Indian shares open lower ahead of US inflation data
Updates at 9:24 a.m. IST
BENGALURU, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Auto stocks weighed on Indianshares at the openon Wednesday, ahead of keyU.S. inflation data that could influence the size of a likely U.S. rate cutelater this month.
The Nifty 50 index .NSEI was down 0.11% at 25,012.5 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex .BSESN shed 0.09% at 81,845.2, as of 9:24 a.m. IST.
Ten of the 13 major sectors logged losses. Auto stocks .NIFTYAUTO lost 1.2%, withTata Motors TAMO.NS dropping 4% to become the top laggardon the Nifty50 and autoindex.
"Rising discounts, moderating growth and lack of any new ICE/hybrid launch could result in significantly weaker financials for (Tata Motors' subsidiary) JLR," UBS said.
The brokeragemaintained a "sell" rating onTata Motors and expects the stock to drop about 21% in the next 12 months from Sept. 9 closing level.
The broader, more domestically focussed small- .NIFSMCP100 and mid-caps .NIFMDCP100 were up about 0.2% each.
Asian markets were subdued, with the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index .MIAPJ0000PUS shedding about 0.3%. MKTS/GLOB
Meanwhile, concernsover softening global demand sent Brent crude futures LCOc1 to their lowest levels since December 2021 on Tuesday and added to investor caution, ahead of the much-awaitedU.S. inflation report.
The data isexpected to show inflation drifting closer to the Federal Reserve'stargetted 2%, which could allow the U.S. central bank the opt for an aggressive 50-basis point (bps)rate cut next week, if required.
Markets are, however, pricing in a 66% chance of a 25 bps rate cut at the Fed's meeting on Sept. 18, according to CME FedWatch.
Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Sonia Cheema
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