Indian stock market, Oct. 6 -- The equity market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open lower on Monday despite positive cues from global markets.

Asian markets traded higher, with the Japanese stock market hitting record high, while the US stock market ended mixed last week.

This week, investors will watch out for key stock market triggers, including the developments over US government shutdown, US FOMC meeting minutes, updates in the Israel-Hamas war, Q2 results, IPO activity, gold prices, trends in flow of foreign funds, and other key domestic and global macroeconomic data.

On Friday, the Indian stock market ended higher, led by fag-end buying, amid recovery in metal and banking stocks.

The Sensex rallied 223....