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			The benchmark indices trimmed most of the morning losses to end lower on Tuesday. In a knee-jerk reaction, the benchmark indices lost ground in intra-day trade, after the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday destroyed a major terrorist camp in Pakistan.<br />
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			The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 35,974, down 240 points or 0.66 per cent, while the broader Nifty50 index settled at 10,835, down 45 points or 0.41 per cent.&nbsp;India VIX, a gauge of volatility climbed 11 per cent to 17.04.</div>
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			The S&P BSE Sensex hit a low of 35,714 levels, while the Nifty50 slipped to 10,729 levels before buying at lower levels aided recovery.&nbsp;</div>
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		Among sectoral indices, the Nifty PSU Bank index ended 1.55 per cent lower driven by a fall in Orient Bank and Union Bank of India. The Nifty Financial Services, too, settled nearly 1 per cent lower weighed by Edelweiss Financial Services and Max Financial Services.<br />
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			In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index ended 0.27 per cent, or 38 points lower at 14,192 levels. The S&P BSE SmallCap index, too, lost 0.5 per cent to close at 13,550 levels.<br />
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			Shares of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) slipped 8 per cent to Rs 125 apiece on the BSE in early morning trade after rating agency ICRA downgraded the company&rsquo;s commercial papers (CPs) worth Rs 8,000 crore to &lsquo;A2+&rsquo; from &lsquo;A1+&rsquo;. The stock ended at Rs 130.85, down 4.28 per cent on the BSE.</div>
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			Shares of Tata Motors ended higher for the 10th straight trading session, up 4.07 per cent at Rs 183 apiece on the BSE, in an otherwise weak market as Tata Sons increased its stake in the company by nearly one percentage points through open market purchases.</div>
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	<b>Global Markets</b><br />
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Asian shares lost steam on Tuesday after scaling a five-month high as investors waited to see if Washington and Beijing can clinch a trade deal, while the pound advanced on hopes UK Prime Minister Theresa May will delay a Brexit deadline.<br />
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MSCI&rsquo;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.5 per cent from its highest since mid-September as US and Chinese negotiators work to hammer out a deal that would end a protracted tit-for-tat tariff battle.&nbsp;Chinese shares see-sawed between positive and negative territory after a sharp rally the previous day.&nbsp;Japan&rsquo;s Nikkei stumbled 0.4 per cent as some selling pressure built ahead of the fiscal year-end.<br />
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MARKET WRAP: Sensex slips 240 points as IAF strikes Pakistan terror camps

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MARKET WRAP: Sensex slips 240 points as IAF strikes Pakistan terror camps | News on Markets - Business Standard

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	Nifty futures on Singapore Exchange (SGX) were trading at 10,813, down 79.50 points or 0.73 per cent in early trade.</div>
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Asian stocks were trading mixed in the early trade on Tuesday, a day after they scaled a five-month peak on US-China trade truce while the pound climbed to near four-week highs on a report UK Prime Minister Theresa May could seek to delay a Brexit deadline.&nbsp;<br />
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Monday&rsquo;s losses in the MSCI Asia-Pacific index was led by Australian shares which slipped 0.7 per cent, weighed by energy stocks as oil prices tumbled overnight. South Korea&rsquo;s KOSPI was flat while Japan&rsquo;s Nikkei rose 0.2 per cent.

In the overnight trade, US stocks ended higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 60.14 points to close at 26,091.95 while the S&amp;P 500 added 0.1 per cent to finish its trading day at 2,796.11. In the commodity market, oil prices edged higher after slipping 3 per cent in the previous session.

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