The rupee had ended 13 paise higher at 60.92 against the greenback in Wednesday's trade following sustained dollar selling by exporters.
The rupee bounced back by 26 paise to end at 59.93 against the American currency on Friday as exporters and some banks sold dollars.
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Large urban co-operative banks may come to be solely under the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, even as the smaller among them are to remain within the exclusive fold of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies. The upcoming changes will bring the curtains down on the vexed issue of dual control of UCBs, which has been in vogue for 54 years. The new framework will affect 1,551 UCBs in the country, which had a total business of Rs 7.36 trillion.
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The penalty was levied in connection with deficiencies and lapses in the operation and maintenance of the currency chest at the Secunderabad branch of SBI, it said. Last month, the RBI had imposed a penalty of Rs 3 crore (Rs 30 million) on SBI for violating know your customer/anti-money laundering norms.
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Forex dealers said besides dollar's gains against other currencies, increased demand for the American unit from importers put pressure on the rupee, but a higher opening in the domestic equity market limited the losses.
In New York market, the dollar was little changed against major rivals yesterday as investors continued to comb through economic data and speeches from central bank officials to get a better sense of when the Federal Reserve could begin to raise interest rates.
The rupee was largely rangebound for most of the trading day in the absence of any major cues ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's rate-setting meeting next week.
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One of the three men killed along with Ishrat Jahan had told THE Gujarat police prior to the alleged fake encounter that he planned to commit terrorist act in Ahmedabad but the Central Bureau of Investigation found "no evidence" that they had come here "to kill" Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the agency has said in its charge sheet in the 2004 case.
While consumer electronics, technology, mobile phones, auto and sports-wear categories dominate the top 20, FMCG has only one entry in the list
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Profit taking in index heavweights RIL and HDFC weighed on sentiment while ICICI Bank surged 7%.
Shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank on Friday surged nearly 9 per cent after the private sector lender announced the acquisition of ING Vysya Bank in an all-stock deal valued at Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion).
From zeroing in on the best means for stake dilution to moving beyond microfinance, Bandhan navigates a tough path. Namrata Acharya reports.
Experts said equity raising was also hampered due to flight of capital from foreign investors. FIIs have sold more $500 million (Rs 3,200 crore) in October.
Ashok Leyland, ITD Cementation India have more than doubled.
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The reason is believed to be a 19% increase in interest cost.
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Growth in India's gross domestic product for the June quarter of 2013-14, as well as for the entire 2014-15, was 4.7%.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
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Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Infosys, Cipla, NTPC, ITC and Lupin
At the prison, both Ranjan and Manglik's cell phones were pressed into service by the CBI. Why the CBI didn't bring its own equipment seems a mystery... Ranjan's cell handset was given to Indrani and Manglik dialed it. Indrani then spoke and her speech, that emanated from the phone, via speaker mode, was recorded.
The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices during this period have outperformed the blue-chip indices.
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Pushpal Shinde now earns some Rs 50,000 a month.
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About 80 per cent of the companies that are registered are essentially non-IT.
The WPI inflation stood at negative 2.4% in May 2015, compared with a negative 2.65% in April 2015.
Asia has opened largely in the green ahead of a raft of Chinese data due during the day.
Many people struggle to claim or liquidate investments and insurance policies due to procedural issues.
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