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Stocks and bonds lost steam on the eve of the US jobs report that will help shape the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s next steps, Bloomberg said. The S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq 100 fell 0.14% and 0.

19%, respectively, as of 12:18 p.m. New York time.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.05%. Brent crude was trading 2.

04% higher at $80.01 a barrel. Gold jumped 0.

81% to $2,374.31 an ounce. Indian benchmark equity indices extended their recovery for a second consecutive session after the steep fall they witnessed on the counting day.

The Nifty closed around 400 points lower than its highest ever close on Monday and the Sensex was nearly 1,400 points below its highest close. The Nifty closed 231.40 points higher, or 1.

02%, at 22,851.75, and the Sensex ended 692.27 points up, or 0.

93%, at 75,074.51. Overseas investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities on Thursday for the third consecutive session.

Foreign portfolio investors offloaded stocks worth Rs 6,867.7 crore, while domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the second straight session and bought equities worth Rs 3,718.4 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.

The Indian currency weakened 10 paise to close at 83.47 against the US dollar. ICICI Bank: SEBI has issued an administrative warning to the bank regarding the outreach by bank employees to influence votes for delisting equity shares of ICICI Securities.

Hero MotoCorp: India’s largest two-wheeler maker picked up an a.

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