Indian stock indices opened higher on Thursday as Brent crude fell 1% to $93.5 a barrel. According to Reuters, foreign investors invested 72.84 billion rupees (about $769.65 million) in shares of Indian companies after trading on Wednesday. Foreign capital inflows into the local market continued for the fourth straight time, pushing the key indexes up 5.6% over the past five days, the longest period of sustained gains in nearly five months.