10 things to know before Bell opens on July 15

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Wall Street | The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.46% on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 0.30% while the technology-heavy Nasdaq index gained 0.03%. (Image: Reuters)

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Asian Equities | The Japanese Nikkei was trading up 0.42% while the Shanghai index was up 0.03% at 7:50 a.m. Friday. (Image: Reuters)

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Nifty SGX | Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a positive start for the broader Nifty index in India, with a gain of 0.35%. Nifty futures were trading at the 15,988.50 level on the Singapore Stock Exchange as of 7:55 a.m. (Image: Reuters)

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Dalal Street | Sensex and Nifty gave up early gains to close lower for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday as IT and banking stocks sold off amid weakness in global equities. BSE’s 30-stock benchmark came in 98 points or 0.18% lower at 53,416.15. The broader NSE Nifty also pared initial gains and ended 28 points or 0.18% lower to settle at 15,938.65.

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SBI | The State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to raise its marginal cost of lending rate (MCLR) on lending by 10 basis points or 0.10%. The new lending rates will take effect from July 15.

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Rupee | The rupee edged closer to an all-time low of the 80 mark against the US currency on Thursday as it fell just over 18 paise to settle at 79.997 amid the greenback strengthening on the foreign markets.

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Crude oil | The price of Brent oil rose 0.99% to 100.08 a barrel at 7:55 a.m.

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Gold | Spot gold rose 0.41% to $1,712.90 an ounce as of 7:55 a.m. Friday. (Image: Reuters)

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Cryptocurrency | Bitcoin was trading up 5.22% at $20,706.20 as of 7:55 a.m. Friday, while the Ethereum blockchain network rose 12.33% to $1,212.46 (Image: Shutterstock)

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Russia-Ukraine War | Russian missiles hit a Ukrainian town of Vinnytsia far behind the front lines in an attack Kyiv officials say was a war crime that killed at least 23 people. (Image: Reuters)