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The Nifty50 is expected to open gap down on Wednesday following muted trend seen in other Asian markets. The index closed 55 points lower at 10,633 on Monday.

Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a negative opening for the broader index in India, a fall of 80 points or 0.76 percent. Nifty futures were trading around 10,546-level on the Singaporean Stock Exchange.

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average registered their biggest one-day percentage drop in a month on Tuesday as political turmoil in Italy sparked concerns about the stability of the euro zone and shares of US banks tumbled, said a Reuters report.

Asian shares extended a global sell-off in early trading. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 1.1 percent, while Japan's Nikkei average shed 1.7 percent to hit a six-week low.