India, Jan. 21 -- India's stock market was lower at the opening bell today, after a bruising selloff in the previous session, tracking global peers convulsed by US President Donald Trump's tantrums on Greenland.

The 30-share S&P BSE Sensex fell as much as half a percent while the wider Nifty 50 eased 0.40%. Thirteen of the 16 major sectors logged losses. The broader small-caps and mid-caps lost 0.3% each.

On Tuesday, the equity benchmarks lost about 1.4% and 1.3%, respectively-their steepest single-day percentage drop in more than eight months, and logged their lowest closing levels in more than three months.

Equities have come under pressure from elevated global trade and geopolitical uncertainty sparked by Trump's threats to acquire ...