Here are the top 10 things you should know before the opening bell

The markets closed in the green after a rangebound session. The BSE Sensex closed at 33,880 while the NSE Nifty gained 23 points to 10,402, with ICICI Bank and Axis Bank among the top index gainers.

Xi Jinping, China's President, announced a free and more open trade for China yesterday at the Boao conference. Post the buzz, the global markets began to rise.

US markets ended higher with its benchmark index Dow Jones surging more than 400 points, gaining over 2%.

The Asian markets are trading higher as US President Trump has welcomed Xi support for further opening up China's economy. Korea's Kospi is currently gaining over 17 basis points.

Singapore's SGX Nifty is trading at levels around 10,430 versus the Nifty April Future's close on Tuesday of 10,421, indicating a flat opening for the Indian markets.

The Singapore Exchange on Wednesday said it would list Indian equity derivative products in June, nearly two months after India's three main bourses announced they would stop licensing their indexes to overseas exchanges.

Vijay Rupani, chief minister of Gujarat, approved setting up a 5000 MW capacity solar park at the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR), which would be the largest such entity in the world after its completion.

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) said it has earmarked an investment outlay of close to Rs 800 crore as part of its plans for financial year 2018-19.

The Arvind management said that in textile on a base of 6,000 the firm is growing around 6%. Their goal is to grow by 10-15%.

Indian banks and the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA), according to reports, said that they will join the bankruptcy proceedings against Nirav Modi’s Firestar Diamond and two of its affiliates—Fantasy Inc. and A. Jaffe Inc.

The government has withdrawn its preliminary information memorandum for the proposed divestment of helicopter services provider Pawan Hans Ltd due to muted demand.