Business
Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 are likely to start the November 1 session on a positive note. At 8:49 am, Nifty futures trading on Singapore Exchange -- an early indicator of NSE's Nifty50 index -- were up 33.5 points or 0.2 percent at 17,783.5. Analysts awaited more India Inc financial results for cues.