(Corrects company name to say “Bharti Infratel”, not “Bharti Airtel”, in third bullet and related stock move in bullet four)
** Shares of SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd up as much as 4.3% to 889.80 rupees, and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd up as much as 4.6% to a record high of 3,335 rupees
** Life insurance provider SBIL and active pharmaceutical ingredient maker DIVI to be included in blue-chip Nifty 50 index effective Sept. 25 (bit.ly/2YmW5Cn)
** Cos will replace telecom tower operator Bharti Infratel Ltd and media company Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd
** BHRI down as much as 0.9% to 197.50 rupees and ZEE down as much as 4.9% to 189.75 in upbeat broader Mumbai market
** Up to Thursday’s close, SBIL had fallen 11.3% YTD while DIVI had risen 72.8% (Reporting by Anuron Kumar Mitra in Bengaluru)
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