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So still the trend is weak and sell-on-rise is the strategy. 17300 is the stop-loss for Nifty. For Bank Nifty 40000 is the key level on the higher side if any pullback comes in the coming trading sessions.

“The company wishes to update that it has now ceased negotiations with Bisleri with regard to a potential transaction and to confirm that the company has not entered into any definitive agreement or binding commitment on this matter,” TCPL said in a stock exchange filing on Friday.

Rajesh Gopinathan, the outgoing CEO of TCS, said he would “continue to have a great relationship” with Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, irrespective of whether “I am with the group or outside of it”, in an emphatic dismissal of all speculation surrounding his unexpected resignation on Thursday.

Rajesh Gopinathan’s resignation came as a surprise, given that he was just over a year into his second five-year term as MD and CEO.

The markets extended a risk rally on Wall Street on Friday to end a tumultuous week that saw a brewing banking crisis send bond yields plunging while market participants sharply lowered expectations of future interest rate hikes in Western economies. The European Central Bank (ECB) delivered an inflation-fighting 50 basis point rate hike in line with oft-repeated guidance, with sentiment buttressed by the Swiss National Bank’s massive support for Credit Suisse Group AG, which sent the troubled lender’s shares 20% higher.

The investment may be followed by another promoter funding round, apart from a much larger debt-raise, sources added. It is likely to be used for purchase of 5G telecom gear as Voda Idea has not yet proceeded with deployment of the high-speed network even as Reliance Jio and Airtel have started offering consumer services.

The dollar slipped on Friday as risk sentiment improved after authorities and banks moved to ease stress on the financial system in major markets. This calmed the markets and allowed for the Aussie and kiwi to rise. The $30 billion rescue package put together by top power brokers from the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, and banks followed Credit Suisse’s announcement earlier on Thursday that it would borrow up to $54 billion from the Swiss National Bank. This implosion of U.S.

“The Fed has a very difficult policy decision to make at next week’s meeting,” said Paul Ashworth, chief North America economist at Capital Economics, which for now still leans towards the Fed raising interest rates by a quarter percentage point. “It is a very close call… the risk of a full-blown contagion remains, and a lot can happen in the week until the announcement.”