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India Hot Stocks: Patni Computer climbs on stake sale report

Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:30am IST
 
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MUMBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The following stocks were on the move at the BSE on Thursday.

At 10:25 a.m., the benchmark 30-share BSE index .BSESN was down 1.6 percent at 15,657.16 points.

The 50-share National Stock Exchange Index .NSEI was down 1.47 percent at 4,641.7 points.

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* Patni Computer Systems Ltd (PTNI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) rose as much as 5.12 percent to 480.35 rupees on a Financial Express newspaper report that the outsourcing unit of engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro (LART.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in software firm, two dealers said. [nBOM460442]

Shares were up 4.21 percent to 476.2 rupees.

(10.24 a.m.)

(nandita.bose@thomsonreuters.com)  Continued...

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