India's NSE stock futures listed on the Singapore Exchange were up 0.16% at 18,734, as of 07:35 a.m. IST.

A confluence of rate worries, China's shaky economic recovery and political developments in Russia led to uneasiness in Asia on Tuesday, with stocks wobbling in early trade.

The blue-chip Nifty 50 was largely unmoved in Monday's session, before finding support from auto and pharmaceutical stocks towards the end of trading hours. The S&P BSE Sensex closed flat on Monday, while the midcap index saw sharp gains, lifted by domestic buying.

On Monday, foreign institutional investors sold a net 4.09 billion rupees ($49.9 million) worth of Indian equities, while domestic investors bought 2.5 billion rupees of shares, as per provisional NSE data.

STOCKS TO WATCH:

** Hindustan Unilever: Sanjiv Mehta retires as CEO.

** Banking stocks: S&P Global Ratings raised its assessment of India's banking sector, citing a "strong recovery" underway in the Indian financial sector.

** Aditya Birla Capital: Announces share sale of up to $213 million at issue price of 170-176 rupees per share.

** City Union Bank: Approves fundraising through qualified institutional placement of shares worth up to 5 billion rupees.

** Shree Cement: Dismisses speculative reports about tax evasion.

($1 = 81.9720 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema)