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"Indian shares posted theirbiggest fall since July 2012 as banking stocks such as ICICIBank fell a day after RBI data showed loan growth wasstill a concern and on weakness in global shares due to worriesover Fed slowing its bond-buying programme.    This was largely a reflection of the fall in risk assetswhich fell after minutes of the Federal Reserve's last policymeeting cast doubts over how much longer the U.S. central bankwould stick to its stimulus plan.    &amp;quot;The selling pressure is more global, than due to localfactors. Some liquidation might continue after such highinflows,&amp;quot; said Phani Sekhar, a fund manager at Angel Broking.    The government may peg its fiscal deficit target at 4.8percent of GDP for the next fiscal year, but it needs to explainas to how the figure is arrived at, he said.       The Union Budget to be presented on Feb. 28 will be keenlywatched as a test of the government's commitment to fiscalresponsibility, whether it has a credible plan for reducing thedeficit and whether populist measures can be avoided before thegeneral elections in 2014.     The BSE index fell 1.62 percent, or 317.39 points,to end at 19,325.36, posting its biggest daily fall since July23, 2012.    The index closed at its lowest level since Dec. 24, 2012.    The 50-share NSE index fell 1.53 percent, or 90.80points, to end at 5,852.25.     Banking shares were among the major losers after RBI datashowed loan growth continued to remain a concern. ICICI Bank fell 3.74 percent while State Bank of India ended 1.84 percent lower.    Banks' advances have grown 8.7 percent so far this fiscalyear compared with 11.2 percent a year earlier, while depositgrowth was 7.8 percent compared with 11.4 percent in the sameperiod a year earlier.     Yes Bank fell 4.37 percent while Axis Bank declined 2.4 percent.     Reliance Industries fell 1.8 percent after a 3.1percent surge on Wednesday.     Weak sentiment led to sell-off in blue-chip metal sharessuch as Tata Steel, which ended 4.05 percent lower,and Jindal Steel and Power which declined 4.1 percent.    Cigarette maker ITC ended 1.13 percent lower onconcerns over a hike in taxation in the upcoming budget, whichmight impact its volume, dealers said.          ABB fell 3.5 percent after the company reported a74 percent fall in its October-December net profit at 167.7million rupees.      Shriram Transport Finance Co Ltd slumped 7.5percent after U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital raised $305 million by selling about half of its stake in thecompany, at a discount to Wednesday's closing price.         Shares in Videocon Industries Ltd gained 5.8percent after the consumer electronics and oil company said itwas in talks to sell its 10 percent stake in an oil and gasblock off the coast of Mozambique and Tanzania.  (Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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