A day after closing at a lifetime high, the 30-share index BSE Sensex was down a marginal 6.78 points at 36,541.63, on Friday. The Nifty50 closed 4.30 points lower at 11,018.90, dragged by banking and FMCG stocks, offsetting gains in market heavyweight Infosys and Reliance Industries.
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IT major Infosys will report its first quarter results on Friday after market hours. The Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar, tracking the gains in Asian currencies. Globally European stocks pared gains and US index futures turned lower as investors shifted their focus to earnings in the absence of new developments on the trade front.
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