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Nifty Ends At Record High After Two-Day Decline

Indian equity benchmarks opened higher today after a two-day blip. 

An employee walks along a pathway at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai, India (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
An employee walks along a pathway at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai, India (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
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Closing Bell: Nifty Ends At Record High After Two-Day Decline

India's Nifty soared to a record high after two-day decline led by banking shares.

The S&P BSE Sensex rose 1.05 percent or 391 points to 37,556 and the NSE Nifty 50 index climbed 1.03 percent or 116 points to a record closing high of 11,361.

Benchmarks rose for a second week in a row with Nifty advancing 0.7 percent and the Sensex rising 0.6 percent.

In today's session all sector gauges compiled by National Stock Exchange ended higher led by the Nifty PSU Bank index's 1.9 percent gain.

The mid- and small-cap shares were in line with larger peers as the Nifty Midcap 100 index rose 0.98 percent and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index advanced 1.4 percent.

Nifty Ends At Record High After Two-Day Decline
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