Sensex cautious ahead of US jobs data

The BSE Sensex eased early on today as investors took profits after a more than 3 percent rally over the past three days and weighed by caution in Asian markets ahead of the key US jobs data.

At early trade, the main 30-share BSE index was down 0.07 percent at 17,419.11, with 13 of its components in the negative territory.

The 50-share NSE index was down 0.19 percent at 5,260.05.

Brokers said continued buying by FIIs on the Indian bourses and encouraging quarterly earnings by some corporates mainly buoyed the trading sentiment but a weak trend on other Asian bourses, capped the gains here.

In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index shed 0.19 percent and Japan's Nikkei Index by 0.10 percent in early trade today.