New Delhi, April 9 -- Indian equity benchmarks opened lower on Thursday, tracking mixed cues from global markets amid renewed uncertainty around the fragile US-Iran ceasefire.

The BSE Sensex stood at 77,154.49 points at 9:17 am, marking a decline of 408.41 points or 0.53 per cent. Similarly, the NSE Nifty 50 was positioned at 23,839.85 points, down by 157.50 points or 0.66 per cent.

The downward movement in domestic equities mirrored a general slump across the Asian region, with Japan's Nikkei 225 dropping 393.42 points and South Korea's KOSPI sliding 90.27 points, representing a 1.54 per cent decline.

The Hang Seng in Hong Kong and the Shanghai Composite in China recorded marginal losses, while the SET Composite in Thailand remained a...