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Indian shares fall 0.6 pct on weak global cues

Mon Mar 2, 2009 11:34pm EST

MUMBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell 0.6 percent early on Tuesday, tracking weak world markets, with a brief pull back to positive territory attracting more selling.

By 10 a.m. (0430 GMT), the 30-share BSE Index .BSESN was down 0.62 percent at 8,554.11 points.

The 50-share NSE Index was down 0.38 percent at 2,664.40 points. (Reporting by Janaki Krishnan)



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