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"Indian shares fell on Friday tomark their lowest weekly close since Jan. 13 after a suddenslump in Tata Motors and Ultratech Cement shares about 20minutes before the close spooked investors.     Tata Motors Ltd and Ultratech sharesbriefly dropped as much as 10 percent each, before sharplycutting losses, after a series of shares were sold at lowerprices.          The sharp falls in shares of the two companies sparkedreminders of a flurry of erroneous orders for a broad basket ofshares placed by an Indian broker that sent the country's topstock market tumbling in October.     Analysts say such incidents can sap the confidence ofinvestors at a time when the central bank has cautioned thatfurther rate cuts are conditional on government action tocontrol India's twin deficits.    &amp;quot;These incidents would affect sentiment of investors andgovernment should therefore bring the physical settlement ofderivatives to avoid such instances,&amp;quot; said Kishor Ostwal,chairman and managing director, CNI Research.    The BSE index fell 0.57 percent, or 113.79 points,to end at 19,781.19. It lost 1.6 percent for the week.    The broader NSE index fell 0.59 percent, or 35.85points, to end at 5,998.90, closing below the psychologicallyimportant 6,000 level, also ending 1.2 percent lower for theweek.    The sudden fall in the share prices of these Index stocksadded to investor worries after Indian manufacturing slowed to athree-month low in January, and Bharti Airtel Ltd missed its earnings estimates by a wide margin.     Shares also fell on profit-taking after the BSE index added 2.4 percent in January to post its third-straightmonthly gain.    Tata Motors shares fell 5.49 percent after six separateblock deals comprising 2.07 million shares took place at anaverage price of 274.92 rupees. The sales sent the auto maker'sshares as low as 268.25 rupees.    Ultratech shares fell 3.4 percent after one block deal of41,863 shares at an average price of 1,853.80 rupees. Theydropped as low as 1,712.35 rupees.     Shares in Bharti Airtel, India's top telecoms carrier, fell3 percent, after October-December profit missed estimates by awide margin.     Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd shares fell 1.2percent after India's top power equipment maker missed analystestimates with a 17.5 percent fall in third-quarter net profit,hit by a slowdown in new orders.     Hindustan Unilever fell 1.9 percent after MorganStanley reduced its weightage on consumer staples stocks in itsIndian model portfolio by 1 percent. It also raised weightage ofenergy stocks to 3 percent.      Satyam Computer Services Ltd shares fell 1.6percent after Kotak Institutional Equities downgraded it to&amp;quot;reduce&amp;quot; from &amp;quot;add&amp;quot;, noting October-December revenue growth was&amp;quot;muted&amp;quot;, given the impact from furloughs in the high-tech andmanufacturing segments.     Among the gainers, Maruti Suzuki India shares rose1.8 percent after reporting better-than-expected January vehiclesales at 114,205 units.     Bajaj Auto shares also rose 1.4 percent ahead ofits monthly sales data.           For additional stocks on the move double click                FACTORS TO WATCH                                             * Euro shines on upbeat euro zone data, yen slides        * Brent climbs towards $116 on Mideast tensions            * Euro gains but shares steady before economic data  * Foreign institutional investor flows          * For closing rates of Indian ADRs                                                 ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS:                                  Pan-Asia........ Japan.......   S.Korea... S.E. Asia.......        Hong Kong...  Taiwan.... Australia/NZ....        India.......  China.....                            OTHER MARKETS:                                               Wall Street ....         Gold ....... Currency.. Eurostocks.....         Oil ........  JP bonds... ADR Report .....       LME metals. US bonds.. Stocks News US.. Stocks News Europe                               DIARIES &amp; DATA:                                              Indian Data Watch   Asia earnings diary U.S. earnings diary     European diary       Indian diary          Wall Street Week Ahead  Eurostocks Week Ahead                                                               TOP NEWS:                                                       For top Asian company news, double click on:          U.S. company news  European company news     Forex news        Global Economy news     Technology news  Telecoms news           Media news       Banking news              Politics/General    Asia Macro data      &amp;lt;ECONASIA  (Additional reporting by Manoj Dharra; Editing by PrateekChatterjee)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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