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	Benchmark indices ended lower on Friday, after touching record highs for four straight sessions, following global market trends. Metals,&nbsp;pharma and PSU banks were the top draggers during the day.<br />
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	The S&P BSE Sensex ended the day at 37,869 down 155 while the Nifty50 index settled at 11,429 down 41 points</div>
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	<strong>SBI Q1 Results</strong></div>
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	SBI slipped 4% after it reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, as the country&#39;s biggest lender by assets made higher provisions for treasury losses. SBI&#39;s third consecutive quarterly net loss came in at Rs 48.76 billion ($707.28 million) for the three months to June 30, compared with a profit of Rs 20.06 billion a year ago, and a record loss of Rs 77.18 billion in the March quarter. Gross NPA stood at 10.69% vs 10.91% QoQ while provisions were at Rs 192.28 billion vs Rs 280.96 billion QoQ</div>
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	<strong>Jet Airways slips</strong></div>
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	Shares of Jet Airways hit a three-year low of Rs 262, down 10% on the BSE on Friday in early morning trade after the company deferred announcing their June quarter numbers to an unspecified date. On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the stock hit a low of Rs 258, and is trading at its lowest level since June 16, 2015 READ MORE</div>
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	<strong>Global Markets</strong></div>
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	Asian stock markets fell on Friday while currency markets were whipsawed by a searing selloff in Russia&rsquo;s rouble after the United States slapped on new sanctions.</div>
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	Washington said it would impose fresh sanctions because it had determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain, which the Kremlin denies.</div>
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	MSCI&rsquo;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.3 per cent. Japan&rsquo;s Nikkei stock index fell 0.5 per cent despite data showing that the country&rsquo;s economy expanded at a faster-than-expected annualized rate of 1.9 per cent in the second quarter in a sign of improving momentum.</div>
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	(With Reuters inputs)</div>
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MARKET WRAP: Sensex ends 155 pts lower; SBI down 4% post Q1 results

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MARKET WRAP: Sensex ends 155 pts lower; SBI down 4% post Q1 results | News on Markets - Business Standard

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	<strong>S&amp;P 500, Dow end lower with energy, financials</strong></div>
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	The S&amp;P 500 and Dow ended down slightly on Thursday as gains in Apple and Amazon were offset by losses in energy and financial shares. The S&amp;P 500 was in slightly positive territory most of the day, putting it once again close to the record high it hit January 26. The Nasdaq also neared its all-time high.</div>
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	The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 74.52 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 25,509.23, the S&amp;P 500 lost 4.12 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 2,853.58 and the Nasdaq Composite added 3.46 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 7,891.78.</div>

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