Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session in the red. NIfty 50 closed at 24,749.85, while Sensex ended at 81,006.61. Overnight, Wall Street indices Dow Jones closed at a new record high,

China's mainline CSI 300, Shanghai, and Hong Kong's Heng Seng were down over 1 per cent in trade as the housing policy briefing in China failed to excite investors and property stocks slumped.

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates | After opening higher, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell in the early trade on Thursday. The investors look forward to a series of blue-chip earnings for new market cues amidst ongoing foreign fund outflows.