After a highly volatile session, stock markets ended Friday on a flat note. Even as banking and metal stocks supported the benchmarks, weak European and Asian peers continued to put pressure on investors' sentiment.
The Sensex&nbsp;ended 15 points in the green at 38,040 and the Nifty closed the day at 11,214, up 14 points.
Asian Paints, Bajaj&nbsp;Finance, UPL, Bajaj&nbsp;Finserv and IndusInd&nbsp;Bank were the top gainers. Whereas, Titan, HCL&nbsp;Tech, Infosys, Sun Pharma and M&amp;M were the top Nifty losers.
The rupee ended almost flat at 74.93 against the US dollar.

After a steep decline of over 50% in the June quarter, the India smartphone market is set for a gradual recovery in the second half as the country enters the festive season, private research firm&nbsp;IDC India said on Friday.
The online channel registered a high market share of 44.8% in June quarter but declined 39.9%&nbsp;in unit terms due to lockdown restrictions on the delivery of electronics.

Gold prices surged to a new all-time high on Friday as rising coronavirus cases and US-China tensions led to a huge&nbsp;rise in the demand for safe haven.
Gold Futures on the MCX&nbsp;touched a&nbsp;fresh&nbsp;high of ₹56,191 earlier in the session today.
Silver futures were trading at ₹76,350 per kg, after hitting a lifetime high of ₹77,949 in today's session.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic hitting global demand, exports from China have remained vigorous as medical supply exports jumped in the first half of the year.
China&rsquo;s dollar-denominated exports rose 7.2% while imports fell 1.4% in July from a year ago, data from the country&rsquo;s General Administration of Customs showed on Friday.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected China&rsquo;s dollar-denominated exports to fall by 0.2% year-on-year, while imports were predicted to have risen 1%.
In June,&nbsp;China&rsquo;s dollar-denominated exports posted a rise of 0.5% and imports rose 2.7%.

Two-wheeler industry unit sales are now likely to decline between 16 and 18% to around 17 million units in FY21, ICRA Ratings has said.
The rating agency had earlier estimated a decline of 11-13% but revised the forecast considering the Covid-19 demand-supply disruptions, looming income uncertainties and increased cost of ownership of BS-VI vehicles.
Accordingly, ICRA expects two-wheeler manufacturers to brace for another year of lower earnings and a decline in average operating margins by 150-200 basis points.

US markets surged on Thursday with Nasdaq&nbsp;Composite&nbsp;index closing above 11,000 level for the first time ever, bolstered by strong gains in tech companies.
The Dow Jones rose 185 points, the S&amp;P climbed 0.64% and the Nasdaq&nbsp;advanced 1% to close at record 11,108.
The FAANG&nbsp;group or the major US tech giants, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix&nbsp;and Google, posted strong gains.&nbsp;

Equities fell in the opening session on Friday led by IT and banking stocks. Asian markets also saw a sharp drop in the morning trade.
At 9:25 am, the Sensex was over 100 points in the red at 37,920 and the Nifty was at 11,171, down 0.25%.
HCL Tech, Infosys, HDFC&nbsp;Bank, Tata&nbsp;Steel and Hindalco&nbsp;were the top Nifty losers.
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Tech giant Facebook has announced that it is extending its work from home policy, to allow its employees to voluntarily work remotely, until July next year.
According to a Facebook spokesperson, the decision has been taken based on guidance from health and government experts in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The company will grant an additional $1,000 for the employees' home-office needs.
The move follows similar announcements by Google and Twitter, among other companies. Facebook expects to have nearly half of its workforce working remotely in the next 5-10 years.

Indian equities surged on Thursday to in the green as IT, metal and pharma&nbsp;stocks rallied. Positive commentary by the central bank governor Shaktikanta&nbsp;Das&nbsp;also lifted the sentiment.
The Sensex&nbsp;closed 362 points higher above 38,000-level and the Nifty jumped 0.89% to end the session at 11,200.
Tata&nbsp;Steel, Infosys, GAIL, Bajaj&nbsp;Finance and UPL were the top gainers.
The rupee settled for the day on a flat note at 74.94 against US dollar.

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday added additional shine to gold ornaments and jewellery by allowing banks to give loans up to 90% of the value of such items pledged by borrowers.
At present, loans sanctioned by banks against pledge of gold ornaments and jewellery is up to 75% of the value of such items.&nbsp;The enhanced loan-to-value ratio will be applicable up to March 31, 2021.
The additional loan against jewellery is expected to mitigate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on households, entrepreneurs and small businesses and help them tide over their temporary liquidity mismatches.
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TikTok has announced its plans to build a $500m data centre in Ireland.
It will store videos, messages and other data generated by European users from the short-form video-sharing app.
Until now all of its users' records were stored in the US, with a back-up copy held in Singapore.
The move comes at a time when President Trump has threatened to ban the app in the US on the grounds of its Chinese ownership which makes it a national security risk.
TikTok's&nbsp;parent company Bytedance&nbsp;is in talks to sell its US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand operations to Microsoft.

Bharti Airtel&nbsp;and Amazon Web Services&nbsp;will join forces to develop the Indian telecom&nbsp;firm&rsquo;s cloud business, allowing it to offer a wider range of products to its enterprise clients, the two companies said on Wednesday.
Airtel Cloud currently provides data centre and cloud services to companies and governments via different partnerships.
The tie up with Bharti will offer Amazon&rsquo;s web services business direct access to the Indian firm&rsquo;s more than 2,500 large enterprise customers and over a million emerging businesses.

The Reserve Bank of India has&nbsp;decided that stressed MSME borrowers will be made eligible for restructuring their debt under the existing framework, provided their accounts with the concerned lender were classified as standard as on March 1, 2020. This restructuring will have to be implemented by March 31, 2021.
A restructuring framework for MSMEs that were in default but &lsquo;standard&rsquo; as on January 1, 2020 is already in place. The scheme has provided relief to a large number of MSMEs.&nbsp;

The central bank on Thursday announced that an additional special liquidity facility of ₹10,000 crore will be provided at the policy repo rate.
This will consist of ₹5,000 crore to the National Housing Bank to shield the housing sector from liquidity disruptions and augment the flow of finance to the sector through housing finance companies.
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will get&nbsp;₹5,000 crore&nbsp;to ease the stress being faced by smaller NBFCs&nbsp;and micro-finance institutions.

The central bank's&nbsp;Monetary Policy Committee led by RBI Governor Shaktikantha Das&nbsp;on Thursday announced to&nbsp;leave the repo rate unchanged at 4%. The reverse&nbsp;repo rate also remained unchanged at 3.3%.
The Committee has maintained its accommodative stance. While space for further monetary policy action is available it is important to use it judicially to maximise the beneficial effects on the underlying economy, Das said
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Ratan Tata has filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court rebutting claims made by Cyrus Mistry and accusing the latter of &ldquo;creating a smokescreen of oppression and mismanagement.&rdquo;
In his petition, Tata said Cyrus&rsquo; case was &ldquo;essentially about personal grievance for&nbsp;loss of office,&rdquo; said a&nbsp;report&nbsp;by Hindu BusinessLine.
Ratan Tata&nbsp;cited the surge in the shareholding value of Cyrus Mistry's family in Tata Sons to counter Mistry's allegations of oppression of minority shareholders in the group.

The revenue of mall operators is set to halve this fiscal due to the Covid-19 pandemic-driven lockdowns, rating agency Crisil said on Wednesday.
Much of the impact on mall revenue is because multiplexes, food courts, restaurants and gaming zones have not yet opened in many locations as per government orders.
For the other categories, such as apparel, cosmetics, electronics, and bookstores, which contribute 75% of mall revenues, consumption is still low at 30-35% of previous years' numbers, the report said.

Stock markets fell from the day's highs to end almost flat on Wednesday as heavyweights HDFC&nbsp;Bank and Reliance turned negative even as metal and auto stocks posted a strong&nbsp;rally.
The Sensex&nbsp;fell almost 480 points from the day's high to end at 37,663, down 24 points. Nifty closed at 11,101 after surging to 11,225 during the trading session.
UPL, HDFC&nbsp;Life, Powergrid, HDFC&nbsp;Bank and Wipro&nbsp;were the top five Nifty losers. Whereas, Hindalco, Tata&nbsp;Steel, Eicher&nbsp;Motors, Adani&nbsp;Ports and Tata&nbsp;Motors were the key index supporters.
The rupee settled with gains of 10 paise at 74.94 against the US dollar.

India&rsquo;s largest private-sector mortgage financier HDFC&nbsp;may launch a ₹14,000 crore&nbsp;worth qualified institutional placement on Wednesday as it looks to strengthen its balance-sheet and scout for Mergers and acquisitions opportunities in the Covid-19 era, as per a Moneycontrol&nbsp;report.
The hybrid fundraising&nbsp;program&nbsp;includes&nbsp;₹10,000 crore of non-convertible debentures (NCD) plus warrants and ₹4,000 crore of warrants, Economic Times reported. While the Moneycontrol&nbsp;report mentioned that ₹10,000 crore&nbsp;would be raised via equity.
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Indian equities posted strong gains on Tuesday as benchmark indices&nbsp;ended 2% higher, led by index-heavyweights Reliance and HDFC&nbsp;Bank.
The Sensex&nbsp;surged 748 points and the Nifty rallied 1.94% to end the day above 11,100.
Reliance spiked over 7% followed by Zee, HDFC&nbsp;Bank, JSW&nbsp;Steel and Maruti.
Asian markets were in the green while European bourses&nbsp;were mixed.
The rupee pared some of its initial losses and settled 3 paise down at 75.04 against the US dollar.

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