Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex falls over 200 points, Nifty above 24,000 in pre-open session

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has suggested implementing quicker credit and trading processes for bonus shares.

Don’t blame Japan or get overly concerned about the US job numbers. Also, get accustomed to the occasional disruptions caused by the volatile and passionate figures in the Middle East. These factors are likely temporary triggers that lead large, sophisticated international investors to retreat from a market that many believe had been running ahead of reality for some time.

After a global equity sell-off, Indian markets dropped nearly 3% on Monday, reflecting investor concerns about a potential economic slowdown.

The Indian rupee is expected to open weaker on Tuesday, reaching an all-time low on dollar demand in the non-deliverable forward market, and slight trimming in for U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut expectations.

Non-deliverable forwards indicate the rupee will open at 83.97-83.99 to the U.S. dollar, slipping past Monday's close and lifetime low of 83.8450.

Taiwan stocks retreated from early strong gains on Tuesday morning amid lingering concerns over the outlook for the U.S. economy and tech companies following a record plunge a day earlier.

The main index jumped more than 4% in early trade to as high as 20,640.44 points, but quickly pared those gains to be up around 1%.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 share index soared as much as 10.7% early Tuesday, a day after it plunged a near record 12.4%.

The index yielded some of those early gains to trade 8.7% higher at 34,211.83 by late morning. The gains followed sharp losses on Wall Street that were dramatic but not on the same scale as Monday’s debacle in Tokyo.

The Nikkei is now close to the level it was at a year ago. Its biggest ever percentage gain was 14.2% in October 2008.