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The benchmark Sensex has delivered 42
per cent return in the four years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led
National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The returns are slightly below the previous
government—Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), when Sensex had gone
up nearly 45 per cent. Among the seven governments, to have competed four
years, this is the second-worst return. The worst returns were under the Atal
Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, which had assumed office in October 1999. For
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Sajjan Jindal-owned JSW Steel has signed a deal with
Algeria's Cevital Group to buy Italy's second largest steel firm, Aferpi,
formerly known as Lucchini, for around Rs 6 billion. Aferpi has
an annual production of two million tonnes in Piombino and manufactures special
steels used in railway, automobile and earth-moving vehicles, among others.
JSW's senior officials reached Italy on Friday and signed an agreement document
at Italy's Ministry of Economic Development. JSW Steel will present the industrial
plan for Aferpi.
Oil prices
held firm on Friday on strong demand, ongoing supply cuts led by producer
cartel OPEC and looming U.S. sanctions against major crude exporter Iran. But markets remained below
multi-year highs from the previous day as surging output from the United
States is
expected to offset at least some of the shortfalls. Brent crude futures were at
$79.55 per barrel at 0651 GMT, up 25 cents, or 0.3 percent, from their last
close. Brent broke through $80 for the first time since November 2014 on
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