BENGALURU, March 6 (Reuters) - Indian shares opened lower on Wednesday, dragged by information technology stocks ahead of a key U.S. jobs data and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's congressional testimony.

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 shed 0.24% to 22,302.70 as of 9:20 a.m. IST, while the BSE Sensex dropped 0.24% to 73,497.32. (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran and Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H K)