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The Indian stock market on Friday ended on a strong note, driven by fresh foreign portfolio investors buying over the past three sessions.

At the end of the trading session today, BSE Sensex was up 328.72 points or 0.40 per cent at 82,500.82, and the Nifty 50 at National Stock Exchange (NSE) was up 103.55 points or 0.41 per cent at 25,285.35.

In today’s session, sectors such as realty, energy, and consumer durables traded higher, showing strength. Stocks of the Banking and financial sector were also resilient, but profit booking was seen in sectors such as metals, IT, and midcap indices.

On the sectoral front, Nifty Realty and PSU Banks were the top two sectoral gainers, both ending up with gains of around 1.70 per cent.

On the stock front, Cipla & SBI ended up as the top

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