New Delhi, July 14 -- The Indian stock market is expected to trade under pressure on Tuesday as rising energy prices due to the escalating US-Iran war in the Middle East weigh on global risk sentiment. The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a gap-down start for the frontline indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex today.

The Gift Nifty was trading around 24,092 level, a discount of nearly 151 points from the Nifty futures' previous close.

The domestic equity market ended flat with a positive bias amid a highly volatile session on Monday, with the benchmark Nifty 50 holding above 24,200 level.

The Sensex added 47.01 points, or 0.06%, to close at 77,616.40, while the Nifty 50 closed 4.10 points, or 0.02%, higher at 24,211.00.

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