Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Stock markets started flat on Friday following the tepid stock market activity in the regional countries with Hong Kong's Hang Seng and China's Shanghai Composite trading in negative territory. 

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BSE Sensex opened at 38,366.79, up 30.03 or 0.08% and NSE Nifty opened at 11,566.6, up 16.15 or 0.14%. 

Stocks in Asia were mixed as US-China trade talks produced no breakthrough, while the dollar retained gains ahead of an address from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. 

The Indian rupee along with emerging Asian currencies weakened against the US dollar. The rupee opened at 70.20 a dollar and touched a low of 70.23. Oil prices rose and US futures were little changed.