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Sensex edges up at close as infra stocks rally

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Last Updated : May 17 2013 | 3:55 PM IST

REUTERS - The BSE Sensex closed slightly up on Friday as a late rally in infrastructure stocks offset a decline in pharmaceutical companies.

The BSE Sensex provisionally closed up 0.14 percent while the broader Nifty provisionally ended 0.28 percent higher.

Drugmakers fell after the government formally notified a new drug pricing policy designed to increase the number of drugs deemed essential that are subject to price caps.

(Reporting by Himank Sharma; Editing by Anand Basu)

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First Published: May 17 2013 | 3:46 PM IST

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