The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a flat start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 24,540 level, a discount of nearly 7 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

Indian benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty50, opened marginally higher on Wednesday for the fourth straight session, driven by gains in heavyweight stocks like HDFC Bank, ITC, and L&T, ahead of the interest rate decision by the Reserve Bank of India later this week.

Top gainers on the Nifty were HDFC Life, HDFC Bank, Apollo Hospitals, NTPC, Bajaj Finserv, while losers are Bharti Airtel, Cipla, Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Adani Ports.