STOCKS ----------------------- The 30-share BSE index ended down 7.07 percent at 10,527.85 points and the 50-share NSE index ended down 6.65 percent at 3,279.95 points, their biggest weekly fall in nearly 18 years as panicky investors joined a global sell-off on recession worries, with weak industrial data adding to the gloom. Please scroll down to end of copy for more information on sectoral indices. GOVERNMENT BONDS ---------------------------------------------- The 2018 bond yield ended at 7.79 percent, from the previous close of 7.98 percent, after the central bank took aggressive steps to pump cash into the banking system, but profit-booking erased some of the falls by the end of trade. RUPEE -------------- The rupee ended at 48.38/43 a dollar, from its previous close of 47.99/48.01, bouncing off a low of 49.30, helped by heavy central bank intervention. INTEREST RATE SWAPS INROIS ---------------------------- The benchmark five-year interest rate swap at 7.19/7.29 percent. CALL MONEY -------------------- Call money rate ended at 15.50/16.50 percent, from previous close of 10.50/11.00, on tight cash conditions in the banking system. GOLD <0#MAU:> ------------- The December contract on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India at 13,990 rupees, up 385 rupees from the previous close. SPEED GUIDE TO RATES: -------------------- Double click on codes in Call Money Reuters MIOR/MIBOR NSE MIBID/MIBOR Reuters Corporate Bond Yield/Spread <0#AAAINBMK=> For Reuters Benchmarks South Asia markets technicals - (www.reutersindia.net)

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