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Market Update: PSU bank index outperforms as PNB, Syndicate Bank jump 2-5%; JP Associates zooms 11%

The market breadth was in favour of the advances with 957 stocks advancing while 668 declined and 383 remained unchanged. On the other hand, in the BSE, 1176 stocks advanced and 888 declined and 108 remained unchanged.

March 16, 2018 / 10:30 IST
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The Indian markets on Friday morning were trading flat with the Nifty shedding 51 points or 0.49 percent  while the Sensex was down 178 points.

The Nifty PSU banking index was up 0.6 percent led by stocks like Syndicate Bank which jumped 5 percent followed by Allahabad Bank which gained over 3 percent. IDBI Bank and OBC were the other gainers. PNB gained 2.38 percent.

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The top Nifty gainers included Mahindra & Mahindra and Aurobindo Pharma which were up 1.7 percent each followed by UPL, Yes Bank and Zee Entertainment.

The top Nifty losers included IOC and BPCL which fell 2 percent each followed by HPCL, Tata Motors and NTPC.