Market ends higher for third day; positive global cues, IT and metal stocks lift sentiment

Indian equity benchmarks continued their upmove for the third consecutive session on June 27, making a strong start to the week on positive global cues, a fall in oil prices, and buying in IT and metal stocks. At close, the 30-share Sensex was up 433.3 points, or 0.82 percent, at 53,161.28, while the broad-based Nifty gained 132.8 points, or 0.85 percents, to 15,832.05, their best showing in more than two weeks. Read here to know more.

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Udaan lays off 180 employees in 'efficiency enhancement exercise'

B2B e-commerce unicorn Udaan has laid off around 180 employees, which is approximately 4-5 percent of the workforce, according to sources close to the developments. The company had an employee strength of around 4,000 before the layoffs. Read more here.

Did Facebook just discontinue its Watch app for Apple TV?

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This student bagged a Rs 1.8 crore job with Facebook in London, rejected Google, Amazon

A fourth-year student of computer science of Kolkata’s Jadavpur University has bagged a job with Facebook in London with an annual package of Rs 1.8 crore. Mondal had also received offers from Google and Amazon, but he picked Facebook because it paid better. Read more here.