<h1>Foreign fund outflows push equity benchmarks lower as global weakness and sectoral divergence weigh on market sentiment.</h1> Persistent foreign institutional investor outflows and weak global cues pushed domestic equity benchmarks lower for a third straight session, with FIIs selling while domestic institutions bought, narrow market breadth, and mixed sectoral performance-telecom and IT underperforming while metal and financial services outperformed-against a backdrop of rising Brent crude and external developments weighing on investor sentiment.