India, Oct. 22 -- Indian shares opened a tad lower on Thursday, tracking weak global markets as coronavirus counts continued to climb in Europe and North America and it remained unclear whether U.S. stimulus negotiations would continue ahead of the presidential election to be held on November 3.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex dropped 140 points, or 0.35 percent, to 40,565 in early trade, while the broader NSE Nifty index was down 39 points, or 0.3 percent, at 11,898.
Bajaj Finance rose 1.2 percent despite the company reporting a 36 percent fall in its Q2 profit.
SBI fell over 1 percent after it announced up to 25 bps concession on home loan rates.
DLF edged down slightly after it signed an anchor deal with Standard Chartered GBS for its o...