Xi and Modi met in southern India last month, following their first informal summit in China last year as the two sought to put their often deeply strained relationship back on track

Sensex on Thursday breached its previous high level of 40,676 to hit fresh high of 40,688 mark, while Nifty ended above 12K mark at 12,016 for the first time after June 2019

China also said it would welcome India joining the deal at an early date.

Sensex and Nifty have risen 1,080 points and 300 points, respectively in last four sessions. Sensex rose 269 points to 40,055, Nifty rose 97 points to 11,883 in trade today. Sensex had crossed the 40K level last on July 5 (Budget Day) when the index hit an intra day high of 40,032. However, it closed at 39,513 that day

While Sensex made an intraday high of 39,917, Nifty crossed 11,800 level for the first time since July 5 to touch 11,809.40 mark intraday.

Fuel prices in several states across India continued the drop on Monday, post the Diwali week. On Sunday too, petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged across the country