INDIA
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Equity benchmark indices were flat during early hours on Friday as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das prepared to address a press conference. Reports said he could announce the continuation of liquidity support measures to support the economy in view of COVID-19 lead countrywide lockdown. At 9:55 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 34 points at 30,967 while the Nifty 50 edged higher by 2 points at 9,108. Sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were mixed with Nifty PSU bank up by 1.8 per cent. Nifty metal was down by 1.4 per cent.