INDIA STOCKS-Indian shares open tad lower ahead of Fed meet; IndiGo slips 5%

Dec 8 (Reuters) - India's equity benchmarks opened lower on Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting, while the country's largest airline operator InterGlobe Aviation tumbled following a regulatory warning over thousands of flight cancellations last week.

The Nifty 50 .NSEI and the BSE Sensex .BSESN fell 0.1% each to 26,159.80 and 85,624.84, respectively, as of 9:15 a.m. IST.

Ten of the 16 major sectors opened lower. The broader mid-caps .NIFMDCP100 and small-caps .NIFSMCP100 were flat.

Globally, investors are cautious ahead of the Fed's policy decision later this week, with the central bank of the world's largest economy expected to cut rates. MKTS/GLOB

IndiGo operator InterGlobe Aviation INGL.NS slipped about 5% and was the biggest loser on Nifty 50.