Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 are likely to start Thursday's session on a muted note, despite gains across most other Asian markets  though caution prevailed amid concerns about the Omicron variant of COVID-19. At 

am, Nifty futures trading on Singapore Exchange -an early indicator of NSE's Nifty50 benchmark index in India -- were up 4.5 points at 17,274.

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