Indian equity benchmarks ended lower for the third day in a row on Tuesday, having spent the session in a narrower-than-usual trading range on caution ahead of the minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting amid fears of a higher-for-longer interest rate regime.

Dear Trader… Markets traded volatile in a narrow band and ended almost unchanged, taking a breather after the recent fall. After the flat start, the Nifty index oscillated between 17800-17950 levels and finally settled closer to the day’s low. Most sectoral indices traded under pressure wherein IT, realty and select