BENGALURU, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Indian blue-chip indexes opened lower on Thursday, dragged by financial services stocks, after closing at near one-month highs in the previous session.

The NSE Nifty 50 index was down 0.19% at 19,638.65 as of 9:21 a.m. IST, while the S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.19% to 65,552.49. (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H K)