent and 61 per cent, respectively
Punjab National Bank (PNB) fell 9.81% after the state-owned lender said it had detected fraudulent transactions worth $1.77 billion (about Rs 113.35 billion)
A majority of investors said the global economy was in the "late cycle," the highest level since January 2008
Iron ore realisations are likely to remain firm, supported by strong demand due to rising steel production
While it would not bring about any changes in the Africa operations, a listing will help Airtel raise additional funds.
The company has seen better contribution from new hospitals and the focus is to build on the momentum for the next financial year
PNB, Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Allahabad Bank and Canara Bank were down more than 5% on NSE.
All that happened in markets today.
In past three months, the stock rallied 82% against 3.7% rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.
The stock rallied 9% to Rs 130 on BSE after the company reported 72% year on year growth in net profit at Rs 1,004 million in Q3FY18.
Pancea Biotech, Firstsource Solutions, J Kumar Infra, Lumax Auto, Shriram EPC and Zydus Wellness were among 10 stocks from the BSE Smallcap index hitting their respective 52-week highs.
However, it will have an impact on tier II accounts, also known as non-pension account, he said
Kohinoor Foods, KRBL and LT Foods were up 8% to 15% on BSE in intra-day trade.
Nifty outlook and technical calls by Devarsh Vakil & Vinay Rajani - PCG Desk, HDFC Securities:
Nifty PSU Bank index, the largest loser among sectoral indices, was down 2% at 3,402, as compared to 0.5% decline each in Nifty Bank and Nifty Private Bank index at 09:47 AM.
Nifty outlook and few trading ideas by Vaishali Parekh, Research Analyst - Technical Research at Prabhudas Lilladher.
On January 10, Sebi banned PW from providing audit services to listed companies and market intermediaries for two years for its alleged involvement in the Satyam fraud case