Indian equities were trading volatile Tuesday afternoon, with a key index ruling 0.56 percent in the red.
At 2.04 p.m., the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 17,414.8 points, was ruling at 17,228.48 points -- 97.53 points or 0.56 percent lower than Saturday's close at 17,326.01 points.

Around the same time, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), too, was trading in the negative at 5,111.1 points, down 0.6 percent.

Mid-to-small capitalised company scrips came under selling pressure and the BSE midcap index was ruling 0.01 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index was 0.14 percent up.