Nifty\, Sensex end higher on Infosys\, Bharti Airtel boost

Nifty, Sensex end higher on Infosys, Bharti Airtel boost

Reuters 

(Reuters) - Indian shares eked out a slightly positive finish on Friday, with the NSE closing above 10,800 points for the first time in 10 days, buoyed by gains in energy, IT and telecom sectors.

The broader NSE closed 0.13 percent firmer at 10,805.45, while the benchmark BSE Sensex ended 0.09 percent higher at 35,962.93.

clocked in a weekly gain of 1.05 percent, while the Sensex ended 0.81 percent firmer for the week.

The Reserve of India's board held a meeting, which was headed by the new Shaktikanta Das, and deliberated on the central bank's governance framework and decided that the matter required further examination.

closed 5.3 percent higher after a tribunal dismissed the telecom regulatory authority's order on predatory pricing.

Shares of were the biggest drag on the index, ending 2 percent weaker.

(Reporting by in Bengaluru, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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First Published: Fri, December 14 2018. 16:27 IST