Indian shares fell 0.4 percent in early trade on Friday, taking cues from weak Asian markets and led by losses in lenders such as ICICI Bank (ICBK.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) and HDFC Bank (HDBK.BO: Quote, Profile, Research).
At 9:56 a.m. (0426 GMT), the 30-share BSE index .BSESN was down 0.39 percent at 16,828.39 points, with 19 components declining.
The 50-share NSE Index .NSEI was down 0.4 percent at 5,023.85.
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