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Podcast: MarketBuzz
Episode: Marketbuzz Podcast with Ekta Batra: Nifty 50 looks to hold 19,700, HDFC Bank, Jio Financial in focus
Description: Indian benchmark indices — Sensex and Nifty 50 — are likely to start the trading session of October 17 in green with HDFC Bank and Jio Financial in focus a day after the companies reported their September quarter earnings.
In the previous session on October 16, the markets ended flat after a range-bound session and the Nifty 50 held on to 19,700. The Nifty bank slipped around 52 points but the broader markets did better with the mid-cap index rising around 70 points.
It was a record closing low for the rupee in the previous trading session.
Meanwhile, Brent crude has stabilised at arou...