US stocks ended a volatile session higher on Thursday as investors digested a stack of key earnings reports, with upbeat comments from Tesla helping to offset a disappointing forecast from Microsoft.

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a mildly positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,438 level, a premium of nearly 20 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

The markets in Taiwan and South Korea remained closed.Markets today live updates: Banking and market expert Ajay Bagga told ANI, “RBIs injection of liquidity of ₹1.5 lakh crores is a huge sentiment booster today.