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The US markets gained marginally amid pessimistic Fed's Beige book data & successful Portuguese & Poland debt auction. Euro gained 0.3% and British pound was up 0.7% post the auction.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 46 points at 10387. The Nasdaq Composite was up 20 points at 2229 and S&P 500 Index up 7 points at 1099.

Commodities

December wheat futures fell 3.3% at USD 7.11/bushel

October crude oil futures went up 0.6% at USD 74.67/bbl

October natural gas contract was down 0.9% at USD 3.813 mmbtu

December silver was up 0.3% at USD 20.01/ounce, which traded to a fresh 2.5 year high at USD 20.10

December gold ended down 0.2% at USD 1257.5/ounce, after hitting intraday high at USD 1264.7

F&O cues:

Futures Open Int up Rs 1160 crore

Options Open Int up Rs 1210 crore

Nifty Futures add 2 lakh shrs in Open Int, at 11-pt disc

Nifty Open Int PCR at 1.47 versus 1.44

Nifty Puts add 14 lk shrs in Open Int

Nifty Calls shed 2 lk shrs in Open Int

Nifty 5300 Put adds 9 lakh shares in Open Int

Nifty 5600 Put adds 7.5 lk shrs in Open Int

Nifty 5800 Call adds 3 lakh shares in Open Int

Stock Futures add 3.6 crore shares in Open Int