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Indian shares fall 0.5 pct on weak Asia

Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:30pm EST

MUMBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell 0.5 percent in early trade on Thursday, taking cues from weak Asian markets and as investors turned cautious after two volatile sessions.

Financials

At 9:55 a.m. (0425 GMT), the 30-share BSE index .BSESN was down 0.52 percent at 15,829.26 points, with 26 components declining.

The 50-share NSE Index was down 0.7 percent at 4,678.50. (Reporting by Ami Shah)



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