New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Indian stock market is expected to open flat on Tuesday, 4 August tracking mixed global cues. The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a muted start for the Indian benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex today.

The Gift Nifty was trading around 24,640.5 level, a discount of nearly 9 points from the Nifty futures' previous close.

The domestic equity indices ended higher in the previous session, extending gains for the fourth consecutive session.

The Sensex rallied 544.39 points, or 0.70%, to close at 78,639.03, while the Nifty 50 settled 390.70 points, or 1.60%, higher at 24,774.30.

On the Nifty options front, Chandan Taparia, Head Derivatives & Technicals, Wealth Management, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd, ...