Indian equity benchmarks settled lower on Thursday, as losses in financial stocks outweighed a boost from metals and information technology companies, while soaring crude prices continued to curb investor appetite for risky assets.

Dear Trader…                          Indian equity benchmarks failed to hold initial gains to end Thursday’s session in red terrain, as investors globally overlooked reassuring comments from the Fed amid nervousness on the Russia-Ukraine war front coupled with surging oil prices. Markets made a positive start as the head of the Federal Reserve