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Indian equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 are likely to start Tuesday's session on a strong note amid a mixed trend across other Asian markets. The Russia-Ukraine war -- which is in its sixth week -- remained on investors' radar. At 8:50 am, Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures -- an early indicator of the Nifty index -- were up 94.5 points or 0.5 percent at 18,191.5, having risen as much as 109 points earlier in the day.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan was barely in the green in early hours. Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 2.1 percent. Japan's Nikkei 225 and South Korea's KOSPI were down 0.1 percent each. Singapore's Straits Times was up 0.4 percent. The Shanghai Stock Exchange was shut.

S&P 500 futures were down 0.1 percent. On Monday, the three main Wall Street indices rose led by tech and growth stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.8 percent, the Dow Jones 0.3 percent and the technology stocks-heavy Nasdaq Composite 1.9 percent.