Profit booking could always take place later in the day. Asian markets are higher. The US indices which opened weak notched up gains of over a percent. The Dow added 1.38%, S&P 500 was up1.49% and Nasdaq closed 1.15% higher. Rs. 1.35 lakh crore has been invested into various mutual fund schemes in October. The previous month saw an outflow of over Rs. 77,000 crore from mutual fund products.