The Indian market traded volatile after a flat start on Tuesday ahead of the release of key macroeconomic data that will be released later in the day.

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The Sensex was 47 points down, or 0.13 percent, to trade at 36,341 at 10.12 am. The Nifty50 traded at 10,877, down by 12 points, or 0.11 percent.

Broader markets also traded lower with the Nifty MidCap and the BSE MidCap falling between 0.10 and 0.15 percent.

Among sectoral gauges, BSE Energy was leading the 21 advancing sectors, rising over a percent. BSE IT declined the most among 22 declining sectors.

Among gainers, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Zee Entertainment, Coal India, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Power Grid, Mahindra & Mahindra, Yes Bank and Reliance Industries gained between a percent and 3 percent. Infosys, Bharti Infratel, Tata Consultancy Services, Hero Moto, GAIL, Bajaj Auto and HCL Technologies were among the top index losers, falling between 1-3 percent.

IT shares slipped as the rupee strengthened against the US dollar. At 10.07 am, the home currency traded at 71.05 against the greenback.

Asian shares edged up

on Tuesday on growing optimism over a deal from the new round of US-China trade talks. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.3 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.6 percent, South Korea's KOSPI climbed 0.4 percent and Australian shares were up 0.4 percent.

Japan's Nikkei advanced 2 percent after a market holiday on Monday, lifted by a weaker yen.

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(With inputs from Reuters)