India's equity benchmark indices are poised to open higher on Thursday after three sessions of losses, buoyed by the US Federal Reserve's widely expected 25-basis-point rate cut, which could limit foreign outflows from domestic stocks. Lower interest rates in the US make emerging markets such as India more attractive to foreign investors. Advertisement

Nifty futures on the NSE International Exchange traded 89.10 points, or 0.35 per cent, up at 25,953, hinting at a positive start for the domestic market on Thursday. Asian markets opened mostly higher, supported by the Fed's policy. Hang Seng added 0.2 per cent, while KOSPI was flat. Nikkei posted some cuts.

Wall Street ended higher on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point on the expected li

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