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The stock market continued its run in the negative zone on account of selling pressure witnessed in blue chip stocks.

The BSE Sensex has slipped a bit deeper into the red zone this afternoon.

Banking, metal and realty stocks were the worst smacked ones among the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). These counters lost more than 2% each. But, FMCG sector went up.

Midcap and small cap stocks have also hit badly. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices down 0.82% and 0.71% respectively.

Visibly upbeat after the stupendous success of ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’, Badshah of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan is ready to woo audiences with his upcoming film Billu Barber, which is scheduled to release on February 13, 2009.

Produced by SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment, the story of the movie ‘Billo Barber’ is supposed to be based on two childhood friends - a barber and a rich filmstar.

Inspired from the story of Lord Krishna and his best friend Sudama, Billo Barber is reported to be a remake of Malayalam film Katha Parayumbol.

The diet of pregnant woman has direct affect on the fetal health, said a new study.

The study team has researchers from Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.

The study, which was conducted on both lean and obese nonhuman primates, revealed that offsprings of mothers those who had high-fat diet during pregnancy experienced increased risk of having NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease).

Stock market analysts have suggested investors to ‘sell’ ICICI Bank stock with a target of Rs 375.

According to them, interested investors can sell the stock between Rs 385-390 with a strict stop loss of Rs 409.
 
Today (Jan 21), the stock opened at Rs 381, as against its last closure at Rs 397.30 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday (Jan 20). Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 37.03 and 10.28 respectively. The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1300 and a low of Rs 282.15 on BSE.

In the last trading session, ICICI Bank fell by almost 4 per cent penetrating its 50-day moving average.

Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, who has been in and out of films, has now decided to make a comeback this year.

Sush, who was last seen in the role of a widow in RGV’s BO failure ‘Aag’, has back to back four releases in 2009.

Model-turned-actress also said that last year (2008) has been a bad chapter of her life.