Mumbai: The market got off to a muted start today on weakness in IT and metal stocks after participants took profit amid sluggish global pointers. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 54.59 points, or 0.16 percent, to 33,288.21 in the early session. The gauge had gained 582.36 points in the previous two sessions.   

Also, the wider 50-share NSE Nifty shed 22.10 points, or 0.21 percent, to 10,261.50.   Traders went about pocketing profit in those shares that have run up recently. Asia remained weak.   Among major Sensex losers, Cipla, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Tata Steel, M&M and SBI fell by up to 0.99 percent, pulling the index down.   

Japan's Nikkei fell 0.56 percent, Shanghai Composite 0.97 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng 0.19 percent.   The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.43 percent lower on Friday. PTI