Indian stock market, Sept. 22 -- The equity market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open lower on Monday, amid worries over the new H-1B visa fees hike by the US President Donald Trump, which is likely to impact the Indian IT companies.

Asian markets traded higher, while the US stock market notched record closing high last week, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq posting their third straight week of gains.

This week, investors will focus on key stock market triggers, including the updates on Donald Trump's H-1B visa fee hike, new GST rates, developments over India-US trade deal, flow of foreign funds, trends in gold prices, domestic and global macroeconomic data and other key geopolitical cues.

On Friday, the Indian...