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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday cut its benchmark repo rate by 25 bps to 7.25 percent while maintaining the cash reserve ratio (CRR) steady at 4 percent and the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) at 21.5 percent.

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The Nifty remained extremely volatile during the week to eventually end flat at 8,433. The sharp fall at the start of the week was due to extremely low volumes, which was compensated by a sharp bounce-back at the end on very high institutional buying.

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Indian markets ended in the green for a second week, with the Nifty up about 0.80 percent, in line with global markets. Volatility continued to be the highlight but the bulls eventually triumphed with a stable positive close on Friday.

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