Stock Markets Open Flat Amid Rising Crude Prices, Weak Asian Markets

GIFT Nifty was trading at 24,098 up just 1.5%. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Indian Stock Markets on Monday opened with minor gains taking cues from the renewed geopolitical tensions in the West Asia region, and weakness across Asian markets and rise in the crude oil prices. In the early trade, GIFT Nifty was trading at 24,098 up just 1.5 points or 0.01 percent. S&P 500 slipped 0.05 percent, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.24 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 0.09 percent Asian markets traded cautiously with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.4 percent, while…