BENGALURU, Jan 2 (Reuters) - India's benchmark indexes opened marginally lower on Tuesday, dragged by financials and information technology stocks as selling pressure emerged near record high levels.

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 fell 0.10% to 21,720 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex shed 0.17% to 72,158.10, as of 9:18 a.m. IST. (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)