Indian stock market, Oct. 3 -- The domestic equity market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open on a muted note on Friday, amid mixed global market cues.

Asian markets gained, while the US stock market ended higher overnight, with all three major Wall Street indices posting record closing highs.

Indian financial markets were shut on Thursday, October 2, on the account of Dussehra and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.

On Wednesday, the Indian stock market snapped its eight-day losing streak and ended with strong gains after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the repo rate and policy stance unchanged, and unveiled a slew of measures for the banking sector.

The Sensex jumped 715.69 points, or 0.89%, to close at 80,983.31, ...