The Indian markets faced a decline, largely influenced by Infosys's lowered earnings forecast, despite a positive surprise in the industrial output, which grew by 2.7% in August 2012. The BSE Sensex closed down 0.69%, while the Nifty fell 0.56%, amid mixed performances in various sectors with IT and real estate stocks leading the losses. Consumer inflation decreased to 9.73% in September, reflecting the government's shift to use CPI as a primary inflation indicator.