Indian markets fell over 0.4 at the end of the session on Tuesday owing to weak sentiments following a drop in Asian and European market indices and disappointing CPI inflation data.
The BSE Sensex was down 81.29 points (0.41 per cent) at 19,564.92 and the NSE Nifty was down 28.25 (0.48 per cent) at 5,914.10.
Except FMCG and auto, all other sectoral indices ended in the red on the BSE.
Among them, consumer durables index fell the most by 1.99 per cent followed by power 1.36 per cent and realty 1.24 per cent. On the other hand, FMCG index was up 0.49 per cent followed by auto 0.08 per cent.
Most Asian shares were down as investors' sentiment was dampened by concerns of a slowdown in China's economy despite rebound in the US economy after strong jobs data.
European stocks were unchanged ahead of a report that may show U.K. manufacturing output stalled in January.
In the Asian trade, Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 34.24 points or 0.28 per cent at 12,314.81, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 109.21 points or 0.47 per cent at 22,981.61, while Singapore’s Straits Times was up 17.65 points or 0.54 per cent at 3,310.62.