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	After rallying for eight sessions in a row, the domestic equity market took a breather on Thursday as it ended around 0.5 per cent lower even as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced 12 measures under &#39;AtmanirbharBharat 3.0&#39; to revive the economy. <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/atmanirbhar-bharat-3-0-fm-announces-measures-to-boost-employment-120111200565_1.html " target="_blank"><strong>READ MORE</strong></a></div>
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	Among headline indices, the S&P BSE Sensex settled 236 points, or 0.54 per cent lower at 43,357 levels while NSE&#39;s Nifty ended at 12,691, down 58 points, or 0.46 per cent. India VIX dropped nearly 6.5 per cent to&nbsp;20.6 levels.&nbsp;<br />
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	The broader market, however, fared better than the headline indices. The&nbsp;S&P BSE MidCap index ended 0.5 per cent higher at&nbsp;15,741 levels while the&nbsp;S&P BSE SmallCap index rallied over 1 per cent to&nbsp;15,466 points.<br />
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	Sectorally, Nifty PSU Bank index slipped the most - down over 2 per cent to&nbsp;1,400 levels while Nifty Bank fell 2 per cent to&nbsp;28,279 points.&nbsp;<br />
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		Global shares were on course on Thursday to end their longest winning streak in over a year, one that has lifted them more than 10%, as the post-U.S. election and coronavirus vaccine bull run paused.&nbsp;<br />
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		For the first time in November, MSCI&rsquo;s 49-country world index was in the red. Asia had finished flat.</div>
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		In commodities, gold prices edged up, after dropping over 1 per cent in the previous session, as concerns over the economic fallout from surging Covid-19 cases outweighed positive development around a vaccine.</div>
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		Oil prices fell, snapping three consecutive daily gains, as traders tempered expectations of an early release of a Covid-19 vaccine and the IEA raised doubts about a quick demand rebound amid surging infections in Europe and the United States.<br />
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Indices snap 8-day rally; Sensex slips 236 pts post FM's stimulus measures

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NEWS ALERT :: Goldman Sachs upgrades India to Overweight, raises Nifty at 14,100 by 2021-end

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&gt;&gt; At 8:21 am, index was trading 51 points lower at 12,744 level<br />
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Indices snap 8-day rally; Sensex slips 236 pts post FM's stimulus measures

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