Business highlights

New Delhi, Dec 19 () Following are the top business stories at 1829 hours:

DEL99 BIZ-LD STOCKS Benchmarks scale fresh peaks; Yes Bank surges 7 pc Mumbai: Equity benchmarks advanced to fresh lifetime highs for the third session on the trot on Thursday, spurred by buying in energy, IT and auto counters amid persistent foreign fund inflows. DCM27 BIZ-FM-INDUSTRY MEET Industry leaders draw govt attention on ease of doing business in India New Delhi: India Inc leaders, including Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, CII President Vikram Kirloskar and Assocham President Balkrishna Goenka, on Thursday asked the government to take measures to augment ease of doing business to "create more freedom for the industry to perform".

DCM28 BIZ-NCLT-JET Expedite decision on fresh EOIs: NCLT to Jet Airways lenders Mumbai: The NCLT on Thursday directed the Committee of Creditors (CoC) of Jet Airways to expedite their decision on seeking fresh EoIs in view of new interest being shown for the grounded airline. DEL111 BIZ-LD RUPEE Rupee ends 6 paise lower against dollar on crude price rise Mumbai: The Indian rupee depreciated by 6 paise to close at 71.03 against the US dollar on Thursday as steady rise in crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment.

DCM8 BIZ-RATIONCARD Centre makes standard format for ration cards, asks states to follow it for issuing fresh cards New Delhi: The Centre has designed a standard format for ration cards as it moves ahead with 'one nation, one ration card' initiative and has asked state governments to follow the pattern while issuing fresh ration cards.

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