Bloomberg reports that deliberations are scheduled to resume Friday.
And Reuters reports that jurors have asked for transcripts of a stock trader's testimony and clarification of the conspiracy charge.
The jury, among them a retired librarian, a nonprofit organization executive and a school counselor, is to decide on five charges of securities fraud and one charge of conspiracy. The most serious count against him carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
The news agency has also reported that a prosecutor told jurors at the trial's close on Wednesday that the evidence in the insider-trading case against Gupta is 'overwhelming'.
Gupta's lawyers argued the defendant had no reason to illegally leak information to Rajaratnam and that the government's case is circumstantial.
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