Indian shares are set for a muted start tracking global cues after US-China trade war concerns took centre stage spooking trade sentiment on Wednesday.

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Asian stocks retreated after the Trump administration announced that the US will slap more tariffs up to the tune of $200 billion against Chinese imports.

The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, which is an early indicator of the NSE Nifty’s performance in India, traded lower by 0.31 percent at 0735 IST, hinting flat-to-negative start for benchmark indexes.

Asian stocks were down over trade war concerns. Nikkei traded lower by 1.72 percent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down nearly 2 percent at 0740 IST.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.4 percent. The index had gained for the past two sessions, having enjoyed a lull from the trade war fears that lashed global markets last week. South Korea's KOSPI lost 1 percent.

US stocks shook off some midday doldrums and rose for the fourth day in a row overnight on Tuesday. The S&P 500 index added 9.67 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,793.84. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 143.07 points, or 0.6 percent, to 24,919.66. The Nasdaq composite picked up 3 points to 7,759.20.

The Sensex on Tuesday closed at 36,239.62, up 304.90 points or 0.85 per cent, gaining 665.07 points in the previous three sessions. The benchmark is just a tad lower from its all-time closing high of 36,283.25 hit on January 29 this year. The Nifty settled at Rs 10,947.25, its highest closing level since February 1, 2018.

First Published:Jul 11, 2018 8:08 AM IST