India, March 6 -- Indian shares rose notably on Thursday, extending the previous session's sharply rally, as U.S. tariff concerns eased and China's finance ministry left the door open to more stimulus measures on top of those announced at the annual parliament meeting this week.

Firm global cues underpinned sentiment as the Trump administration has announced a one-month delay on tariffs affecting cars entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico, raising hopes for negotiations.

However, the broader 25 percent duties imposed on Canada and Mexico remain in effect with no resolution in sight and more levies are set to begin in April.

The benchmark 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 609.86 points, or 0.83 percent, to 74,340.09.

The broader NSE Nifty in...