India, Oct. 13 -- India's stock market opened lower today, tracking losses across Asia after the US made fresh tariff threats against China, while investors awaited the debut of Tata Capital Ltd.-the country's largest IPO of 2025 so far.

At 9:52 am, the Sensex was trading 0.26% lower at 82,289.32 points even as the Nifty shed fell 0.29% to 25,212.85 points. All 16 major sectors logged losses at the open. The broader, domestically focused small-caps and mid-caps fell 0.45% and 0.3% respectively. Other Asian markets fell 2% on the day.

On Friday, US President Donald Trump promised to sharply hike tariffs on China in a reprisal against its curb on critical mineral exports.

Rising trade tensions between the world's two largest economies co...