Indian shares rise on U.S. rate-cut bets and trade-deal hopes

India’s stock benchmarks climbed today on improving investor sentiment. The Nifty 50 rose about 0.51 % to 25,927 while the BSE Sensex gained roughly 0.50 % to 84,633.85. Strength was broad-based across sectors, with mid-caps and small-caps also advancing ~0.6 %. The market mood was driven by softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data boosting prospects of the Federal Reserve easing policy, and signs of progress in U.S.–China trade talks lifting risk-on flows into emerging markets like India. Analysts caution that global data will still need to confirm the optimism.