Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government will stick to the 3.3 per cent fiscal deficit target in the current financial year

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan released a report titled 'An Economic Strategy for India', a five-year agenda for the country authored by 13 senior economists

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made 84 trips around the world, which cost over Rs 2,010 crore

Top Sensex gainers were Bharti Airtel (2.66%) , YES Bank (1.52%) and Asian Paints (0.95%). Adani Ports (0.75%), Maruti (0.63%) and HeroMotoCorp (0.64%) were the top Sensex losers.

The BSE SENSEX closed at 35,929.64, up by 150.57 points, or by 0.42 per cent, and the NSE Nifty ended at 10,791.55, up by 53.95 points, or by 0.50 per cent.