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MUMBAI: Indian markets were moving in a narrow range after a positive start. According to analysts, indices may react to IIP data for January which is scheduled later today.

“There is no great feeling in the market as we stare at another soft opening. The global markets appear inconclusive. Looks like investors are on a ‘wait-n-watch’ mode and appear to be reluctant in taking major bets immediately. The Nifty is expected to remain stuck in the 5100-5150 range and the next hurdle is near the 5200. Fresh selling could take it as low as 5030-5050.

Inflation numbers showed a spike in fuel price. A possible trigger later in the day would be the IIP numbers,” said India Infoline report.

At 10:20 am, National Stock Exchange’s Nifty was at 5150.45, up 17.05 points or 0.33 per cent. The index touched a high of 5158.10 and low of 5131.80.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was at 17217.08, up 49.12 points or 0.29 per cent. The 30-share index hit a high of 17244.54 and low of 17176.02.

“Indices are expected to open on a flat-to-positive note in response to flattish global indices. Traders are advised to trade long in Nifty above 5150 levels else from 5130 levels with stop loss placed at 5090 for targets of 5180-5185 levels. Alternatively, trade short in Nifty if it fails to breach past 5185 levels with stop loss placed at 5200 levels targeting lower supports,” said Karvy Stock Broking note.

BSE Midcap Index was up 0.41 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index gained 0.64 per cent.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Oil&gas Index advanced 1 per cent, BSE Auto Index moved 0.65 per cent higher and BSE Realty Index edged 0.64 per cent higher. BSE IT Index slipped 0.22 per cent.

M&M (2.10%), Cairn India (1.77%), Hindalco Industries (1.56%), IDFC (1.53%) and Siemens (1.46%) were amongst the top Nifty gainers.

Losers included Hindustan Unilever (-1.38%), HDFC Bank (-0.83%), IDEA (-0.83%), ABB (-0.71%) and NTPC (-0.67%).

Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1383 gainers and 973 losers.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 8.31 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 10,559.02. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 1.83 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 1,143.78. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 4.02 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 2,354.93.

Asian stocks, however, headed higher Friday on speculation that Japan’s central bank will loosen monetary policies. The Nikkei gained 0.71 per cent, Hang Seng slipped 0.08 per cent and Taiwan Weighted slipped 0.11 per cent.
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Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, who was Thursday appointed as the goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS in India, will create awareness against AIDS along with the members of her Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab.

"All our players will sport red ribbons during their matches. In our first match against Delhi Daredevils, we will take an HIV positive person to the toss to convey our message against stigma and discrimination," Preity said here.

"Me and my team will produce a short commercial to spread awareness against the disease. I will be there, our captain Kumar Sangakkara and other players will also be there," she added.

Besides, Kings XI Punjab will donate 25 percent of the profit they will earn from selling their merchandise to UNAIDS, which will decide its usage for the betterment of HIV positive people.

On being appointed goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS, Preity said: "I have done many roles. This one is different. I am very happy."

"All human beings, wherever we are, have the basic right to be happy and healthy. I see this as a great opportunity to bring the realities faced by people living with HIV to the forefront and to call for attention to the injustices faced by them," she said.

Preity will work to create awareness on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, with an emphasis on women, children and oppressed classes, the UN body said.

"Goodwill ambassadors are celebrities with a demonstrated commitment to improving the lives of people living with HIV. Highly talented in their own right, they all share an ability to bring issues to global attention, to galvanize support from the public and leading decision makers, and to raise urgently needed support and attention for vital UN programmes," Charles Gilks, country coordinator, UNAIDS, said.

"I am very pleased to appoint Preity Zinta as UNAIDS' special representative," Gilks added.

India is home to at least 2.3 million HIV positive people.
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d up and just started shooting."

Keevill added: "We have layers of security and it worked. He never got inside the building to hu

A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at a security checkpoint into the Pentagon in a point-blank attack that wounded two police officers before the suspect was fatally shot.

The two officers suffered grazing wounds and were being treated in a hospital after the Thursday (Friday NZ time) shooting, said Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police. The shooter, identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, of California, died hours after being admitted to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said. They had no motive for the shooting.

The shooter walked up to the checkpoint at the Pentagon's subway entrance in an apparent attempt to get inside the massively fortified Defense Department headquarters. "He just reached in his pocket, pulled out a gun and started shooting" no more than five feet away, Keevill said. "He walked up very cool. He had no real emotion on his face." The Pentagon officers returned fire with semiautomatic weapons.

Bedell's death was confirmed on Friday by Beverly Fields, chief of staff of the Washington medical examiner's office; and Leigh Fields, medical legal investigator for the office. Both said Bedell's body had arrived at the medical examiner's office.

The assault at the very threshold of the Pentagon - the US capital's ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001 - came four months after a deadly attack on the Army's Fort Hood, Texas, post allegedly by a US Army psychiatrist with radical Islamic leanings. In the immediate aftermath Thursday, investigators did not think terrorism was involved but were not ruling that out and did not discuss possible motives.

President Barack Obama was closely following the case with updates from the FBI through his homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as John Patrick Bedell, 36. They also said they were speaking with a second man, who might have accompanied the shooter, and were running his name through databases.

The subway station is immediately adjacent to the Pentagon building, a five-sided northern Virginia colossus across the Potomac River from Washington. Since a redesign following the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, riders can no longer disembark directly into the building. Riders take a long escalator ride to the surface from the underground station, then pass through a security check outside the doors of the building, where further security awaits.


After the attack, all Pentagon entrances were secured, then all were reopened except one from the subway, said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman. He said the subway entrance was likely to remain closed overnight at least.

Keevill said the gunman gave no clue to the officers at the checkpoint about what he was going to do.

"There was no distress," he said. "When he reached into his pocket, they assumed he was going to get a pass and he came up with a gun."
"He wasn't pretending to be anyone. He was wearing a coat and walke

rt anyone."

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