Ongoing bull market phase 'longest and slowest', says Morgan Stanley

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	Buying in FMCG, metals, financials and auto counters along with positive global cues helped equity market settle in the green for the second day in a row on Wednesday. The S&P BSE Sensex rallied 350 points or 0.85 per cent to end at 41,566 while NSE&#39;s Nifty50 settle at 12,201, up 93 points or 0.77 per cent.</div>
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	FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever (HUL) zoomed over 5 per cent to end at Rs 2,262 apiece on the BSE. It was the top gainer on the Sensex. The stock hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 2,271 during the day. HUL&rsquo;s m-cap stood at Rs 4,89,464 crore (Rs 4.89 trillion).</div>
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	ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank, Infosys, and TCS were the other major contributors to the index&#39;s gains.&nbsp;</div>
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	Broader market, on the other hand, underperformed frontline indices. The S&P BSE MidCap index slipped 47 points or 0.29 per cent to close at 15,789 levels while the S&P BSE SmallCap index lost 13 points or 0.09 per cent to settle at 14,737.</div>
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	Among the sectoral indices on the NSE, Nifty FMCG gained the most - up nearly 2 per cent to 30,986 points, followed by Nifty Metal and Nifty Auto indices.&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>GLOBAL MARKETS&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	Global share markets nudged higher on Wednesday amid hopes the worst of the coronavirus in China may have passed, although prevailing uncertainty about the outbreak kept investors wary. MSCI&#39;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.9 per cent while Chinese shares reversed early losses to trade up 0.41 per cent.</div>
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	Shares in Hong Kong rose 0.9 per cent to a three-week high. Australian shares were up 0.47 per cent, while Japan&#39;s Nikkei stock index rose 0.53 per cent. Euro Stoxx 50 futures were up 0.05 per cent, German DAX futures were up 0.08 per cent, and FTSE futures were up 0.13 per cent.</div>
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	Oil prices extended gains as China reported its lowest daily number of new coronavirus cases since late January, stoking investor hopes that fuel demand in the world&rsquo;s second-largest oil consumer may begin to recover from the epidemic.</div>
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	<strong><em>(With inputs from Reuters)</em></strong></div>

MARKET WRAP: Indices gain for 2nd day, Sensex rises 350 pts; HUL surges 5%

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&gt;&gt;&nbsp;In the commodities market, US crude futures ticked up 0.32 per cent to $50.10 a barrel on hopes that Chinese demand for oil will pick up once the flu-like virus is contained, <em>Reuters</em> reported.<br />
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&gt;&gt; At 7:57 am, the Singaporean Exchange for Nifty Futures were at&nbsp;12,159 level, up 32 points or 0.27 per cent.<br />
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