INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As of 1:52 pm, the Sensex was up 0.24 per cent or 144 points at 59,284The Indian equity benchmarks pared gains as investors booked profits
at record highs ahead of the weekend as volatility spiked
Earlier in the day, the Sensex rose as much as 596 points to hit an intraday high of 59,737.32 and Nifty 50 index touched an all-time high
Profit booking in recent outperforming banking and metal shares weighed on the upmove and led to the benchmarks trade on a flat note in noon
The Sensex fell as much as 646 points from record high and Nifty touched an intraday low of 17,587.80
index's over 3 per cent fall
individual shares, Bengaluru-based Biocon rose as much as 5.75 per cent to hit an intraday high of ? 398.60 on the BSE after the company
said that its material subsidiary - Biocon Biologics (BBL) - has entered into a strategic alliance with Serum Institute Life Sciences
(SILS), a wholly owned arm of Serum Institute of India
flipside, Tata Steel, Coal India, ONGC, State Bank of India, UPL, JSW Steel, HDFC Life, Hindalco, ICICI Bank and NTPC were among the
