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   Poll spendings: National parties' expenditure in 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Assembly elections. (Graph: PTI)

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   Reliance Industries' December quarter net profit dipped by 4.5 per cent to Rs 5,256 crore, its first profit decline in nine quarters, after a steep fallin crude oil prices hurt core refining business and margins. (Graph: PTI)

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   Country's third largest private sector lender Axis Bank today posted 18.4 per cent increase in December quarter net profit at Rs 1,899.76 crore, up from Rs 1,604.11 crore a year-ago, on the back of a massive jump in treasury income. (Graph: PTI)

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   Housing finance company Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) today reported a 15 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 160 crore in the October-December quarter of this fiscal compared to that of Rs 138 crore in the same period a year ago. (Graph: PTI)

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   IT services major Wipro reported an 8 per cent growth in its consolidated net profit to Rs 2,192.8 crore in the December quarter, helped by growth in healthcare and infrastructure services business. (Graph: PTI)

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   Indian rupee through the day against US dollar. The Indian rupee today appreciated for the second straight session and rose 19 paise to log its over one-month closing high of 61.87 against the Greenback following sustained dollar selling by exporters and capital inflows in local shares. Graph: PTI

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   Indian rupee vs US dollar. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit commenced slightly lower at 62.08 a dollar from previous close of 62.06. It then declined further to a low of 62.20 on some hesitancy in local equities in early trade. Graph: PTI

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   BSE Sensex Intraday Movement. The benchmark Sensex today rose over 46 points to end at 28,121.89 on buying in blue-chips of consumer durable, pharma and power sectors and logged its best weekly gain in over two months. Graph: PTI

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   BSE Sensex: Top Gainers, Top Losers. Similarly, the NSE Nifty index inched up by 19.65 points, or 0.23 per cent, to close above the 8,500-mark at 8,513.80. In a session of consolidation, indices built on the Thursday's rally, the biggest single-day gain in over five years, even though global cues were weak. Graph: PTI

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    BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty throughout the day. Decline in the country's trade deficit to 10-month low in December and the surprise rate cut by RBI kept sentiments buoyant. Good buying by foreign funds also gave support as FPIs bought shares worth Rs 1,738.24 crore yesterday as per provisional data with stock exchanges. Graph: PTI

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    Gold and silver prices. Gold prices finished slightly weak today after retreating from its three-month high at bullion market here due to lack of buying interest at existing levels amid caution in the face of sharp global volatility. Graph: PTI