The benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty pared some of their sharp early gains after noon on Friday, amid weak global cues.
The Sensex had jumped 591.55 points or 0.79 percnt to 74,742.59 in early trade. The Nifty climbed to 23,118.10, up 181.35 points or 0.79 percent.
At around 2:30 p.m., the Sensex was up 395.51 points or 0.53 percent at 74,546.55, while the broader Nifty traded at 23,062.30, up 125.55 points or 0.55 percent.
1) Weak global cues: Asian markets were down, with South Korea's Kospi falling up to 4 percent and Shanghai's SSE Composite index declining 1.5 percent. Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped more than 2 percent.
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