Reuters Market Eye - The BSE Sensex is down 1.22 percent and the 50-share Nifty slips 1.21 percent, heading towards their biggest single day fall since October 8, 2012.
Domestic shares extend fall, tracking weak regional stocks on market talk of a hedge fund liquidating big global positions in commodities and worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve could wind down its bond-buying programme.
ICICI Bank shares fall 3.5 percent and State Bank of India falls 1.4 percent after RBI data showed that loan growth continues to remain a concern.
Reliance Industries shares fall 1.5 percent, retreating after a 3.1 percent surge on Wednesday.
ABB shares fall 3.5 percent after the company reported a 74 percent fall in Oct-Dec net profit at 167.7 million rupees.
(Reporting by Manoj Dharra)