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Adani Ports (up 5 per cent) was the top Nifty gainer today, trailed by NTPC, Titan, SBI, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Grasim, and HDFC

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	<strong>Stock market updates</strong>: Market bulls were back on Dalal Street on Monday, reversing the steep losses logged in the morning, amid broad-based buying. Barring the auto and IT pack, investors bought stocks from across sectors as bond yields in the US fell to 1.35 per cent while US stock futures indicated at a healthy session on Wall Street later in the day.</div>
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	Around 3 PM, Dow Jones Futures were up over 200 points, or 0.6 per cent, suggesting a positive start on Wall Street after sharp decline in the past week. The S&P 500 Futures and Nasdaq Futures, too, were up 21 points and 81 points, respectively.&nbsp;</div>
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	That said, global mood elsewhere was subdued. The pan-European STOXX 600 index erased early losses to trade flat on the day while Britain&rsquo;s FTSE 100 was off 0.05 per cent in Euro zone.&nbsp;</div>
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	In Asia, Japan&rsquo;s Nikkei led declines with a 3.6 per cent drop and dipped below 28,000 for the first time in a month, and MSCI&rsquo;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.4 per cent. Chinese blue chips lost 0.7 per cent.</div>
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	Given weak Asian cues, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 indices hit the day&#39;s low of 51,740 and 15,506, respectively in early morning trade. However, low-level buying emerged quickly to recoup losses. By close, the Sensex index was at 52,574 levels, up 230 points or 0.44 per cent. On the NSE, the Nifty50 index was at 15,746 levels, up 63 points or 0.4 per cent.</div>
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	Adani Ports (up 5 per cent) was the top Nifty gainer today, trailed by NTPC, Titan, SBI, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Grasim, and HDFC. On the downside, UPL (down over 4 per cent), Wipro, Hindalco, Tata Motors, TCS, Maruti Suzuki, and Tech Mahindra were the top laggards.</div>
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	Broader markets, meanwhile, outperformed the large-caps today with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices gaining 0.8 per cent each.</div>
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	Sectorally, the Nifty PSU Bank index ended 4 per cent higher amid reports that Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank might be privatised. The two lenders might see 51 percent sale in the first phase of disinvestment, a report by TV channel CNBC Aawaz said.</div>
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	Individually, the two banks hit their respective 20 per cent upper circuits while Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Bank and Punjab & Sind Bank from the index rallied 20 per cent and 18 per cent, respectively. Bank of Maharashtra, Union Bank of India, Bank of India and Uco Bank were up in the range of 6 per cent to 8 per cent.</div>
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	Besides, the Nifty Realty index was up 2 per cent and the Nifty Metal, Private Bank, Bank, and FMCG indices gained up to 1 per cent each. On the contrary, the Nifty IT and Auto indices slipped 0.2 per cent and 0.36 per cent, respectively.</div>
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D-St bucks weak global trends; Sensex up 230 pts; PSB, realty stocks gain

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D-St bucks weak global trends; Sensex up 230 pts; PSB, realty stocks gain | News on Markets - Business Standard

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	US stocks ended sharply lower on Friday, with the Dow and S&amp;P 500 posting their worst weekly performances in months, after comments from Federal Reserve official James Bullard that the US central bank might raise interest rates sooner than previously expected spooked investors. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 533.37 points, or 1.58%, to 33,290.08, the S&amp;P 500 lost 55.41 points, or 1.31%, to 4,166.45 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 130.97 points, or 0.92%, to 14,030.38.</div>

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D-St bucks weak global trends; Sensex up 230 pts; PSB, realty stocks gain

Adani Ports (up 5 per cent) was the top Nifty gainer today, trailed by NTPC, Titan, SBI, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Grasim, and HDFC

US stocks ended lower on Friday

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