BENGALURU, Dec 7 (Reuters) - India's benchmark indexes opened lower on Thursday after hitting fresh record highs in a previous three sessions, while global stocks extended fall as the market rally faded.

The NSE Nifty 50 index shed 0.28% to 20,878.35 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.28% to 69,458.30 as of 9:16 a.m. IST.

(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Eileen Soreng)