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Sensex slips 47 pts as RBI holds policy rate

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Benchmark Sensex retreated from its record high to end 47 points lower at 29,927.34 today after the Reserve Bank left the key policy rate unchanged.

The 30-share index stayed in the red zone throughout the session, shuttling between 29,954.25 and 29,817.59, before finishing at 29,927.34, down 46.90 points, or 0.16 per cent.

The wider Nifty hit a low of 9,218.85 before recovering partially to settle at 9,261.95, still down 3.20 points or 0.03 per cent. It had touched a high of 9,267.95 and a low of 9,218.85 intra-day.

The Reserve Bank today left the repo rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent. However, it hiked the reverse repo, or the rate it pays lenders, by 0.25 per cent to 6 per cent, thus narrowing the policy corridor.

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First Published: Apr 06 2017 | 4:13 PM IST

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