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Notwithstanding the Diwali flourish at Indian bourses, it was more of an upward technical correction, and although the foreign institutional investors (FII) buying figures have turned positive, it is not wholly unlikely that the stock market will witness one more dunk before the millennium is out.

All that glitters could well be stainless steel this festive season
Diwali heralded a sparkling `Samvat' (fiscal) for the stainless steel industry, which had seen prices bottoming out slowly over the last two years.

HK stocks close up more than 2%
Hong Kong stocks closed sharply higher on Wednesday, helped by a rally in Japan, optimism about Sino-US talks on China's bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and generally improved sentiment.


  Nikkei closes at 26-month high


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