(Reuters) - Indian shares are tipped to open slightly lower on Friday, ahead of an expected interest rate hike by the country's central bank to fight inflation amid lingering fears of a global recession.
India's NSE stock futures listed on the Singapore exchange were down 0.5% as of 0220 GMT, while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.6%.
The NSE Nifty 50 index fell 0.24% to 16,818.10 on Thursday, while the S&P BSE Sensex dropped 0.33% to 56,409.96.
Both indexes are on a seven-session losing streak, their worst such performance since mid-February.
A majority of market participants are expecting the Reserve Bank of India to raise its key interest rate by 50 basis points for a third consecutive time.
Foreign institutional investors sold a net 35.99 billion Indian rupees ($441.7 million) worth of equities on Thursday, while domestic investors purchased net 31.62 billion rupees worth, as per provisional data available with the National Stock Exchange.
Stocks to watch:
** Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of Indian coal-to-edible-oils conglomerate Adani Group, will make its debut on the benchmark Nifty 50 index on Friday, replacing Shree Cement.
** India's top refiner Indian Oil Corp has set up a subsidiary to pool the funds of its overseas units in order to meet capital and trade finance needs, it said in a statement on Thursday.
** Shree Ajit Pulp And Paper deferred the consideration of issuance of shares on rights basis.
** Arvind Smartspaces will consolidate partnership interest in Ahmedabad East Infrastructure.
** Adani Ports incorporated a unit named Adani Aviation Fuels.
** Himalaya Food International said the company will be debt free in the year ending March 2023.
** Railtel Corp of India approved a scheme of amalgamation of Railtel Enterprises with company.
** Indian bikemaker Hero MotoCorp said on Thursday it will invest $60 million in California-based Zero Motorcycles to jointly develop electric motorcycles.
** Goa Carbon approved fund raising up to 2 billion rupees.
** Rail Vikas Nigam said the company was awarded a letter of acceptance by National Highways Authority of India.
** Life Insurance Corp of India raised its stake in Deepak Nitrite.
** Lupin said it got U.S. FDA nod for mirabegron extended-release tablets.