India, April 23 -- Indian shares were notably higher in early trade on Wednesday amid hopes of easing trade tensions between the world's two largest economies and as U.S. President Donald Trump said he had no intention of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
The benchmark S&P/BSE Sensex was up 450 points, or 0.6 percent, at 80,047 while the broader NSE Nifty index traded up 124 points, or half a percent, at 24,291.
LTIMindTree jumped 3.4 percent ahead of its earnings release.
HCL Technologies soared 7 percent on reporting a 8 percent year-on-year rise in quarterly profit.
Tata Communications rose about 1 percent after Q4 net profit more than doubled.PNC Infratech advanced 1.5 percent and Ashoka Buildcon climbed 2.7 percent after ...