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SI Reporter  | New Delhi 

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Markets continue to rally on RBI policy fillip; Sensex rises 164 points
The Indian were trading higher in Friday's volatile session, lifted by gains in public sector banks and IT stocks.

The S&P BSE Sensex rose 150 points to 34,980 levels, and the Nifty50 index hovered around the 10,350-mark. IndusInd Bank (up 4%) and Infosys (up 2%) were the top Sensex gainers. ITC was also trading 2 per cent higher ahead of its March quarter results.

The trend among Nifty sectoral indices was positive, led by Nifty IT index, up 3.3 per cent.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indexes gained over 0.8 per cent.
 
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