India, July 19 -- Indian shares are seen opening flat to slightly lower on Monday as an escalating conflict in the Gulf pushed Brent crude prices above $90 a barrel for the first time since mid-June and fanned fears of inflation.

U.S. forces struck Iran for a ninth consecutive day, with Iranian media reporting blasts in cities in the far north and far south, including Tabriz and Chabahar. Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring Israel.

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