• Internationally, declining trade tensions between America and China and crude oil prices also came down.
  The rupee strengthened against the dollar.
• Quarterly results of companies like GAIL, Tech Mahindra, Sun Pharmaceutical and Grasim Industries closed with profits.
• And IT, Metallic, and fuel shares buying high volume by investors are the main reasons for market gains.

Commodity and Forex Markets

• Gold and silver prices closed with low profits while crude oil May month contract ended with a sharp fall in oil prices.
• The rupee strengthened by 0.24 paisa against the dollar.