HCL Infosystems, Aban Offshore hit by FTSE exclusion

Reuters Market Eye - Shares in small cap companies HCL Infosystems Ltd , Aban Offshore Ltd and Opto Circuits (India) Ltd fall after index compiler FTSE removes them from its Global Equity Index series.

HCL Infosystems is down 4.6 percent, Aban Offshore falls 2.4 percent, while Opto is trading 1.9 percent lower.

Other exclusions also fall, with Core Education & Technologies Ltd trading 1.1 percent lower, Gitanjali Gems Ltd down 0.66 percent and Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd down 0.44 percent.

(Reporting by Himank Sharma)