Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 are likely to start Friday's session on a negative note tracking weakness across global markets. At 

am, Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures -an early indicator of the Nifty index -- were down 65.5 points or 0.4 percent at 18,235. IT stocks will be in focus ahead of HCL Tech's quarterly numbers due on Friday.

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