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		After slipping around 1 per cent during the day, the benchmark indices staged a smart recovery in the last half hour of the session to end flat on Wednesday.</div>
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			The S&P BSE Sensex settled 37 points, or 0.08 per cent lower at 44,618 levels while NSE&#39;s Nifty ended at 13,114, up 4.7 points, or 0.04 per cent. Volatility index, India VIX, ended flat at 20.2 levels, up 0.3 per cent.&nbsp;</div>
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			Financial counters such as HDFC Bank, HDFC, ICICI Bank, and Bajaj Finance were among the major contributors to the Sensex&#39;s fall today while Asian Paints, TCS, and Titan Company gave the much-needed support.&nbsp;</div>
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			The broader market, however, outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE MidCap index gained 0.55 per cent to 17,167 levels while the S&P BSE SmallCap index ended 0.68 per cent higher at 17,129 points.&nbsp;<br />
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			Sectorally, metal, auto and realty stocks rallied. Nifty Metal index gained 2.56 per cent to&nbsp;3,050 levels.&nbsp;</div>
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		<strong>Global markets</strong></div>
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		World stocks hovered near record highs on Wednesday on hopes for a coronavirus vaccine and additional US economic stimulus, though enthusiasm for riskier assets left the dollar stuck at a 2-1/2 year low.</div>
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		In Asia, China stocks erased earlier gains to end nearly flat.&nbsp;</div>
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		US stock futures declined 0.23 per cent following a record closing high for Wall Street shares.</div>
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		In commodities, oil prices fell in early trade but later pared some of the losses on news that Britain has become the first country in the world to approve a vaccine for use and that it will be rolled out from early next week.</div>
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		<strong><em>(With inputs from Reuters)</em></strong></div>
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MARKETS: Indices end flat; Sensex slips 37 points, Nifty settles at 13,114

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Oil prices drop on US stock build, delay in OPEC+ meeting

&gt;&gt; Oil prices extended losses on Wednesday, hit by a surprise build in oil inventories in the United States and as OPEC and its allies left markets in limbo by delaying a formal meeting to decide whether to increase output in January.
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	&gt;&gt; Brent crude oil futures were down by 27 cents, or 0.6%, at $47.15 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude was down by 29 cents, or 0.7%, at $44.26.<br />
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	<em>(Source: Reuters)</em></div>

&gt;&gt; At 8:24 am, the index was at 13,165 levels, up 14 points.

Asian shares edge lower but stimulus, vaccine hopes provide support

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S&P 500, Nasdaq end at record highs on vaccine optimism

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