India's NSE stock futures listed on the Singapore exchange were down 0.81%, as of 0246 GMT. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 1.47%.[MKTS/GLOB]
The NSE Nifty 50 index ended up 0.14% at 17,512.25 on Wednesday, while the S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.25% to 59,107.19.
In the previous session, the Indian rupee breached the key 83-per-dollar mark to fall to a record low, as spiking U.S. yields increased demand for the greenback, while local traders cited large corporate dollar outflows hitting the market.
Foreign institutional investors sold a net 4.54 billion Indian rupees ($54.71 million) worth of equities on Wednesday, while domestic investors bought net 9.08 billion rupees worth of shares, as per provisional data available with the National Stock Exchange.
Stocks to watch:
** Bharat Electronics Ltd said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Triton Electric Vehicle for making hydrogen fuel cells.
** 7NR Retail Ltd said its board approved the issue of bonus shares in a 1:5 ratio.
** Shoppers Stop Ltd reported a September-quarter net profit of 181.4 million rupees, compared with a loss of 30.3 million rupees a year ago.
** Chemicals-to-sugar maker DCM Shriram Ltd reported a 19.2% fall in second-quarter profit on Wednesday.
** Private lender IndusInd Bank reported a bigger-than-expected jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, lifted by strong loan growth and a drop in provisions for bad loans.
($1 = 82.9880 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
