At the domestic stock markets, key indices posted gains over one per cent each today, while the Rupee strengthened slightly against the US Dollar. In the international markets, Brent crude oil futures traded above USD 69 a barrel. 
 
The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange spurted 613 points, or 1.2 per cent, to close above 50,000-mark, at 50,193. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange shot up 185 points, or 1.2 per cent, to end at 15,108.
 
In global equity markets, Asia Pacific ended higher. So Japan's Nikkei-225 index climbed 2.1 per cent; China's Shanghai Composite index inched up 0.3 per cent; Hong Kong's Hang Seng index advanced 1.4 per cent; South Korea's Kospi index added 1.2 per cent and Singapore's Straits Times index jumped two per cent.
 
In Europe, London's FTSE-100 had gained 0.4 per cent; France's CAC-40 had moved up 0.1 per cent and Germany's DAX had inched up 0.2 per cent, in intra-day trade.
 
In the international market, Brent crude oil rose to hit USD 70 a barrel during the day, today, for the first time since March, following reopenings of the European and US economies amid spreading Corona virus cases in Asia. But later oil prices lost steam and weakened a bit. So, Brent crude shed 9 cents, to trade at USD 69.37 a barrel. US crude futures fell 3 cents, to USD 66.24 a barrel.
 
Gold rose Rs 333, to Rs 47,833 per ten grams at Delhi's bullion market, on firm global cues. Silver shot up Rs 2,021, to Rs 73,122 per kilogram.
 
At the forex market, the Rupee gained 17 paise, to Rs 73.5, against the US Dollar.