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Industrial production grew at a five-month low of 2.1 per cent in March even as both manufacturing activity and capital goods' offtake improved during the month.
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Retail inflation eased to four-month low of 4.87 per cent in April.
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Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has crossed a major milestone of 1.5 crore units of cumulative production in over three decades since it started selling cars in the country.
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The benchmark BSE Sensex plunged by 630 points today to below 27,000-level on across-the-board selling over concerns that key reform bills may get delayed, while weakness in global bond markets also hit sentiment. The 30-share BSE index opened in the negative zone after rallying for the last two days. A major sell-off in blue-chips dragged the index below the psychological 27,000-mark to touch a low of 26,837.39.
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The 50-issue Nifty slipped below the 8,200-level by falling 198.30 points or 2.38 per cent to close at 8,126.95. Intra-day, it moved between 8,326.65 and 8,115.30.
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Snapping its two-day rising streak, the rupee today tumbled by 32 paise to close at 64.17 on fresh dollar demand from importers and some banks ahead of the inflation data and the IIP data.
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State-owned Central Bank of India has registered a rise of 7.3 per cent in its net profit to Rs 174.29 crore for the quarter ended March 31. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 162.44 crore in the corresponding period last year.
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Union Bank of India today posted 23.34 per cent decline in its net profit at Rs 443.77 crore for the fourth quarter ended on March 31, mainly on higher provisioning of bad loans.
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Dr Reddy's Laboratories today reported a 7.73 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 518.84 crore for the quarter ended March 31 on account of robust sales.

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