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Indices witnessed a good rally towards the end as Nifty gained over 100 points to close at 17,800. The benchmark index surged a per cent while Sensex jumped 659 points.

On Wednesday, the benchmark indices recovered in the afternoon session but closed lower towards the end of the trading session.

Sensex traded with minor gains of 49 points at 54,941 at 10.52 am.

On Friday, the benchmark indices ended marginally lower after making a cheerful start with Sensex opening 500 points on the upside. Amid the volatile session, Sensex dipped more than 600 points from the day's high to settle 49 points lower at 55,769.23 level while Nifty50 lost 44 points to end at 16,584 level.

At noon on Thursday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex and Nifty 50 fell sharply as the global markets took a deep plunge after the earnings results of corporates like Target and Walmart failed to meet expectations by a large margin