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	Benchmark indices gaiined ground on Friday as investors cheer after the exit polls that released their survey results at the end of the final phase of polling in Gujarat on Thursday evening predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set to retain Gujarat and wrest Himachal Pradesh from the Congress.</div>
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	While survey agencies differed in their seat projections, nearly all predicted almost 100 or more seats for the BJP, with the party set to extend its 22-year rule in the state. Survey agencies also said the election, in the last phases, was focused on the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and overcame the brewing anti-incumbency against the Vijay Rupani government and dissipated the anger that sections of Gujarati society had felt about specific local issues.&nbsp;</div>
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	Meanwhile, The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its interim order for Friday on a batch of pleas seeking a stay on the government&#39;s decision of mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various welfare schemes, as the Centre extended the deadline up to March 31 next year.</div>
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	Globally, Asian shares edged higher, on track for weekly gains, though sentiment was kept in check by Wall Street&rsquo;s weakness on concerns about the progress of US tax reform.</div>

Nifty ends above 10,300, up 2% for week, Sensex gains 216 pts; metals shine

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