Among sectors, there is strength visible in the pharmaceutical names along with IT and automobile names.

10-year government bond yield opens unchanged at 7.76 percent. 

The Indian rupee has opened flat at 71.99 per US dollar. 

Equity benchmarks are trading higher in pre-opening, with the Nifty nearing 10,650-mark. 

At 09:00 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 184.62 points or 0.52% at 35445.16, and the Nifty up 33.10 points or 0.31% at 10649.80.

Oil prices were stable on Friday, supported by expected supply cuts from OPEC but held back by record US production.

Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a positive opening for the broader index in India, a gain of 39.50 points or 0.37 percent. Nifty futures were trading around 10,661.50-level on the Singaporean Exchange.

The British pound lay battered in Asia on Friday after a bout of political turmoil fanned fears the country could crash out of the European Union without a divorce deal.

Asian share markets looked set to fare better as hopes for a thaw in Sino-US trade relations gave Wall Street a fillip, though there were duelling reports on the prospects for an actual agreement

US stocks rose on Thursday on optimism the United States and China could resolve their trade dispute, after a news report said Washington would pause further tariffs on Chinese imports.

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