India, March 10 -- Sensex, Nifty today LIVE updates: Investors are keeping a close watch on the markets after Monday's, March 9's, sharp sell-off, with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty witnessing a steep decline amid rising crude oil prices and escalating tensions in West Asia.

Market participants are closely monitoring global cues, oil price movements, foreign fund flows and the rupee's trajectory against the US dollar to gauge the near-term direction of equities following the heavy losses in the previous session.

Indian shares were expected open higher on Tuesday, March 10, as US President Donald Trump hinted the war in Iran could end soon, easing oil off three-year highs as well as fears of a prolonged supply shock, Reuters reporte...