INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Buying across most sectors, led by banking and energy shares, supported the markets
Extending gains
to a second straight session, domestic stock markets started Friday's session on a higher note tracking advances in Asian peers
The S-P BSE Sensex index rose as much as 284.51 points in early trade to 37,611.87, and the broader NSE Nifty benchmark climbed to
11,121.85, up 89.4 points from the previous close
Buying across most sectors, led by banking and energy shares, supported the markets
Friday's gains came a day after reports that the government is likely to exempt foreign portfolio investors from higher taxes triggered a
Here are 10 things to know:At 9:18 am, the Sensex traded 207.10 points - or 0.55 per cent - higher at 37,534.46, while the
gains, as 671 stocks on the BSE traded higher while 182 struggled with losses
of Rs 1,199 crore in the quarter ended June 30, more than double compared to the corresponding period a year ago.Debt-laden Dewan Housing
Finance Corp (DHFL) said on Thursday that it may not be able to fulfill its debt obligations due in the near future, days after the company
after an overnight in Wall Street, helped by China's better-than-expected export figures, but fresh concerns about US-China trade ties
limited the upside.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2 per cent but was on track to lose 2.3 per cent for
cent.Overnight on Wall Street, the S-P 500 registered its largest one-day percentage gain in about two months, with the Dow and the Nasdaq
report by news agency Reuters cited an official as saying that the government is likely to exempt foreign portfolio investors from higher
taxes.(With inputs from Reuters)Get Breaking news, live coverage, and Latest News from India and around the world on
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