INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Domestic stock markets started Wednesday's session on a strong note tracking gains in Asian peers
The Sensex rose as much as 256 points to 35,608 in early trade, while the Nifty touched 10,682, up 78 points from the previous close
was up 64 points at 10,669
Top gainers on the Nifty were Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bharat Petroleum, GAIL, Yes Bank and ONGC, trading between 1.5 per cent and 2.6
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2 per cent
Japan's Nikkei gained 0.4 per cent.US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that trade talks with China were going well and suggested he
was open to pushing off the deadline to complete negotiations, saying March 1 was not a "magical" date.However, investors awaited minutes
from the Federal Reserve for clues on policymakers' thinking on interest rates and its balance sheet reduction policy.The Sensex has closed
lower for nine sessions in a row, its longest losing streak in nearly eight years
