New Delhi, May 19 -- A decline in crude oil prices and improvement in the Indian rupee amid fresh signals from US President Donald Trump on a potential deal with Iran infused some positive sentiment in the Indian stock market on Tuesday, 19 May.

The benchmark Nifty 50 rose by more than half a per cent to reclaim 23,750 during the session, while the Sensex rose by over 400 points to the day's high of 75,746.

US President Donald Trump on Monday hinted at positive developments over a potential peace deal with Iran. He claimed that he had put a planned attack on the West Asian country on hold after Tehran sent a peace proposal to Washington.

Crude oil benchmark Brent Crude fell 2% to trade below the $110 per barrel. The Indian rupee traded...