Indian shares are likely to open higher on Tuesday as counting of votes in the recently concluded elections were set to begin, led by banks and infrastructure stocks, which analysts said would benefit if Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power. The Gift Nifty was trading at 23,575 points as of 7:00 a.m. IST, indicating that the Nifty 50 will open higher than its Monday close of 23,263.90. The Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex jumped as much as 3.5% on Monday, hitting record highs after exit polls projected the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance will likely get a two-thirds majority in the lower house.
Asian share markets were mildly weaker on Tuesday as global investors consider the prospect the U.S. economy's 'exceptionalism' is starting to unwind as manufacturing activity in the world's largest economy further weakened. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.1%, after U.S. stocks ended the previous session with mild gains. Australian shares were down 0.21%, while Japan's Nikkei stock index slid 0.77%.
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