Indian shares seen opening lower amid sustained foreign selling

BENGALURU, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Indian shares are set to open lower on Tuesday, with higher-for-longer global interest rate expectations driving continuous foreign outflows from the domestic market amid subdued global sentiment.

Indias GIFT Nifty (.GIFc1) was down 0.4% at 19,655 points at 7:53 a.m. IST on the NSE International Exchange.

On Monday, the Nifty 50 (.NSEI) and the S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) closed mostly unchanged at 19,674.55 points, and 65,958 points, respectively. The benchmarks have fallen nearly 3% after hitting all-time highs in mid-September.

The U.S. Federal Reserves hawkish tone last week drove a message to markets that the interest rates will stay elevated for longer into next year. Higher interest rates dry up liquidity from the markets, increasing the cost of capital.

Foreign investors have been net sellers so far this month, offloading shares worth $1.36 billion, as of Sept. 22 after pouring in over $15 billion into Indian equities this year.

On Monday, foreign institutional investors sold 23.33 billion rupees worth of shares, while domestic investors bought 15.79 billion rupees worth of shares, as per provisional exchange data.

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