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Currency futures posts record volumes
The domestic exchange traded currency futures on Wednesday witnessed the highest turnover since its launch last year. The combined turnover on the MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the two exchanges where currency futures are traded, was a record Rs 29,194 crore.

Markets continue to trade firm
The markets have held on to their gains in the past one hour. The Sensex is quoting at 17,239, up 108 points, and the Nifty is at 5,122, up 32 points.

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In talks with Nepal govt to break IOC supply monopoly
Essar Oil has approached the Nepal government for supplying petroleum products. If the proposal is accepted, it will break the monopoly of Indian Oil Corporation, which retails petroleum products in the land-locked country along with the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC). Nepal is not a very big market and is estimated have an annual demand of 720,000 tonnes of diesel and 1,40,000 tonnes of petrol. Essar currently supplies only small quantities of fuel oil to Nepal.
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BoB to open 5 more new branches abroad

Bank of Baroda (BoB) would open five new branches in Uganda, Trinidad and Malasiya during 2009-10, a top bank’s official said today. - BoB to open five more new branches abroad, recruit 3,000 - Land Rover to make inroads into India"s defence deals - Bank of Baroda eyeing Rs 4.25 lakh cr turnover this fiscal - Jindal supporters form political action committee for prez bid - Three financial giants interested to buy UTI AMC"s 26% stake - Rabo's banking foray decision Besides, BoB had opened four new branches in Guanghou (China), electronic banking unit at Mussaffah (UAE) and branches of subsidiaries at Kawempe (Uaganda) and Nakuru during 2008-09, BoB chairman and managing director M D Mallya said. Mallya said Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank will also float a joint venture for opening a branch in New Zealand. The bank has 36 million customers in 25 countries. Mallya was in the city today to attend the 13th annual general meeting of the bank, where he declared 90 per cent dividend for the shareholders. The bank implemented Core Banking Solution (CBS) at all the overseas centre except New York and Brussels in order to take maximum advantage of the state of art technology and provide quality products and services to the customers at a competitive prices, Mallya said. Talking about the banks business plan for 2009-10, he said, the bank would continue to perform with thrust on growth with quality by focusing on low-cost deposits and prudent management cost of resources and by making every possible effort to protect the asset quality with affirm control on the process of credit origination.


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