Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 are likely to start Wednesday's session in the red amid mixed moves in other Asian markets, though investors remained optimistic about a moderating pace of interest rate hikes following a better-than-expected inflation reading from the US. Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures — an early indicator of the Nifty index — dropped as much as 74 points or 0.4 percent to 18,406 ahead of the opening bell in India.