Stocks to watch: Strong global cues coupled with falling crude oil prices are likely to lend strength to the Indian equity markets on Friday. At 7:01 am, the SGX Nifty quoted 17,200 levels, indicating a gap-up open of 243 points.
Globally, the US markets underwent a whipsaw trade to close higher on Thursday as investors brushed aside higher-than-estimated headline inflation data of 8.2 per cent in September. All the three-major US indices closed over 2 per cent higher.
Tracking Wall Street's rally, Asia-Pacific markets, too, cheered in Friday's trade. Key indices like Nikkei 225, Topix, S&P 200, Kosdaq, Hang Seng,

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