New Delhi, June 4 -- Snapping three-day losses, Indian stock benchmarks settled in the green on Wednesday, on hopes that the India-US trade deal is on the anvil as was indicated by Trump's commerce secretary.

Firm US stock indices also lent support to Indian stock benchmarks. The Sensex is now some 5,000 points below its all-time high of 85,978 points. At one time, it had fallen about 13,000 points from its high. FPI buying has supported the indices of late.

Most of the sectoral indices were in the green today, with Nifty metal and Nifty oil and gas rising the most.

Global gold prices were also in the green today. At the time of filing this report, per ounce gold was quoted at USD 3,384, up 0.2 per cent.

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