Wall Street | Dow Jones Industrial Average index gained 2.43 percent on Tuesday. S&P 500 edged higher by 2.76 percent while the tech-heavy Nasdaq index witnessed a 3.11 percent gain.

Asian Equities | Japan's Nikkei gained 2.21 percent while the Shanghai index fell by 0.65 percent at 7:30 am on Wednesday.

SGX Nifty | Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a positive start for the broader index in India, with a gain of 1.10 percent. The Nifty futures were trading around 16,517.00 level on the Singaporean Exchange at 7:35 IST.

Dalal Street | Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty bounced back after falling in initial trade on Tuesday amid foreign funds inflow and a mixed trend in global markets. Sensex advanced 246.47 points or 0.45 percent to settle at 54,767.62 after starting the trade on a weak note. On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty climbed 62.05 points or 0.38 percent to close at 16,340.55.

Nirmala Sitharaman | Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed out items in a tweet that will not attract any GST, when sold loose, not pre-packed or pre-labeled. The list included items like pulses, wheat, rye, oats, maize, rice, flour, suji, besan, puffed rice, curd etc.

Rupee | The rupee recovered from its all-time low of 80.05 to close 6 paise higher at 79.92 against the US dollar on Tuesday following forex inflows and suspected RBI intervention.

Crude Oil | Brent oil price fell by 0.32 percent to 107.01 a barrel at 7:30 AM on Wednesday.

Gold | Spot gold fell by 0.09 percent at $1,709.10 per ounce, as of 7:30 am on Wednesday.

Cryptocurrency | Bitcoin rose 7.48 percent to $23,227.10 at 7:35 am on Wednesday while Ethereum blockchain network rose by 4.86 percent to $1,538.58.

Russia-Ukraine War | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow did not see any desire from Ukraine to fulfil the terms of what he described as a preliminary peace deal agreed to in March. He also said that Saudi Arabia and the UAE were offering to mediate.