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Indian shares rise 0.5 pct; banks, Rel Comm lead Friday, 16 May 2008

MUMBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Indian shares rose 0.47 percent on Friday to their highest close in nearly two weeks, led by banks and second-ranked mobile firm Reliance Communications and showing little discomfort at inflation nearing 8 percent. Full Article

BSESN

17,434.94 +81.40 +0.47%

NSEI

5,157.70 +42.45 +0.83%

NSMIDCP

8,910.55 +160.30 +1.83%

Markets

BSE Gainers

Symb	Last	Change	Chg %
CAMB.BO	57.60	+9.60	+20.00
TPL.BO	19.20	+3.20	+20.00
ASSC.BO	47.00	+7.80	+19.90

Data as of Sat May 17, 2008 9:52am IST.

Symb	Last	Change	Chg %
MANE.BO	421.00	-29.75	-6.60
MSFT.BO	79.85	-5.30	-6.22
CAML.BO	167.65	-10.30	-5.79

Data as of Sat May 17, 2008 9:52am IST.

Symb	4 wk rating change	Current mean rating
PLPH.BO	3.00 to 1.00	Buy
BINC.BO	3.00 to 2.00	Outperform
DSTV.BO	3.00 to 2.00	Outperform

Symb	4 wk rating change	Current mean rating
CBI.BO	3.00 to 5.00	Sell
HOVS.BO	1.00 to 3.00	Hold
ICI.BO	1.00 to 3.00	Hold

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All Indian Indices

Data as of 17 May 2008. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Symb	Index	Time	Last	Chg	Chg %
.BSESN	Bombay SE Sensitive Index	16 May 2008	17,434.94	+81.40	+0.47%
.BSEMC	BSE Mid-Cap Index	16 May 2008	7,129.70	+49.45	+0.70%
.BSE100	BSE 100 Index	16 May 2008	9,227.28	+74.65	+0.82%
.BSESC	BSE Small-Cap Index	16 May 2008	8,620.26	+73.85	+0.86%
.NSEI	S&P CNX Nifty Index - NSE	16 May 2008	5,157.70	+42.45	+0.83%
.CNXMDCP	CNX Midcap Index - NSE	16 May 2008	6,952.70	+56.60	+0.82%
.CRSLDX	S&P CNX 500 Index - NSE	16 May 2008	4,198.10	+38.80	+0.93%
.NSMIDCP	CNX Nifty Junior Index - NSE	14 May 2008	8,910.55	+160.30	+1.83%