MUMBAI (Reuters) - Nifty futures fell more than 2 percent in trade on Thursday as the prospect of an end to the U.S. stimulus programme and a weak China manufacturing survey has sparked concerns about foreign investor selling. Nifty was below 6,000.
Domestic falls tracked lower Asian shares, with a more than 7 percent fall in Japan's Nikkei share average and a more than 2 percent decline in the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index.
NSE index May 2013 futures were down 1.9 percent as of 1:04 p.m. The Nifty was down 1.6 percent, while the BSE Sensex was down 1.44 percent.
(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Rafael Nam)
