Bharat Express

Equity markets

Key gainers among the Sensex firms included Reliance Industries, Maruti, Titan, Mahindra & Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, and State Bank of India. Conversely, Hindustan Unilever.

The Reserve Bank of India is expected to keep interest rates unchanged in its bi-monthly monetary policy decision, which will be announced on Friday

As many as 20 of the 30-stock benchmark's equities were trading in the green

In Asian markets, Shanghai finished higher, while Seoul, Tokyo, and Hong Kong finished lower

The government's fiscal deficit reached 45 percent of the full-year budget forecast at the end of October

Meanwhile, the global oil benchmark Brent crude rose 0.24 percent to USD 76.44 a barrel