Indian markets dip at opening bell, HK and Japan slip

Mumbai: Indian markets fell at the opening bell Monday, with a key index starting lower than its last closing figure.

The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened at 9,363.58 points, 61 points lower than its close of 9,424.24 points Friday. After about 10 minutes of trading, it had fallen further to 9,292.29 points, 1.4 per cent or 131.95 points below its previous close.

At the same time, the S&P CNX Nifty index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was at 2,823.9 points, 1.77 per cent down from its last close of 2,874.8.

The BSE midcap index was up 0.07 per cent from its previous close, while the BSE smallcap index was ruling 0.09 percent higher.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell by 2.41 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei was down 1.67 per cent in early trade.

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