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As long as Nifty does not close above 11765 and sustains there for at least two days, we do not expect Nifty to post any runaway rise. Meanwhile, on the downside, immediate support is seen around the levels of 11,660, followed by 11,550. Stocks in news: IRCON, Tata Motors, JSW Steel, HDFC Life Insurance, Persistent Systems, Grasim Industries.

The Finance Ministry warning of lower GDP in Q4FY19 to be an overhang on the domestic markets on Friday. Also, in overnight trade, the US markets continued to be under pressure and in early trade cues from Asian peers are negative. Hence, we expect a dull start to the day. At the time of writing, SGX Nifty was trading 11 points lower at 11,744.

Dabur India published a positive set of results for the financial year ended March 31, 2019. The consolidated revenues stood at Rs. 8,533 crore in FY19 as against Rs. 7,748 crore in FY18, posting a YoY growth of 10.1 per cent. Consequently, net profit rose 6.5 per cent to Rs. 1,446 crore in FY19 from Rs. 1,358 crore in FY18.

The board of Mold-Tek Packaging declared an interim dividend at the rate of 40 per cent, amounting to Rs. 2 per equity share.

The company's Q4FY19 PAT was down 12.5 per cent at Rs. 92.8 crore as against Rs. 106 crore in Q4FY18. Reacting to this, the stock dipped more than 7 per cent during intraday trade on Thursday.