Domestic equity benchmark (S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50) indexes were little changed ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision on interest rates due later in the day. The Sensex and Nifty were trading flat as gains in Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Hero MotoCorp and Asian Paints was offset by losses in Infosys, ITC, HCL Technologies, Yes Bank, Tata Consultancy Services and Tata Steel. As of 9:27 am, the Sensex traded 0.02 per cent or 9 points lower at 38,868 and the NSE Nifty 50 index was down 3 points at 11,641.