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RPT-Indian stock, fx, bond markets closed for holiday

Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:06pm EDT

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MUMBAI, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Indian stock, bond and currency markets are closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday. Trading resumes on Monday.

On Thursday, the 30-share BSE index .BSESN fell 2.44 percent to 14,724.18 points. See [.BO]

The partially convertible rupee INR=IN ended at 43.01/02 per dollar on Thursday. It closed at 42.65/66 on Wednesday. [INR/].

The 10-year federal bond yield IN082418G=CC ended at 9.14 percent, up from 9.09 percent on Wednesday. (Reporting by Narayanan Somasundaram; Editing by Charlotte Cooper)



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