In the Nifty pack, 20 stocks were trading in the green, while 30 stocks were in the red.
The Nifty index was trading 44.55 points down at 10,835.55.
NEW DELHI: The domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex was trading 183.75 points down at 36,029.63 on Tuesday on account of selling in frontline bluechip counters.
Shares of Indo Us BioTech (down 19.38 per cent) , Steel Exchange (down 12.68 per cent), Spice Mobility (down 11.01 per cent), Peninsula Land (down 10.56 per cent) , Baschem Pharma (down 10.50 per cent) , HB Estate Developers (down 9.92 per cent), Jindal Photo (down 9.52 per cent) , Themis Medicare (down 9.43 per cent) , Innovassynth Investments (down 9.41 per cent) and LKP Securities (down 9.29 per cent) were among the worst performers.