Indian shares opened on a positive note Friday, extending gains from the previous session on optimism for an India-U.S. trade deal after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that the U.S. has received the "best ever" offer from India.
The benchmark BSE Sensex was up 372 points, or 0.4 percent, at 85,190 in early trade while the broader NSE Nifty index rose by 108 points, or 0.4 percent, to 26,006.
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.