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Indian benchmark indices close on positive note on Thursday

| | Mar 23, 2017, at 09:57 pm
Mumbai, Mar 23 (IBNS): The Indian market ended positive on Thursday with BSE Sensex up 164.48 points at 29332.16 and NSE Nifty up 49.80 points at 9080.25.

Key gainers included Tata Motors, GAIL, Wipro, Lupin, Yes Bank and NTPC while TCS, ITC, Bharti Airtel, HUL, HDFC Bank and Eicher Motors were the top losers.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Amendment of in the Customs and Excise Act, relating to abolition of cess and surcharges on various goods and services to facilitate implementation of GST Regime .

The Finance Bill 2017 was also passed by Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Same day, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Aadhaar may become the only identity card in future, while making it mandatory for filing of income tax returns is necessary to curb tax evasion and frauds, according to media reports.

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