April 17 (Reuters) - India's equity benchmarks opened little changed on Friday as a weak first-quarter forecast by IT company Wipro offset broader optimism over a potential peace deal to end the Iran war.

The Nifty 50 fell 0.13% to 24,165.90 and the Sensex shed 0.02% to 77,976.13 as of 9:15 a.m. IST.

Seven of the 16 major sectors declined at open. The broader small-caps and mid-caps added 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively.

IT index fell 0.5%, dragged by a 2.5% drop in Wipro after it posted lackluster quarterly results and forecast muted demand for the first quarter, citing spending curbs by its U.S. banking and financial clients.

Asian markets fell 1% as fuel supply concerns and doubts over whether upcoming U.S.-Iran peace talks would help ease disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz weighed on risk sentiment. [MKTS/GLOB]

A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect on Thursday and President Donald Trump said the next U.S.-Iran meeting may take place over the weekend.

(Reporting by Vivek Kumar M and Bharath Rajeswaran; Editing by Sonia Cheema and Mrigank Dhaniwala)