Sensex Surges Over 150 Points, Nifty Hits 10,700

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Thirty four out of 50 Nifty stocks gained in trade.The domestic stock markets opened in the green on Wednesday amid mixed global cues
The SP BSE Sensex opened at 35,635.52 against its last close of 35,513.14 and the Nifty50 barometer of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)
started at 10,708.75, as compared to its previous close of 10,685.60
At 9:20 am, the 30-share Sensex traded at 35,684.23, up 171.09 points or 0.48 per cent and the 50-scrip Nifty was at 10,718.80, with a gain
of 33.20 points or 0.31 per cent.Thirty four out of 50 Nifty stocks gained in trade.Gaining between 1.04 per cent and 1.32 per cent, Zee
Entertainment, Hero MotoCorp, Infosys, Cipla and Titan were the top five Nifty gainers.In global markets, Asian shares dithered and the
dollar jumped to a near 1-1/2-year top as risk assets rowed back amid conflicting signals on prospects for de-escalating the Sino-US trade
dispute.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan see-sawed between positive and negative territory and was flat,
reported news agency Reuters
Australian and South Korean stocks were both down 0.2 per cent.Japan's Nikkei gained 0.7 per cent
Chinese indices shed small early gains
The blue-chip index was flat.In commodity markets, oil was cautiously higher ahead of an OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries) meeting next week at which the producer club is expected to decide on some form of supply cut to counter an emerging glut.US
crude futures added 28 cents to $51.84 a barrel
Brent climbed 28 cents to $60.49