New Delhi, April 18 -- After being on a downswing for nearly six months, stock markets have started to rise again. The overall benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, spiked over the last four trading sessions (up to Thursday), with the former rising 6.5 per cent and the latter 6.4 per cent during this period.

Although trade tensions over Trump's tariffs persist, the pause button pressed by Donald Trump has fuelled a sense of hope in markets worldwide.

The overall bearish sentiment over the past few months has dissuaded investors from putting money into mutual funds. Inflows into mutual funds SIPs have been declining month after month. In January, SIP inflows stood at Rs.26,400 crore, dropping to Rs.25,999 crore in February and further ...