India, Jan. 31 -- Indian shares ended higher for a fourth straight session on Friday, with optimism around upcoming Union Budget and expectations for a rate cut by RBI next week helping underpin sentiment.

Investors also reacted positively to the Economic Survey 2025 tabled in the Parliament today that pegged GDP growth at 6.3-6.8 percent for FY 26.

The Economic Survey highlighted many upsides to domestic investment, output growth and disinflation in FY26 but cautioned about equally strong, prominently extraneous, downsides.

Global cues were positive as encouraging earnings updates from Apple and Intel offset Trump's renewed tariff threats and concerns over China's growing AI capabilities.

The benchmark S&P/BSE Sensex ended the session ...