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Buying in select
bluechip counters such as ITC, Maruti, ICICI Bank and Infosys helped benchmark
indices to settle in the positive territory on Friday. The broader Nifty50
index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) settled at 11,643.45, up 47 points
or 0.40 per cent, with 27 constituents advancing and 23 declining. On a
weekly basis, Sensex lost 0.24 per cent while Nifty settled with 0.19 per cent
decline.
BUZZING STOCKSShares
of ITC hit over a six-month high in the intra-day trade, extending its previous
day’s 1 per cent gain, on the back of heavy volumes on the BSE. The stock ended
at Rs 305.60 apiece, up 3 per cent. Shares of SpiceJet
surged 10 per cent to Rs 111 on Friday, gaining 18 per cent in the past two
trading days after the company said it will induct 16 Boeing 737-800 NG
aircraft on dry lease. The company has applied to the Directorate General of
Civil Aviation for a no objection certificate to import the
aircraft. Shares, eventually closed at Rs 110, up nearly 9 per cent.