The Indian markets witnessed a weak trend in the early trading. The Sensex opened with a down trade of 37.65 points at 25572.56.
Nifty, on the other hand, witnessed a down trade of 12.95 points at 7776.35.
About 891 shares advanced with Tata Steel, Wipro, Sun Pharma, TCS and HUL among the top gainers.
ICICI Bank, Infosys, Reliance, Vedanta and HDFC are amongst the laggards.
The Indian rupee rose in the early trade. It opened higher by 14 paise at 66.40 per dollar against Friday's close of 66.54.