Mumbai: The Indian rupee on Friday strengthened marginally against the US dollar tracking gains in the local equity and Asian currencies market.

The rupee closed at 64.32 a dollar, up 0.17% from its Thursday’s close of 64.43. The rupee opened at 64.39 a dollar and touched a high and a low of 64.30 and 64.40, respectively.

New Delhi: German luxury carmaker Mercedes- Benz today launched AMG GLC 43 Coupe in India priced at Rs74.8 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

“This new SUV Coupe is going to be a key addition to our 43 AMG line and will be instrumental in further popularising the 43 AMG range to a new customer base,” Mercedes-Benz India managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) Roland Folger told reporters here.

Markets regulator Sebi has asked MCX Biz Solutions and its proprietor Syed Sadaq to return the money collected from investors after finding them guilty of duping investors through false documents. Besides, they have been barred from the securities markets for 10 years. Sebi said the company allegedly solicited money from investors promising huge returns while using fake and forged broker registration documents and a name similar to that of an exchange group. The entity has no relation to the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). The entities had also made representations and statements on their website about their activities in securities market in an “entirely untruthful manner”.

Hinduja flagship firm Ashok Leyland today reported a standalone net profit of Rs 111.23 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2017. The commercial vehicles maker had reported a net profit at Rs 290.78 crore in the April-June quarter of the previous fiscal, Ashok Leyland said in a BSE filing. The company said the results of the quarter are not comparable as it includes the financials of Hinduja Foundries Ltd, which was merged with it effective October 1, 2016. Ashok Leyland said the profitability of the quarter was lower primarily because of a richer mix and exchange gain on swap contracts in the first quarter of last year.

Bank of Baroda has entered into an agreement with Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal (DGS&D) for extending various banking services to Government e-Marketplace (GeM). DGS&D has been mandated to set up GeM, an initiative intended to bring greater transparency and efficiency in public procurements, BoB said in a statement today. The relationship of the bank with GeM will immensely benefit all stakeholders and ensure a support system including a dedicated team for seamless functioning of the portal, it said.

Shares of telecom companies dived on Friday after Mukesh Ambani launched the JioPhone at the Reliance Industries Annual General Meeting 2017. Following the possible threat from the mobile business disruptor Reliance Jio, investors sentiment soured as there may be possibilities that the new JioPhone may dent the businesses of the existing telecom and cable TV operators. The most valuable telecom company as of now, Bharti Airtel slipped nearly 4% just after the announcement to the day’s low of Rs 403 while Idea Cellular fell as much as 7.01% to Rs 88.2 on BSE.

The benchmark Sensex rallied over 131 points above the 32,000-mark on Friday as Reliance Industries reported its highest quarterly earnings.

The numbers came in after market hours on Thursday.

Besides, better-than-estimated results by Wipro gave investors more confidence.

Microsoft Corp reported a quarterly profit that more than doubled, helped by a tax benefit and strong growth in its cloud business.

The company's net income rose to $6.51 billion, or 83 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended June 30 from $3.12 billion, or 39 cents per share, a year earlier.

The organised retail business of Reliance Industries (RIL) posted Rs 398-crore profit before depreciation, interest and taxes (PBDIT) at Rs 398 crore in the quarter ended June, a 66 per cent annual jump at the back of record sales growth of 73.6 per cent to Rs 11,571 crore in the period.

The company said the increase in revenue was led by growth across all consumption baskets. The company included its fuel retail outlet to retail operations in the June quarter last year and numbers are comparable year to year.

With companies in the information technology (IT) realigning and reskilling their workforce to address a changing requirement, Nasscom, the apex association of companies here, has said it would look at bringing norms related to human resource (HR) issues, if needed.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an HR meet organised by Nasscom here, R Chandrashekhar, president, said: "We would not want that anyone should lose their job at all. But, given the circumstances, some of these cases will come up. We believe that companies have to handle this issue with sensitivity, transparency and with agility."

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