The BSE Sensex resumed higher at 20,875.31 and firmed up further to 20,922.32 on initial strong buying on the back of higher global cues coupled with persistent foreign capital inflows.

However, it declined afterwards to 20,771.92 before quoting at 20,796.70 (1030hrs), showing a loss of 93.05 points from its last close.

The NSE Nifty also moved down by 30.55 points to 6,172.25 (1130hrs).

Major losers were Wipro (5.16 pct), HDFC Bank (1.35 pct), Tata Motors (1.24 pct), Infosys (1.14 pct) and Dr Reddys Laboratories (1.12 pct).

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 794.90 crore yesterday as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.

Asian stock markets were trading mostly higher after disappointing US jobs data firmly pushed expectations for the tapering of Federal Reserve stimulus into next year.

Key benchmark indices in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan rose by 0.14 per cent to one per cent while indices in China, South Korea and Taiwan fell by 0.31 per cent to 1.23 per cent.

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