This along with persistent selling by FIIs, rising crude prices, and a spike in bond yields dampened investors' sentiments.
«We expect weakness to persist in the market amid cautiousness ahead of the monthly F&O expiry this week,” said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:
STATE OF THE MARKETS
GIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a negative start
GIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded lower by 59.5 points, or 0.30 per cent, at 19,669, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for negative start on Tuesday.
US stocks up
Wall Street's main indexes posted gains on Monday, with increases in Amazon.com shares and the energy sector, as Treasury yields rose further and investors looked to economic data and Federal Reserve policymakers' remarks later in the week for clarity on the path for interest rates.
Asian shares decline
Shares in Asia declined while Treasury yields and the dollar rose in a sign investors are yet to fully recalibrate interest rate expectations.