In the opening trade on sell-off in realty, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Tuesday dropped by almost 69 points, amid weak global markets metals and banking stocks by funds and retail investors.

A drop of 0.38 per cent in first five minutes of trading, the 30-share index, which had gained 33.70 points in the previous session, moved down by 68.58 points to 17,963.53 points.

Likewise, a decline of 0.67 per cent since the previous day closing time, the wide-based National Stock index Nifty slipped 36.80 points to trade below 5,400 points level at 5,378.65 points.

Broker said in Monday’s trading on weak consumer spending data, investors pressed fresh selling in heavy-weight stocks following a steep fall on the US markets.

They added, bearish sentiment in Asian markets, also dampened the trading sentiment, which were down by up to 2.59 per cent in the morning trade on Tuesday. Meanwhile, in the previous session, the US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.39 per cent lower.