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SI Reporter  | New Delhi 

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Benchmark indices pared their early morning gains but were still trading in the positive territory on Friday. 

Among headline indices, the S&P BSE Sensex was up around 100 points at 34,076.80 levels and the Nifty50 index was hovering above the 10,050 mark. Tata Steel (up 3 per cent) was the top Sensex gainer, followed by Sun Pharma and (both up 2%). Besides, Reliance Industries shot up 2 per cent after the conglomerate said that Abu-Dhabi based global investment company , Mubadala, would pick up 1.85 per cent in Jio Platforms for Rs 9,093.6 crore. READ MORE

also gained over 2 per cent amid report that Amazon.com is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in the mobile operator. READ MORE

The trend among Nifty sectoral indices was green, led by Nifty Metal index, up 2 per cent.

Results today

A total of 32 companies, including the State Bank fo India and are scheduled to announce their March quarter results today.

Analysts are positive on the net profit of the SBI, which they expect to jump on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, loan growth is seen logging a tepid growth. READ MORE

L&T is expected to report muted numbers for the quarter due to project delays and a slowdown in execution owing to Covid-19 lockdown, analysts say. READ MORE

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