Here's a look at all that happened in Friday's session.

MARKETS LIVE: Mid, smallcaps outperform Sensex; Religare Enterprises up 16%

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				Heavy buying in financials, autos, metals and pharma counters and positive global cues lifted the equity markets on Friday.&nbsp;</div>
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				The S&P BSE Sensex added 196 points or 0.55 per cent to settle at 36,064, while the NSE&#39;s Nifty50 index closed at 10,863.50, up 71 points or 0.66 per cent.</div>
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				On a weekly basis, the 30-share index Sensex rose&nbsp;0.53&nbsp;per cent while Nifty gained 0.66 per cent.&nbsp;</div>
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				Among individual stocks, shares of SBI Life Insurance climbed 5.47 per cent to Rs 612.25 on the BSE after CA Emerald Investments (&quot;Emerald&quot;) acquired 9 per cent stake in the company through open market on Friday. The stock made a sharp rebound after falling over 12 per cent in the early trade.&nbsp;</div>
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				Shares of SML Isuzu were locked in upper circuit of 20 per cent at Rs 682 on the BSE after the company reported strong 33 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in total sales at 1,282 units in February.</div>
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				On the contrary, Bharti Airtel ended over 3 per cent lower at Rs 307.75 apiece on BSE after the company said its board of directors approved a fund raising plan of up to Rs 32,000 crore through a mix of rights issue and bond.</div>
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				Sectrally, all the indices ended in the green, with media stocks advancing the most, followed by PSU banks and metals. The Nifty PSU Bank index ended over 2.50 per cent higher at 2,832 levels with all the 12 constituents ending in the positive territory.&nbsp;</div>
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				In the broader market, S&P BSE MidCap index gained 184 points or over 1 per cent to settle at 14,503 while S&P BSE SmallCap surged over 2 per cent to end at 13,982.&nbsp;<br />
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	Asian shares edged up on Friday after index publisher MSCI announced it would raise the weight of Chinese mainland shares in its global benchmarks, while strong US economic data lifted the dollar. China&rsquo;s blue-chip CSI300 index surged 2.2 percent to finish off its best week since November 2015. Japan&rsquo;s Nikkei 225 ended 1 per cent higher.</div>
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MARKET WRAP: Sensex gains 196 pts, Nifty tops 10,850; PSBs jump up to 12%

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MARKET WRAP: Sensex gains 196 pts, Nifty tops 10,850; PSBs jump up to 12% | News on Markets - Business Standard

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	Oil prices rose on Friday as markets tightened amid output cuts by producer club OPEC, but surging US supply and a global economic slowdown prevented crude from climbing further.</div>
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	U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were at $57.45 per barrel at 0116 GMT, up 23 cents, or 0.4 per cent, from their last settlement. International Brent crude futures were at $66.55 per barrel, up 24 cents, or 0.4 per cent.</div>

Nifty futures on Singapore Exchange (SGX) were trading at 10,859.00, down 11 points or 0.10 per cent in early trade

Asian shares inched higher on Friday with broader gains capped by investor caution as concerns about China&rsquo;s economy and global trade weighed on sentiment while stronger-than-expected US GDP data pushed the dollar up. MSCI&rsquo;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up less than 0.1 per cent while Japan&rsquo;s Nikkei 225 gained 0.8 per cent.

Wall Street&#39;s main indexes fell slightly on Thursday as support from better-than-feared U.S. GDP data was countered by concerns about earnings and US-China trade relations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 69.03 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 25,916.13, the S&amp;P 500 lost 7.88 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 2,784.5 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 21.98 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 7,532.53.

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MARKET WRAP: Sensex gains 196 pts, Nifty tops 10,850; PSBs jump up to 12%

Here's a look at all that happened in Friday's session.

Oil check

SGX Nifty

Asian Markets check

Wall Street check