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		Halting its four-day gaining streak, equity market ended in the negative territory on Friday amid worries over economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak and profit-booking in some of the recent outperformers.</div>
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		The S&P BSE Sensex today slipped 164 points or 0.4 per cent to settle at 41,142, with NTPC (up over 3 per cent) being the top gainer and IndusInd Bank (down nearly 3 per cent) the biggest loser.&nbsp;</div>
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		Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC, ICICI Bank and L&T contributed the most to the index&#39;s losses.&nbsp;</div>
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		The NSE&#39;s Nifty50 index ended at 12,086, down 51.55 points or 0.42 per cent.&nbsp;</div>
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		On a weekly basis, both Sensex and Nifty gained nearly 4 per cent each.&nbsp;</div>
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		Sectorally, realty stocks bled the most while media and pharma counters advanced the most. The Nifty Realty index fell around 2 per cent to Rs 320.55. On the other hand, Nifty Media climbed nearly 2 per cent to 1,823 points and the Nifty Pharma settled over 1 per cent higher at 8,335-mark.</div>
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		In the broader market, the Nifty Midcap 100 index rose 0.57 per cent to 18,350 points while the Nifty SmallCap 100 ended flat at 6,236 levels, down 0.07 per cent.&nbsp;</div>
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		Asian share markets fell on Friday and oil price gains stalled, as the growing death toll and economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak snuffed out a late-week rally. US stock futures and European futures point to soft openings in Friday.</div>
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		MSCI&rsquo;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.9 per cent. Japan&rsquo;s Nikkei edged lower, while Korea&rsquo;s Kospi, Hong Kong&rsquo;s Hang Seng and the Shanghai Composite fell by between 0.5 per cent and 1.2 per cent.</div>
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		Oil and metal prices fell hard as the coronavirus outbreak gained pace and have been slow to recover. US crude was firm on Friday at $51.02 per barrel, but is flat for the week and remains 14 per cent below its January 21 level. Brent prices were last at $55.14 per barrel.</div>
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		<strong><em>(With inputs from Reuters)</em></strong></div>
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MARKET WRAP: Sensex halts 4-day gaining streak, slips 164 pts; realty falls

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