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Nifty marks second consecutive record high

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Reuters Market Eye - The Nifty gains as much as 0.67 percent to its second consecutive record high at 7,966.40. The broader index has hit a string of record highs on good foreign buying.

Overseas investors bought shares worth 3.02 billion rupees ($49.95 million) on Friday, provisional exchange data shows.

FIIs have bought shares worth $615.36 million for the month and $12.76 billion for the year.

Blue-chips gain: Tata Consultancy Services is up 2.14 percent while Housing Development Finance Corp gains 1.6 percent.

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi)

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First Published: Aug 25 2014 | 1:57 PM IST

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