INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Stock markets are likely to start on a positive note on Friday, ahead of the Budget presentation in Parliament by Union Minister Piyush
The SGX Nifty was last seen trading 43.5 points, or 0.4 per cent, higher at 10,898.55 on the Singapore Exchange
cent and 1.68 per cent higher respectively, breaking a slide in the past four sessions.Asian shares ticked up to four-month highs on Friday
on hopes the leaders from the United States and China could strike a trade deal and as the Federal Reserve appeared to have all but
abandoned a plan to raise borrowing rates further.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.1 per cent after a
stellar 7.2 per cent gain in January
Japan's Nikkei gained 0.5 per cent
Oil prices held firm, with US crude futures gaining 22 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to $54.01 per barrel.(With agency inputs)Find LIVE Budget
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