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Indian equity benchmarks are likely to start Friday's session on a negative note, tracking weakness across global markets.  At 8:38 am, Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures -- an early indicator of the Nifty index -- were down 65.5 points or 0.4 percent at 18,235.

Equities in other Asian markets fell tracking major losses on Wall Street overnight, as investors booked profits after Federal Reserve officials talked about inflation and rate hikes. MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.7 percent at the last count.

Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.9 percent, China's Shanghai Composite 0.3 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng 0.6 percent. South Korea's KOSPI was down 1.5 percent. Singapore's Straits Times bucked the trend with a gain of 0.5 percent.