The new fund offer (NFO) is open for subscription between January 18 to February 01, 2019. The fund is benchmarked against Nifty Small Cap 250 TR index.

The airline had a profit after tax of Rs 762 crore in the corresponding period of 2017-18. The carrier's total income rose over 28 per cent to Rs 8,229.4 crore in the three months ended December 2018.

Shares of ITC slumped 4.16 percent to their worst closesince December 26, despite beating analysts' estimates for third-quarterprofit. The firm  reported 3.84 per cent increase in standalone net profit at Rs 3,209.07 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2018.

On the downside, support is established at 10,700 - 10,650. These are important for this move and a breach of these levels will see a downward move to take the index to lower levels of 10,200 - 10,250.

So the much talk about tax rates - slab change if comes into effect can flood the market with liquidity and certainly consumption based stocks. Automobiles, and to an extent, the Real estate sector will see direct effect of income tax relief.

While it is very unlikely but if there is any relaxation on securities transaction tax (STT) or long-term capital gain tax (LTCG) tax, it will be a big reason to cheer for the equity investors.

2019 could be a good year for investing in equities.  At the beginning of 2018, there was unbridled optimism, in contrast to the beginning of 2019. It is said that to make a bull market, you need to climb a wall or worry.