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Among stock-specific action, speciality chemical players and infrastructure themes remained in demand. On the other hand, investors continued to book profits in the recent gainers. There was not much negative new flow.

The Nifty Realty index closed 0.73 per cent up at 377.25.

Revenue from operations stood at Rs 285.39 crore in the quarter under consideration. It was Rs 201.15 crore in the year-ago period, it added.

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, nickel contracts for the September delivery traded lower by 20 paise, or 0.01 per cent, to Rs 1,410.50 per kg with a business turnover of 1,772 lots.

“After a very long period of time, I see a very high level of business confidence amongst corporate CEOs and they sound very optimistic on the outlook for their business over the next two to three years.”

On the technical charts, the RSI of the stock stood at 40.72.

Wesfarmers dropped 2.8% after it flagged a gloomy start to fiscal 2022, even as it announced a surprise A$2.3 billion ($1.66 billion) buyback.

The Shanghai Composite Index logged a weekly gain of 2.8%, the biggest in three months, while the CSI300 index finished up 1.2% for the week.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.2% in early trading, with travel & leisure and banks leading declines after gaining for much of the week.

Promoters held 51.6 per cent stake in the company as of 30-Jun-2021, while FII and DII ownership stood at 18.85 per cent and 17.93 per cent, respectively.