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		Benchmark indices ended at new closing high on Friday, tracking global equity markets on the back of robust economic data.</div>
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		Asian shares inched closer to a record high after a report released on Thursday showed US private employers added higher-than-expected 250,000 jobs in December.</div>
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		The Dow Jones Industrial Average sailed past the 25,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite notched record closing highs.</div>
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	Back home, focus shifts to December quarter earnings with Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys scheduled to reports Q3 numbers late next week, amid signs the economy is recovering after the withdrawal of high-denomination currency bills in late 2016 and the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) last year. &nbsp;</div>

Sensex ends at record high, Nifty settles over 10,550 for first time ever

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	BUY HPCL &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	CMP: Rs 418.85 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	TARGET: Rs 445 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div>
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	STOP LOSS: Rs 405</div>
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	<strong>Stocks in news</strong></div>
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	HCL Technologies : Terminates pact with GAIC for India JV<br />
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	Indian Overseas Bank : Approves plan to write-off losses<br />
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	JSW Energy : Forms unit JSW Solar for business opportunities in renewable energy space<br />
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	Tata Motors: Unit Jaguar Land Rover India 2017 volume growth at 49%<br />
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	Varun Beverages: In partnership with Pepsico India for Tropicana</div>

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	Devangshu Datta &nbsp;on Nifty, Bank Nifty, Larsen &amp; Toubro, Tata Steel, Infosys</div>
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	<strong>Wall Street on Thursday&nbsp;</strong></div>
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	The Dow industrials broke above the 25,000 level for the first time on Thursday and other major indexes hit closing record highs again, propelled by strong global economic data that extended the New Year&rsquo;s rally for the stock market.</div>
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	The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 152.45 points, or 0.61% to 25,075.13, the S&amp;P 500 gained 10.93 points, or 0.40% to 2,723.99 and the Nasdaq Composite added 12.38 points, or 0.18% to 7,077.92.</div>

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	<strong>Asian markets</strong></div>
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	Asian shares inched closer to their record 2007 peak on Friday as US jobs data pointed to firm economic growth although the greenback was soft as the spectre of benign inflation capped domestic bond yields.</div>
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	MSCI&#39;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2% in early trade, with the benchmark index in Australia and South Korea both up about 0.5%. The MSCI index was about 1% off the all-time peak it hit in November 2007 of 591.5.</div>
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	Japan&#39;s Nikkei also gained 0.5% to a 26-year high.</div>
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	MSCI&rsquo;s gauge of stocks across the globe has risen 2.1% so far this week, on course to log its best weekly performance since July.</div>

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	<strong>Singapore Nifty</strong></div>
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	At 8:55 am, the S&amp;P BSE Sensex was trading at 10,546, up 14 points or 0.13%, indicating higher opening for the markets.</div>

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Sensex ends at record high, Nifty settles over 10,550 for first time ever

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