Equity benchmark indices touched fresh highs on Tuesday following gains in Asian and US markets with investors setting aside poor macro-economic indicators on the domestic front for a while.

Sensex rallies by 413 points to scale new high, Nifty closes at 12,165

China said on Monday that it hoped to make a trade deal with the United States as soon as possible, amid intense discussions before fresh US tariffs on Chinese imports are due to kick in at the end of the week.

Hope to reach trade agreement with US as soon as possible: China

Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday that a December 15 deadline is still in place to impose a new round of US tariffs on Chinese consumer goods, but President Donald Trump likes where trade talks with China are going.

Trump will make final call on China tariffs, likes direction of talks: Larry Kudlow

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday that the December 15 deadline is still in place for a new round of US tariffs set to kick in on Chinese goods, but President Donald Trump likes where trade talks with China are going.

Kudlow reaffirms December 15 deadline, says US-China trade talks close

China and United States had "constructive talks" on trade in a high-level phone call on Saturday, news agency Reuters reported quoting state media Xinhua. China's Vice Premier Liu He, US trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a phone call discussed each other's core issues for the first phase of an initial trade agreement and agreed to maintain close communication, according to Xinhua.

China, US had 'constructive' phone call on trade: Report

A cautious calm returned to stock markets on Wednesday as softer rhetoric from Washington on the US-China trade war soothed investors, though demand for safe-haven assets underscored lingering anxiety.

Cautious calm returns to stock markets as White House softens trade war rhetoric

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will host a meeting with semiconductor and software executives on Monday to discuss the US ban on sales to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, two sources briefed on the meeting said on Friday.

White House to host meeting with tech executives on Huawei ban: Sources

Crude prices were little changed on Monday as traders weighed geopolitical risks against the impact of the Sino-US trade war on the global economy, although last week's better-than-expected US jobs data offered some support.

Oil prices tread water as market eyes global risks

Markets in Asia were largely down in morning trade on Monday as the lack of a US-China trade deal cast a cloud over the market. Investors watched the latest developments warily in the trade war between the world's top two economies after negotiations in Washington ended Friday without agreement and a tariff hike on Chinese imports went into effect.

Lack of US-China trade deal weighs on Asian markets

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are likely to meet during a G20 summit in Japan at the end of June and discuss trade, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Sunday.

Trump, Xi likely to meet in Japan in June, says White House official

Trade talks between the United States and China made "good headway" last week in Beijing and the two sides aim to bridge differences during talks that could extend beyond three days this week, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said.

US-China talks making progress, could be extended: White House

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow has played down reports of a breakthrough in US-China trade talks, but said progress had been made. "We've made some progress with China in the deputy's meeting in Beijing," Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, told Fox Business.

No breakthrough in US-China trade talks: Trump adviser

The United States expects China will remove retaliatory tariffs on US farm products "quickly" as part of the trade truce reached over the weekend, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Monday.

We expect China to roll back retaliatory farm tariffs 'quickly': White House

In a massive restructuring, US auto giant General Motors announced Monday it will cut 15 per cent of its workforce to save $6 billion and adapt to "changing market conditions.

General Motors shuttering plants, cutting 15% of workforce

Discussions with "very valuable ally" India on a trade deal has started, the White House said Thursday, days after President Donald Trump insisted that New Delhi has reached out to his administration on this, news agency PTI reported.

Trade deal negotiations with 'very valuable ally' India started: White House

'He did a great disservice to the whole G7', Larry Kudlow added

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India's broader NSE index rose to a three-week high, with private-sector lenders leading gains, a day after the central bank raised its policy rate for the first time in more than four years

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Kudlow said rising US wages could also drive more Americans into the labour market

US eyeing ways to hire more legal, temporary immigrant workers, says economic adviser

Kudlow, a Republican who served as an economic adviser to former President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and also worked on Wall Street

Trump picks TV commentator Kudlow as economic adviser

The US announced it was taking action at the World Trade Organization against Indian export subsidies

Global stocks mostly fall as trade worries take their toll

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