BENGALURU, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Indian shares opened lower on Wednesday, tracking Asian peers after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation fuelled concerns of further delay in the easing rates and weighed on sentiment.

The NSE Nifty 50 index was down 0.76% at 21,578.15, while the S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.73% at 71,035.25, as of 9:15 a.m IST. (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman and Dhanya Ann Thoppil)