Reuters Market Eye - The BSE Sensex falls around 100 points and the Nifty down 36 points, led by losses in ITC, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank.
Shares in Maruti Suzuki fall 2.8 percent after the automaker's sales declined 14.4 percent in May compared with a year earlier.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd falls 2 percent after two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters that company is in talks to buy Sweden's Meda AB for between $5 billion and $6 billion to boost its generics business in developed markets.
However, Infosys Ltd gains 4 percent on bets the return of founder and former chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy as executive chairman would improve the IT services outlook.
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