Reuters Market Eye - The BSE Sensex and Nifty fell on Thursday tracking lower Asian stocks as falling oil prices continued to feed into global growth concerns and as foreign investors sold Indian equity derivates.
The 30-share Sensex fell 0.67 percent while the broader Nifty was down 0.64 percent at 10:45 a.m. Both indexes marked their lowest level since Oct 31.
Blue chips led the falls.
Infosys was down 1.7 percent while ICICI Bank fell 1.4 percent.
Overseas investors sold Indian equity derivatives worth 19.15 billion rupees on Wednesday, according to NSE data.
(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi)
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