Jan 20 (Reuters) - Indian equity benchmarks opened little changed on Tuesday, with sentiment weighed down by global trade uncertainty and persistent foreign fund outflows, while investors remain focused on quarterly corporate earnings.
The Nifty 50 eased 0.02% to 25,580.3, while the BSE Sensex fell 0.05% to 83,207.28 as of 9:15 a.m. IST.
Fourteen of the 16 major sectors fell. The broader small-caps and mid-caps fell 0.4% and 0.3%, respectively.
Global sentiments were subdued, with MSCI's broadest index for Asia Pacific stocks outside Japan losing 0.3% amid U.S. President Donald Trump's fresh tariff threat on eight European Union members over Greenland. [MKTS/GLOB]
Foreign portfolio investors offloaded Indian shares worth 32.63 billion rupees ($358.9 million) on Monday, per provisional data, extending January's outflows to about $3 billion and marking the heaviest monthly selling in five months.
(Reporting by Vivek Kumar M; Editing by Sumana Nandy)
