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The Indian rupee closed 12 paise higher at 82.05 (provisional) against the US dollar on 19 July, boosted by the performance of domestic equity benchmarks, which reached all-time highs, and weakness in the greenback. Forex traders said the currency also benefited from steady foreign fund inflows into domestic markets.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.77 per cent up at 14053.7.

The order win is for the development of a 100.8 MW wind power project, where Suzlon will install 48 wind turbine generators (WTGs) of their S120 – 2.1 MW with a hybrid lattice tubular tower at Velliyanani Phase II in Tamil Nadu.

Trading in gold above the $1950 mark has been largely lacklustre. Total ETF gold holdings continue to fall. Total holdings in July have fallen by 0.46 million troy ounces so far. ETF Holdings have fallen 1.69 million troy ounces since the beginning of the year.

HDFC Bank shares, which crossed the $100-billion market valuation on Monday, gained 2% to Rs 1,678.90 following its robust set of quarterly numbers. This is the first quarterly earnings of the merged entity of the bank and parent HDFC Ltd.

Yes I see that a lot of parents are aware now and we all are getting and the kind of society we are now living in, I think they are very aware. And thanks to all the calls that we get from all the banks who are always telling us you know some scheme or the other, so yes we all are very-very equally participant in that.

A total of 2,595 shares changed hands on the counter till 01:46PM (IST).

The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 615.55 and a 52-week low of Rs 380.95.

​Going forward, we do believe they will benefit from the combined entity given both the companies have limited overlap. TrueSense, which will be part of the promoter group has a primary customer base in the US and Europe where Route has hardly any presence.

In the latest MF analysis, ETMarkets has discovered 13 stocks where more than 10 mutual fund schemes reduced their holding in June compared to May.